The TV show Homeland, based on the Israeli series Hatufim, won the top drama prize at the Primetime Emmy awards. The Guardian article below explains how Gideon Raff’s Israeli drama was taken to the USA. But the BBC World Service called Homeland a “home-grown” US series.
http://www.jpost.com/ArtsAndCulture/Entertainment/Article.aspx?id=286046
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2012/may/05/homeland-hatufim-gideon-raff