Could SquidGame beat the most challenging TV contest of them all? The Korean-language survival drama is indeed eligible for Primetime Emmys consideration, the Television Academy confirmed.
According to an Academy spokesperson, because “Squid Game” was produced under guidance from Netflix, which is an American company, and it was always intended to be distributed in the U.S., it can be entered in the Primetime Emmy race.Emmys
Fans are already buzzing that perhaps “Squid Game” could be TV’s version of “Parasite” — another unexpected smash from Korea that utilized violence to tell a tale about class divisions — which broke new ground at the Oscars. In 2020, “Parasite” became the first non-English film to receive the best picture Academy Award.
TV is quickly turning global, and the expansion of U.S.-owned streamers around the world and into local non-English production — such as “Squid Game” — is about to make things much more complicated for the Television Academy. That worldwide reach can now allow for the streamers to submit any program they make, anywhere, to the Primetime Emmys — as long as the program was developed in-house, and not acquired from an outside party.
The definition of “foreign television production” has become tricky in the age of international co-productions. Perhaps the most prevalent over the decades has been WGBH’s and PBS’ “Masterpiece,” which co-produces British dramas such as the Emmy magnet “Downton Abbey” with U.K. partners. Fully non-English fare has had a tougher time breaking into the Primetime Emmys. U.S.-based Spanish-language programming from networks such as Univision and Telemundo have long been eligible for Primetime Emmys — but because there are no Spanish-language categories, the two networks generally opt to compete at the International Emmys.
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