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On August 26, Meghan Markle<\/strong> returned to Netflix with another eight episodes<\/a> of her lifestyle show, With Love, Meghan<\/em>. Though the show garnered less negative attention<\/a> this season, it was also greeted with fewer viewers. While season two debuted before the end of the month, it didn\u2019t make the list of Netflix\u2019s top 10 shows in August. (Forbes<\/a><\/em> points out that this means the series likely got fewer than 2.1 million viewers in its first week.) By contrast, season one’s March premiere netted about 2.6 million viewers in its first week\u2014landing just inside the top 10 list.<\/p>\n This is not great news for Meghan; her husband, Prince Harry<\/strong>; and their production company, Archewell. But it\u2019s not necessarily a tragedy, either. In early August, Netflix announced that it would continue to work with Archewell\u2014though unlike its first partnership with Meghan and Harry, the new one is a first-look agreement rather than an exclusive, overall deal. And while Netflix hasn\u2019t announced whether With Love, Meghan<\/em> will return for a third season, it did share that a With Love, Meghan: Holiday Celebration<\/em> special will air in December.\u00a0(Vanity Fair<\/em> has reached out to representatives for Netflix and the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.)<\/p>\n Other Archewell productions\u2014a documentary short called Masaka Kids, A Rhythm Within<\/em> and Meet Me at the Lake,<\/em> a romance based on Carley Fortune<\/strong>\u2019s 2023 novel\u2014are still in active development. The streamer also still has a stake in As Ever, the lifestyle company Meghan launched alongside the show this spring. As Ever has continued to release new products seasonally, including a new orange marmalade featured in season two.\u00a0<\/p>\n Meghan and Harry\u2019s foray into television began five years ago with that initial massive overall deal<\/a>. Though Harry would later say that they hadn\u2019t ever planned on starting a production company, the deal came about eight months<\/a> after Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos<\/strong> said in a public interview that he would be interested in signing the pair.<\/p>\n When their six-episode docuseries Harry & Meghan<\/em> premiered in December 2022, it got a staggering 23.4 million views in its first week; to this day, it remains Netflix\u2019s most-watched documentary. But most of Archewell\u2019s productions have drawn smaller audiences. Their first documentary, Live to Lead<\/em>, aired just weeks after Harry & Meghan<\/em>\u2014and though it included one of the final interviews<\/a> with late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, it failed to get\u00a0much attention. In 2023, they returned with Heart of Invictus,<\/em> a look at wounded servicemembers who competed in the Invictus Games, and Polo<\/em> followed in December 2024.<\/p>\n Netflix hasn\u2019t shared any specifics about their initial deal with the Sussexes, though in January 2025, a spokesperson told Vanity Fair<\/a><\/em> it was \u201cnot correct\u201d that the pair had gotten $100 million, a widely reported figure. In July, Page Six<\/a><\/em> reported that signing a new first-look deal would likely mean less money upfront for the couple. But Harry and Meghan aren\u2019t alone: other high-profile Netflix talent like Michelle<\/strong> and Barack Obama<\/strong>, who have a deal with the streamer through their Higher Ground Productions, have also been moved from lucrative overall deals to less pricy first-look deals. Evidently, things have changed since the heady days of Peak TV.<\/p>\n If With Love, Meghan<\/em> does return for another season, it\u2019s at least sure to get plenty of earned media in the form of backhanded compliments from the British press. This week, Sandi Toksvig,<\/strong> a former host of The Great British Bake-Off<\/em>, got in on the fun. The show \u201clooks like a great tribute to beige, which I think is nice,\u201d the comedian said on Good Morning Britain<\/em> Wednesday<\/a>. She’s only one viewer\u2014but at least someone’s watching.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n