Hot 3 (Israel)
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| Type | Television |
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| Country |  Israel |
| Availability | Only in Israel |
| Former names | Channel 3; The Family Channel |
Hot 3 (Hebrew: עַרוּץ 3) (Israel) is an Israeli television channel. First introduced as "The Family channel" in the early 1990's and later simply as "channel 3", it was one of the very first exclusive channels of regulated cable television in Israel.
At first the channel's Program Schedule was mostly made of Dramas, some American shows from the past (Soap, All in the family), Soap Operas such as The Young and the Restless, and a few experimental original productions.
In a few years time, the channel became the Israeli home of many successful television shows from America and other countries, adding the tag line "The best shows in the world". However, in 2002 the channel lost this privilege due to a financial dispute with Warner Bros. and could not continue to air content distributed by Warner. This resulted in Channel 3 losing shows such as Friends, ER, The Sopranos and The West Wing - all of which were purchased by other channels.
Since then the channel added more and more original content, while continuing to air non-warner purchased shows. The channel's name was changed to "Hot 3" in 2004, not long after the three Israeli cable companies united and became the "Hot" company.
One of the veteran original shows in the channel is "Good Evening with Guy Pines", a televised magazine hosted by Guy Pines, covering the world of entertainment both in Israel and the world. This show airs at least 4 times a week since 1997, and an earlier version was the Israeli "Entertainment Tonight", also hosted by Pines circa 1994. Pines also covered events such as film festivals around the world before "Good Evening" started.
