Squid Game' Season 3 ranks fifth among global titles while 'Criminal Justice' claims top streaming spot with 27.7 million viewers in India.

Netflix’s hit Korean series “Squid Game” Season 2 was not nominated for this year’s Primetime Emmy Awards, the top U.S. TV honors. The Television Academy announced the nominees for the 77th Emmy Awards on July 15.

The Challenge has been an overnight sensation for Netflix, and the streamer is already preparing for another round of games and tests.

It’s not that “Squid Game” isn’t an Emmy show. In Season 1, the Korean-based series received 14 nominations and won six — including outstanding drama directing (for Hwang Dong-hyuk) and lead drama actor (Lee Jung-jae). So how could it be completely blanked in Season 2? Netflix chief content officer Bela Bajaria was wondering the same thing.

Netflix ends Squid Game with a final "Goodbye" trailer, raising doubts about the future of the rumored American spin-off.

Netflix’s Squid Game Season 2 was not nominated once for this year’s Emmy Awards. The news came as a major shock, given the history of awards success for the show and its record-breaking viewer ratings. Released in December 2024, Season 2 became one of Netflix’s highest-rated releases.

Three years after making Emmy history, Squid Game has seen a dramatic reversal in awards recognition. The second season of Netflix’s global phenomenon received zero nominations at the 2025 Primetime Emmy Awards, a stark contrast to its 2022 debut that earned six wins, including Best Actor for Lee Jung-jae.

Even though we've been told that this is the final season, I have my doubts…and even some worries for the franchise. Like most people, I loved the Emmy award-winning first season of Squid Game. While Seasons 2 and 3 didn't come anywhere near matching the storytelling of that first season, I'm still glad that we got them.

Squid Game Season 3 has a new set of VIPs – here’s the cast members who play them and why they’re the worst thing about the Netflix show.

As with Season 1, Squid Game: The Challenge Season 2 will recruit 456 players to compete in a series of challenges until only one player remains, claiming the ultimate prize of $4.56 million. Additional details remain under wraps at this time, but stay tuned for updates and let us know if you’ll be watching the show when it returns to Netflix.

From Mingle to Six Legs—here’s every Squid Game Season 2 & 3 game ranked by intensity, twist factor, and emotional payoff.