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How ‘Squid Game’ made history multiple times over at the Emmys

The success of“ Squid Game” may open the door for other foreign-language series to receive Emmy love.

LOS ANGELES — “Squid Game” didn’t just have a big night at the Emmys. It had a historic one.

After earning 14 nominations in July, as well as prizes from the Screen Actors Guild Awards and Critics Choice Awards earlier this year, Netflix’s brutal blockbuster capped off its run Monday by becoming the first Korean series, and the first TV series not

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