HaShminiya

HaShminiya
GenreDrama
Science fiction
Created byGiora Chamizer
Directed byRuby Duenyas
StarringYedidia Vital
Hili Yalon
Adi Himelbloy
Dawn Lenny-Gabay
Danny Leshman
Michael Aloni (season 1–3)
Shira Vilensky
Avi Kornick
Limor Atias-Bashan (season 2–5)
Tal Mosseri
Dor Zweigenboim(season 1–4)
Edith Hatzor (season 1–3)
Tuval Shafir (season 1–3)
Theme music composerDanny Reichenthal
Opening themeSeason 1–3:
"Mul Kol HaOlam" by Liron Lev
Season 4–5:
"Mul Kol HaOlam" by Or Taragan
Country of originIsrael
Original languageHebrew
No. of seasons5
No. of episodes212 (list of episodes)
Production
ProducersNava Kolton
Einat Zilber-Damari
EditorsHen Kliman
Dafna Maman
Running timeapprox. 25 minutes
Production companyTedy Productions
Original release
NetworkArutz HaYeladim (HOT)
Release5 June 2005 (2005-06-05) 
2 February 2007 (2007-02-02)
Release29 September 2013 (2013-09-29) 
22 July 2014 (2014-07-22)

HaShminiya (Hebrew: הַשְּׁמִינִיָּה; The Eight) is a television series that was broadcast on the Israeli channel Arutz HaYeladim in HOT. Although the show was designated for children and teenagers, it was also popular with adults. The TV series was split into two parts: The Eight (seasons 1-3, 2005-2007) and The Eight – The Next Generation (seasons 4-5, 2013-2014).

The series won the Israeli Television Academy Award for Best Children and Youth's Series in 2006 and 2007.