From Bling Empire to Squid Game, 7 hit TV series that stole the show in 2021
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From Bling Empire to Squid Game, vii hitting TV serial that stole the show in 2021
With travel on hold for most of the year and safe distancing limits even so in place, Tv set became our biggest form of escape in 2021. Here are seven shows that kept us thoroughly entertained.
Kane Lim, Jamie Xie and Kevin Kreider in Netflix'southward Bling Empire. (Photograph: Bling Empire)
26 Dec 2022 06:26AM (Updated: 26 Dec 2022 04:12PM)
It was notwithstanding some other great year for television set and thankfully and so, since we spent nearly of the year waiting with bated breath for travel lanes to open up and condom distancing rules to relax.
Meanwhile, as nosotros stayed abode, TV became our get-to source of amusement. Here'south our edit of 2021's guiltiest pocket-sized-screen pleasures.
BLING EMPIRE
The twelvemonth was off to a good start with the debut of Netflix'due south Bling Empire on Jan 15, which followed a group of ultra-wealthy Asians living in LA. It was through Bling Empire that we got to know Singapore's very ain Kane Lim. Other stars included ditzy model Kevin Kreider, couture queen Christine Chiu, no-nonsense heiress Anna Shay, denim heiress Cherie Chan, DJ Kim Lee, influencer Jamie Xie and entrepreneur Kelly Mi Li.
There was over-the-top fashion, lavish parties, petty squabbles…pretty much everything you'd wait from a TV series showcasing the lives of the wild and wealthy.
February marked the release of Vincenzo, one of 2021'southward hit K-drama series. The series starred Song Joong-ki as Korean-Italian mafia lawyer Vincenzo Cassano, who, together with lawyer Hong Cha-young (played by Jeon Yeo-bin), took on the crooked chairman of Boom-boom Group, Jang Jun-woo (played by Ok Taec-yeon).
Bated from the drama, we were besides captivated past the power dressing from the stars of the show, which served as timely dorsum-to-the-office style inspiration.
Is a life of power and coin all it's cracked up to be? There'due south nix nosotros enjoy more than a TV series that uncovers the secrets behind the picture-perfect lives of the wealthy. K-drama Mine, released in May, explored the lives of the family unit behind the fictional Hyowon Group, a powerful Korean corporation. Information technology focused on the injustices suffered by the family unit's 2 daughters-in-constabulary, played past Lee Bo-young and Kim Seo-hyung. The murder mystery got u.s. on the edge of our seats.
GOSSIP GIRL
We're big fans of the original Gossip Girl and were thus excited well-nigh this rebooted serial, which dropped on HBO Go in July. This fourth dimension, the series follows the lives of a diverse group of characters: Jordan Alexander's Julien, Thomas Doherty's Max, Eli Brown'south Obie, Evan Mock's Aki and Whitney Peak'south Zoya. 1 thing hasn't changed – these wealthy teens still rock up to school in stylish outfits, complete with luxury bags.
Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha, a One thousand-drama set in the serene, picturesque coastal boondocks of Gongjin, proved to be just the escape nosotros needed. Watching the show's characters, dentist and urban center girl Yoon Hye-jin (played by Shin Min-A) and country bumpkin and handyman Hong Du-sik (played by Kim Seon-ho) fall in love was truly a guilty pleasure. Too a guilty pleasance – lusting over Shin Min-A's Hermes bags, Gucci outfits and Roger Vivier shoes.
Cult Goggle box series Succession returned for Season 3 this year and and then did all its twists and turns. The series revolves effectually the coma-stricken, billionaire patriarch of a family unit business and his children, who compete to inherit his assets . It got u.s.a. cartoon parallels to real-life billionaire families and their internal squabbles, such as India's Ambanis and America's Murdochs.
A list of 2021's best TV shows surely isn't complete without the twelvemonth's biggest Thousand-drama hit – Squid Game. The gripping series revolves effectually a group of people who observe themselves deep in debt. Out of desperation, they hold to play a mysterious game for the take chances to earn some large bucks, not knowing that these games would identify them in life or death situations.
Squid Game was a social commentary on Korean lodge, but it sparked conversations beyond the earth. Even professionals on LinkedIn gleaned insights into their business organisation lives, based on the different strategies adopted past the characters.
The Sex And The City revival merely just dropped, just it's already gotten people talking about that twist in episode ane. The series follows Carrie Bradshaw and her BFFs Charlotte York and Miranda Hobbes – sans Samantha Jones – equally they navigate life in New York City in their 50s. Sexual practice And The City is known for its iconic fashion and so far, the reboot hasn't yet disappointed in the style section.
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