The show, at the time, was about to return with its regular format (on the same commercial channel 10), however, the original creators demanded from the host, Journalist Dan Margalit to remove the original title-name 'Popolitica', for various Copyright reasons, and the old-new show was renamed 'Moetzet HaHakhamim' (lit. Council of Toarh Scholars).
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Journalist Tommy Lapid lead the Shinui party with his rhetorical abilities, previously observed on the show, into the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, and was elected on a wave of his popularity from the show to head that party, and then appointed to be a Cabinet Minister.