Updated On: 07 October, 2021 08:34 AM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Squid Game premiered on Netflix on September 17, and became the most-watched series in the US in a matter of few days. It became the first Korean drama to top Netflix`s top 10 weekly most-watched TV show globally

A still from Squid Game/ Picture: Mid-day Archives
456 players. 6 childhood games with a dark twist. Cash prize of 45.6 billion Won.
In case you missed the memo, writer-director Hwang Dong-hyuk`s latest Korean survival drama Squid Game has become Netflix`s most-watched series globally. Initially scripted in 2008, season 1 of Squid Game that spreads across 9 episodes, is a tale of 456 people who risk their lives in a deadly survival game to bag a cash prize of 45.6 billion Won and get rid of their miseries.