Netflix’s flagship series ‘Squid Games’ Season 2 has failed to receive an Emmy nomination.

‘Squid Game’ Season 2 was not nominated in a single category for the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards, the most prestigious TV awards ceremony in the United States, announced by the American Academy of Television Arts and Sciences on the 16th(Korean time).

In this year’s nominations announcement, Apple TV+’s Adam Scott-starring ‘Severance: Disconnect’ Season 2 garnered much attention as it was nominated for the most in 21 categories, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor.On the other hand, the global mega-hit ‘Squid Game’ Season 2 was completely excluded from nominations in the major categories as well as the technical categories.

This is a shocking contrast to the splendid performance of the 2022 Emmy Awards, where Season 1 was nominated in 14 categories and won six awards, including Best Director(Hwang Dong-hyuk), Best Actor(Lee Jung-jae), and Best Guest Supporting Actress(Lee Yu-mi).

However, the Emmy challenge of ‘Squid Game’ is not over yet.Since this year’s nominations are limited to works released from June of last year to the end of May of this year, it is expected that the season 3 released on June 27 will aim for the Emmy nomination stage next year.

Meanwhile, Season 2 of the Apple TV+ drama ‘Pachinko’ starring Kim Min-ha and Lee Min-ho was nominated for the ‘Arts Creative Emmy Awards’ in the ‘Title Opening Design’ category, not the Primetime Emmy Awards.The Arts Creative Emmy Awards is a category that recognizes technical and artistic achievements in TV production, including costumes, makeup, art direction, and cinematography, and is held separately from major categories such as Best Picture and Best Actor.


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