What to watch on TV this week: Israeli election satire and a Hersh Goldberg-Polin tribute

The Jerusalem Post's weekly TV column covers an election-night battle between Israeli comedy shows Checkout (KAN 11) and Eretz Nehederet (Channel 12) on October 27. It also notes a tribute to Hersh Goldberg-Polin on Netflix's The Diplomat and recommends the series Below and War.

The Jerusalem Post's weekly TV column highlights an election-night comedy showdown between two Israeli shows. Checkout (Kupa Rashit) on KAN 11 and Eretz Nehederet (Wonderful Country) on Channel 12 will both air after the news on October 27, while polls are still open. Checkout's episode, planned a year in advance, focuses on the staff and customers of the Shefa Issachar supermarket rather than politicians. Writer Daniel Salganik said the challenge was making it feel topical a year later. The episode features a cameo by Fauda actor Yaakov Zada Daniel. Eretz Nehederet will satirize last-minute campaign behavior. The column also notes a tribute to Hersh Goldberg-Polin on Netflix's The Diplomat, where a character references a soldier from Richmond, Virginia who lost an arm saving her father. Goldberg-Polin's father confirmed the reference. Other recommendations include Netflix's Below, a series about a giant squid menacing a Newfoundland community, and War, a British legal drama about a celebrity divorce starring Dominic West and Sienna Miller.