Homeland is an American television spy thriller based on the Israeli television series Prisoners of War.
Homeland is an American spy thriller television series developed by Howard Gordon and Alex Gansa based on the Israeli series Prisoners of War ( Original title חטופים Hatufim , literally `` Abductees '' ) , which was created by Gideon Raff . Prisoners of War ( original title in ) is an Israeli television drama series made by Keshet and originally aired on Israel 's Channel 2 from March to May 2010 .