The second season of 'Squid Game' just had its largest viewership decline and has a hard road to catch the record set by Season 1.
The Netflix hit “Squid Game” is just the latest in a series of Korean content that has made its way across the globe. CNN speaks with the show’s director, a Netflix executive, and experts to reveal the formula that is driving the trailblazing success.
If you’ve been on social media over the past few weeks, you’ll have noticed that Netflix has another inescapable hit on its hands with their new show Squid Game. The Crown or Bridgerton, however, it is not. Created by the acclaimed South Korean director Hwang Dong-hyuk, Squid Game ...
On Sept. 17, Netflix released the nine-part Korean drama Squid Game worldwide. (Yes, Greece too.) Within days, South Korean Internet provider SK Broadband was suing the streaming service for increased use of its network, due in large part to the show’s success. It’s since gone viral...
Thanksgiving aside, the timing of the reality adaptation ofSquid Game the Challengeis opportunistic following the success of the series. I also find it ethically questionable. Even if Schadenfreude is “normal,” and the effect size of media portrayals that reward antisocial behavior...
At the beginning of the second episode of the dystopian fantasy “Squid Game,” anonymous villains load the boxed corpses of hundreds of contestants who’ve been gunned down for their failures into …
Sure,theSquid Gameseason 1 finalemakes clear that Gi-hun has revenge on his mind. But is playing along with the exploitative contests of the rich and wealthy the best way to get back at them? Thankfully,Netflixhas finally released the lengthy “main” trailer forSquid Gameseason 2and it ...
Netflix hit show Squid Game easily draws comparisons to The Hunger Games and Battle Royale, but there's another show it shares similarities with: Black Mirror.
So, why isSquid Gameso popular? Without revealing too many spoilers, it is about a secret game, played by more than 400 desperate people in debt. Only one of them will win the 38 million prize money. The rest will die. All the rounds of the game are versions of Korean (and worldwid...
Squid Game might be one of Netflix's most unexpectedly successful series, but it still broke one of the streaming platform's unwritten rules.