{"id":1998802,"date":"2025-09-05T08:08:23","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T08:08:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1998802"},"modified":"2025-09-05T08:08:23","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T08:08:23","slug":"meghan-markle-suffers-setback-as-season-2-of-her-netflix-series-with-love-meghan-fails-to-crack-top-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/meghan-markle-suffers-setback-as-season-2-of-her-netflix-series-with-love-meghan-fails-to-crack-top-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Meghan Markle suffers setback as Season 2 of her Netflix series &#8216;With Love, Meghan&#8217; fails to crack top 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2025%2F09%2F110726832.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Meghan Markle has suffered yet another setback as the second season of her Netflix series \u201cWith Love, Meghan\u201d has failed to crack the streamer\u2019s top 10 list.<\/p>\n<p>A second\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/26\/entertainment\/meghan-markle-reveals-what-she-misses-most-about-living-in-the-uk-in-season-2-of-netflixs-with-love-meghan\/\">eight-part installment<\/a>\u00a0of the Duchess of Sussex\u2019s lifestyle series dropped on the streaming platform on Aug. 26, and\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/26\/entertainment\/meghan-markle-gushes-over-how-far-shes-come-since-working-as-briefcase-girl-on-deal-or-no-deal\/\">featured guest appearances<\/a>\u00a0from Markle\u2019s celeb pals, including Chrissy Teigen, Tan France, Jay Shetty and more.<\/p>\n<p>Just hours after its release, the show had already been <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/26\/entertainment\/meghan-markles-netflix-with-love-meghan-season-2-bashed-by-uk-critics-woman-in-need-of-some-cash\/\">brutally bashed by UK critics<\/a> who had labeled the series \u201ctone deaf,\u201d \u201cneedy\u201d and \u201cself-indulgent.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Meghan Markle has suffered yet another setback as the second season of her Netflix series \u201cWith Love, Meghan\u201d has failed to crack the streamer\u2019s top 10 list. <span class=\"credit\">Netflix<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>And its ratings appeared to echo that sentiment.<\/p>\n<p>The second season failed to make the list of Netflix\u2019s top 10 shows that month, meaning it racked up less than 2.1 million views within its first week, according to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/maryroeloffs\/2025\/09\/02\/with-love-meghan-misses-netflix-top-10\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Forbes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>To compare, the show\u2019s first season \u2014 which was <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/03\/11\/entertainment\/meghan-markles-netflix-show-with-love-meghan-earns-lower-viewership-than-harry-amp-meghan\/\">also eviscerated by critics<\/a> \u2014 debuted inside the top 10 chart after netting 2.6 million views in its first week.<\/p>\n<p>Not only did Season 2 fail to rank by Netflix\u2019s metrics, it also didn\u2019t make the Luminate\u2019s Top 50 Streaming Charts for the period between August 22 and 28.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>A second\u00a0eight-part installment\u00a0of the Duchess of Sussex\u2019s lifestyle series dropped on the streaming platform on Aug. 26. <span class=\"credit\">COURTESY OF NETFLIX<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The company, which collects and analyzes industry data about US views, showed that \u201cWith Love, Meghan\u201d racked up fewer than 1.11 million views in its first two days.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p><strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/09\/03\/entertainment\/royal-family-live-updates-news-photos-september-3-4-5\/\">Follow The Post\u2019s royal family live blog for the latest pics, news, exclusive details and more<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p>The show follows a similar format to the first season, which sees the former actress share tips and tricks for hosting at home and getting in tune with at-home hobbies.<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/26\/entertainment\/meghan-markles-netflix-with-love-meghan-season-2-bashed-by-uk-critics-woman-in-need-of-some-cash\/#\"\/><\/p>\n<p>In addition to its celeb factor, it also features guest appearances from David Chang, Christina Tosi, Radhi Devlukia Samin Nosrat and Jos\u00e9 Andr\u00e9s.<\/p>\n<p>The ratings will no doubt be a disappointment for Netflix, which had recently <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/11\/entertainment\/meghan-markle-prince-harry-sign-new-netflix-deal-after-repeated-flops\">prolonged its deal<\/a> with Markle and Prince Harry.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The show was brutally bashed by UK critics who had labeled the series \u201ctone deaf,\u201d \u201cneedy\u201d and \u201cself-indulgent.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">JAKE ROSENBERG\/NETFLIX<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The new deal is looser than before and gives the streamer first dibs to say yes or no to projects, but is also worth far less for the Sussexes than their previous $100 million agreement, which they inked in September 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Archewell Productions also announced that\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/03\/07\/entertainment\/meghan-markles-netflix-show-with-love-meghan-renewed-for-season-2\/\">the second season of Markle\u2019s lifestyle show,<\/a>\u00a0\u201cWith Love, Meghan,\u201d will premiere on Netflix later this month, while a new holiday special, \u201cWith Love, Meghan: Holiday Celebration,\u201d will air in December.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The series featured guest appearances\u00a0from Markle\u2019s celeb pals, including Chrissy Teigen, Tan France, Jay Shetty and more. <span class=\"credit\">JAKE ROSENBERG\/NETFLIX<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It comes just weeks after Season 1 of Markle\u2019s show <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/07\/21\/entertainment\/meghan-markles-netflix-show-with-love-meghan-fails-to-crack-streamers-top-300\/\">failed to rank among the platform\u2019s top 300 most-watched titles<\/a> between January and June 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The series\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/about.netflix.com\/en\/news\/what-we-watched-the-first-half-of-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ranked 383rd<\/a>\u00a0with just 5.3 million views\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/03\/06\/entertainment\/meghan-markle-boasts-about-success-of-netflixs-with-love-meghan-after-its-mercilessly-dragged-by-critics\/\">since its March debut<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 unprecedented numbers for a Netflix original that has been renewed.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/embeds.nypost.com\/protected-iframe\/ae07a3726bec0fc91a840dddea9d294c\" scrolling=\"auto\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"\" allow=\"camera; fullscreen;\"><br \/>\n\t<\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details 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A second\u00a0eight-part installment\u00a0of the Duchess of Sussex\u2019s lifestyle series dropped on the streaming platform on Aug. 26, and\u00a0featured guest appearances\u00a0from Markle\u2019s celeb pals, including Chrissy Teigen, Tan France, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1998803,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25174],"tags":[21741,23067,23191,22730,22769,354896],"class_list":["post-1998802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gossip","tag-entertainment","tag-meghan-markle","tag-netflix","tag-prince-harry","tag-royal-family","tag-whats-new-on-netflix"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Meghan-Markle-suffers-setback-as-Season-2-of-her-Netflix.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1998802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1998802"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1998802\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1998803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1998802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1998802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1998802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}