The Circle (2020)
- Genre
- reality television
- Country
- United States
- Length
- 2 seasons, 12 episodes
- Rated
- TV-MA
- Rating
- 6.8 of 10 from 100 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Contestants live in separate apartments and only communicate through a social media platform called The Circle. They can choose to present themselves as anyone they want, as they compete to be voted the most popular player. Players are eliminated one by one until one winner remains and wins a cash prize.
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What happens
The Circle (sometimes called The Circle US to differentiate from other international versions) is an American reality competition television series, based on the original British TV series of the same name and produced by Studio Lambert and Motion Content Group. The series bills itself as a game based around social media and features contestants who live in different apartments in a complex isolated from the outside world and each other. The players only communicate through a social media platform called "The Circle", as they compete to be deemed the most popular in the group. As they communicate through "The Circle", players can portray themselves as whoever they wish. Throughout the course of the competition, players are "blocked" from "The Circle", until only one remains and wins the cash prize. As a format has been compared to Big Brother and Catfish in format, as well as Black Mirror episode "Nosedive" with the concept of ratings. The series debuted on Netflix in January 2020. Alongside the American version of The Circle, Netflix also launched different versions in France and Brazil, as part of a partnership between Netflix and All3Media. The Netflix iteration of the series ran for seven seasons between 2020 and 2024. On June 10, 2026, it was announced that the series will be moving to Hulu, due to begin broadcast sometime in 2027. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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