{"id":89108,"date":"2025-01-01T00:21:45","date_gmt":"2025-01-01T00:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/01\/squid-games-second-season-is-officially-netflixs-biggest-tv-debut\/"},"modified":"2025-01-01T00:21:45","modified_gmt":"2025-01-01T00:21:45","slug":"squid-games-second-season-is-officially-netflixs-biggest-tv-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/01\/squid-games-second-season-is-officially-netflixs-biggest-tv-debut\/","title":{"rendered":"Squid Game&#8217;s second season is officially Netflix&#8217;s biggest TV debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><em>Squid Game<\/em> has set a new high for Netflix&#8217;s television programming. <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:1;pos:1\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2024\/tv\/news\/squid-game-season-2-ratings-views-netflix-1236262980\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Variety;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:1;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\"><em><\/em><\/a> reported that the second season of the Korean show drew in 68 million views over its first four days. That&#8217;s the biggest debut for a TV show on the streaming platform, besting the 50.1 million set by <em>Wednesday<\/em> in 2022. The first season of <em>Squid Game<\/em> also held the crown as the top-watched Netflix series for a while; <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:2;pos:1\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/netflix-142-million-households-squid-game-070044407.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:142 million;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:2;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\"><\/a> households had watched it as of October 2021. The third and final season could deliver a hat trick of record results for the company when it airs <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:3;pos:1\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/entertainment\/streaming\/squid-game-will-have-a-third-and-final-season-in-2025-192216881.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:next year;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:3;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\"><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While the show offers a skewering critique of capitalism, Netflix has been turning <em>Squid Game<\/em> into quite the cash cow. The streamer launched a less deadly <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:4;pos:1\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/netflixs-squid-game-reality-show-premieres-on-november-22-172228785.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:reality show spinoff;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:4;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\"><\/a>, an <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:5;pos:1\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/netflix-keeps-milking-squid-game-this-time-with-an-in-person-experience-starting-at-39-192303172.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:in-person pop-up experience;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:5;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\"><\/a> and a <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:6;pos:1\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/gaming\/squid-game-unleashed-will-be-playable-at-launch-without-a-netflix-subscription-025501236.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:multiplayer mobile game;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:6;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\"><\/a> based on<em>\u00a0<\/em>the TV series.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/entertainment\/streaming\/squid-games-second-season-is-officially-netflixs-biggest-tv-debut-205113266.html?src=rss\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Squid Game has set a new high for Netflix&#8217;s television programming. reported that the second season of the Korean show drew in 68 million views<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":89109,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[157],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gadget"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89108"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89108\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}