Squid Sport, the survival thriller from Korea that also holds the file for Netflix‘s most-watched present, just lately ended its three-season run. Regardless of a big wait, viewers nonetheless tuned in to see how issues unfolded and led to Seasons 2 and three, which had nice viewership numbers as effectively. Naturally, the streamer is campaigning for the present to brush the award reveals, however this did not precisely work with the Tv Academy and its Emmys ceremony. Squid Sport Season 2 didn’t obtain a single nomination, and Netflix Chief Content material Officer Bela Bajaria has one thing to say about it.
Bajaria spoke to Selection about this bizarre omission for the Korean large created by Hwang Dong-hyuk. The present’s influence is unmatched, however it’s a actuality that, after Season 1, issues weren’t the identical. The follow-ups simply did not have the identical energy by way of cultural impact. Season 1 was well-received by award organizations, and in 2022, it earned a complete of 14 nominations on the Emmys, and ended up successful in six classes. This yr, the present obtained zero nominations, and Bajaria addressed the horrible snub:
“Squid Sport had an unbelievable cultural influence. Largest present on the planet. That first season actually made Emmy historical past, and other people cherished this final season too. I’m disenchanted for director Hwang and the solid. For director Hwang to not be acknowledged in that method, contemplating the quantity of audiences around the globe who cherished it a lot and that it actually resonated with individuals… I am disenchanted when it would not get acknowledged in the best way that it ought to have.
“I feel should you’re actually excellence in tv and excellence in storytelling, it’s in each single method. So whenever you ship that, sure, it is shocking when it would not get acknowledged.”
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That Mentioned, Netflix Did Rating Some Emmy Nominations
As disappointing because it was to see Squid Sport get utterly snubbed at this yr’s Emmys, everybody’s favourite streamer did get some Emmy nods. Adolescence, the 2025 crime drama, landed a whopping 13 nominations, with younger star Owen Cooper changing into the youngest individual ever to get nominated in the most effective supporting actor class.
Bajaria mentioned the next in regards to the shocking hit being acknowledged by the Tv Academy: “I feel what’s actually attention-grabbing about Adolescence to me is, not solely is it groundbreaking tv, but it surely was our second-biggest English language present ever, with 142 million views. It is having that sort of unbelievable cultural influence the place it begins serving to change legislation within the UK. So to be acknowledged for his or her wonderful storytelling with Emmy nominations, but in addition that sort of cultural influence, that is actually wonderful.”
Regardless of staying in second place to HBO’s 142 nominations, Netflix garnered 120 nods in whole. Reveals like Black Mirror, Sirens, Bridgerton, and Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story had been additionally a part of the ballots for the present that can happen on September 14. Bajaria continued:
“This aim is at all times to intention for excellence and nice leisure throughout all classes of TV. We’re actually seeing that mirrored, should you look throughout all the 14 program classes. From drama and comedy and stand-up and restricted and docs and animation and dwell and unscripted. I feel that’s actually thrilling for all the groups on this constructing as we speak.”
Supply: Selection
Squid Sport
2.5
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- Launch Date
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2021 – 2025
- Community
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Netflix
- Showrunner
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Hwang Dong-hyuk
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Lee Jung-jae
Seong Gi-hun / ‘No. 456’
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Wi Ha-jun
Detective Hwang Jun-ho
