Uri Geller Delivers for TV2

BUDAPEST, April 3: The
premiere of Uri Geller’s The Successor delivered strong ratings for TV2 in Hungary, outperforming the
channel’s average share by almost 30 percent.

The local version of the
show, which originated in Israel, is called A kiválasztott. According to the show’s distributor, SevenOne
International, the premiere episode topped all of its competition, including Harry
Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban on
RTL Klub. The episode nabbed a 30.8-percent share of the 18-to-49 set and a
32.6-percent share of 18- to 49-year-old males.

—By Mansha Daswani