‘Squid Game’ Debuts on Audience Measurement Chart as BARB Upgrades to SVOD Reporting

Squid Game would be a big hit even before its launch.In a new interview with Variety, Netflix’s head of global TV Bela Bajaria said that the streaming giant had always believed the South Korean series would be popular even before it was released. However, the Netflix executive also noted that they didn’t expect the scale of Squid Game’s success.“We knew it would be a big regional hit,” Bajaria said.

Lee Jung-jae, the star of the hit Netflix series Squid Game, is opening up about plans for the second season and he also reacted to a controversial question from a reporter.

topped streaming ratings in over 80 countries within 24 hours of its debut on Nov 19th. This comes right after gruesome Korean drama “Squid Game” also topped the charts, with a staggering 1.65 billion views its first month out.

Another first for Squid Game. Twitter, which swung into year-end spirit today with 2021 rankings, showed the Netflix viral hit was, unsurprisingly, the most tweeted-about show on streaming in the U.S. this year. WandaVision and Loki (Disney+) were nos. two and three, followed by iCarly on Paramount+ and Ted Lasso on Apple TV+.

Squid Game director Hwang Dong-Hyuk has discussed possible plot developments that could feature in the second season of the hit Netflix show.READ MORE: Are you not entertained? Squid Game and the poor as playthings on screenSpeaking during a virtual SAG panel on December 5 (via Entertainment Weekly), Hwang said: “I’m not really in the right place to be discussing season two in an official setting, but if there were to be a season two, in the first season that we saw [Seong] Gi-hun is a character

Squid Game has officially topped the list of most-Googled TV shows of the year.The search engine shared their Year in Search report for 2021, which found the hit Netflix Korean show outranking the likes of Bridgerton, Line of Duty and Love Island.Period drama Bridgerton had been the highest ranking show and most-watched title on Netflix earlier this year, before Hwang Dong-Hyuk’s 10-episode survival drama knocked it off the top spot.The report also revealed the question “Who is H?”, relating

Squid Game has been nominated for Best Drama Series at the upcoming 27th Critics Choice Awards.On Monday (December 6), the Critics Choice Association announced its nominees for the upcoming 2022 ceremony. Among the nominations were Squid Game, which has become the first non-English programme to be up for Best Drama Series, per Variety.

Money Heist is set to premiere in 2022.Earlier today (December 1), Squid Game actor Park Hae-soo, who will be playing Berlin in the new adaptation, appeared on the official Money Heist YouTube channel to speak about the forthcoming Korean version of the series.“Hello to all Netflix fans on the planet,” Park says as he takes off one of the iconic masks from the original series, first worn by actor Pedro Alonso, who originated the role of Berlin.

UK ratings body BARB has revealed a “once in a generation” upgrade that can show how many people are watching the biggest shows on SVoD platforms.

Squid Game has taken home its first time at a major US award at the 2021 Gotham Awards.The annual ceremony, organised by the New York City-based Independent Filmmaker Project, was held earlier today (November 29 ET) in lower Manhattan.

Squid Game actor Wi Ha-joon has opened up about his hopes for season two of the hit Netflix series.In a recent interview with The Star, the breakout star of the K-drama spoke about his ideal storyline for the upcoming second season of the series.

Squid Game.Earlier today (November 25), MrBeast uploaded a video that showcased his take on the viral South Korean drama series, featuring re-creation of games from the Netflix original. The YouTuber had originally shared his intention to host a real-life version of Squid Game last month, and shared images from the set earlier this month.In his take of the game, 456 contestants competed in various for a cash prize of $456,000.

Kanye West‘s ‘DONDA’ and Taylor Swift‘s ‘Evermore’ were reportedly nominated for Album of the Year at the 2022 Grammy Awards at the last minute.According to a new report by The New York Times, the two artists were added to the list of nominees after a meeting took place on Monday night (November 22), where it was decided the Recording Academy would expand the number of nominees for the award from eight to 10.This meeting took place the day before the nominees for the 2022 awards were made

Squid Game, has said that her parents aren’t allowing her to watch the show.To voiced the English dub of the now-iconic character, a robotic doll that directed a violent game of ‘Red Light, Green Light’, but has never seen her appearance.“It all started when my dad asked my mum to watch Squid Game since it was the most popular show in the world at the time.

Squid Game has shown how much CGI was actually used in the series.The video was uploaded by Kim Hyung-rok, a CG supervisor on Squid Game from the South Korea-based Gulliver Studios.

It seemed like just about every UK celebrity was in the crowd for An Audience With Adele, which aired on Sunday 21 November, from Emma Thompson to Dua Lipa. However, there was one famous face that stood out perhaps even more than others, as fans spotted David Tennant had dyed his hair a new vibrant shade.The Doctor Who actor could be seen watching Adele’s performance at the London Palladium with bright red hair instead of his usual natural brown locks.

Hellbound has bested Squid Game as the streaming platform’s most popular series.This is according to data by analytics company FlixPatrol, which reports that Hellbound was the Number One most popular TV series globally on November 20, just a day after the series was released.

Squid Game creator and director Hwang Dong-hyuk has opened up about the violent nature of his hit Netflix series.During a recent speech at the SBS D Forum in South Korea, per Yonhap News Agency, Hwang touched on the depiction of violence in the series, noting that he wanted to use that element to reflect the competitive nature of society and what happens when someone fails in that system.“I kept asking questions, like who made this competition system in our society and who drives us into a

Squid Game.Earlier this week, the television personality and her husband, singer John Legend, threw a party that featured a theme based on the popular TV series. The celebrity couple had reportedly enlisted party planners Wife Of The Party to help turn their Los Angeles home into the Squid Game set.It was complete with a maze staircase, bunk beds and a light-up pig filled with money, among other elements from the TV show.