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Squid Game (Korean: 오징어 게임) is a South Korean dystopian survival thriller horror television series created, written and directed by Hwang Dong-hyuk for Netflix.The series revolves around a secret contest where 456 players, all of whom are in deep financial hardship, risk their lives to play a series of deadly children's games for the chance to win a ₩45.6 billion prize.
Squid Game remained the most-watched show according to Nielsen for the weeks starting October 4 and 11, 2021, [157] [158] but was ousted by You in the following week. [159] For four consecutive weeks, Squid Game remained as the most watched series on TV tracking service TV Time, where it also became the most followed Korean series to date. [160]
The people who come to join the games in Squid Game are usually marginalized or neglected from society, and not just financially speaking, but people who would belong to marginalized groups. In season one, the representative character for that was Ali, who was a foreigner working in Korea, which is one of the most representative minority groups ...
Squid Game follows a group of players, who are in deep financial debt, competing for a grand prize of 45.6 billion won. The contestants must play childlike games for the prize money. But there is ...
With a demented twist on childhood games, “Squid Game” follows 456 participants in South Korea who accept a mysterious invitation for the chance to win $45.6 billion won (roughly just over $31 ...
Naturally, this made “Squid Game” Season 2 Netflix’s most-watched title of the week of Dec. 23-29. Season 1 also saw renewed interest, charting as the No. 3 non-English language TV series of ...
The third and final season of the South Korean dystopian survival thriller television series Squid Game, marketed as Squid Game 3, created for television by South Korean writer and television producer Hwang Dong-hyuk, is set to be released on June 27, 2025. It is produced by Netflix.
Season 2 of "Squid Game" releases on Netflix on Thursday, Dec. 26. Greta Cross is a national trending reporter at USA TODAY. Follow her on X and Instagram @gretalcross.