The underwhelming response to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s newest enterprise enterprise has the potential to jeopardize their $100 million take care of Netflix, in accordance with a prime model skilled.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s “Polo” docuseries, launched on the streaming platform earlier this week, has been hit with a slew of unfavorable critiques from critics within the days that adopted.
The duo, who each served as government producers on the challenge, made minimal appearances within the docuseries, with the promotion of the challenge additionally underdelivering.
Model skilled Nick Ede has now warned that the documentary could possibly be the “nail in the coffin” for the pair’s profitable Netflix partnership, which they signed in 2020.
“The new polo documentary hasn’t received good reviews, and this is another foray into producing from Meghan and Harry,” Ede advised the Every day Mail.
“All eyes will be on whether the show rates and makes the very important Top 10. It could, like the Invictus documentary, start well due to the public’s fascination with the pair and with polo potentially.”
Ede warned that the challenge was all the time going to “fare badly” because it went up in opposition to Netflix’s newest releases like “Black Doves” and a wide range of new Christmas movies.
“This could potentially be a nail in the coffin for their deal with the streaming giant who now use algorithms to make sure their programming is perfect for their subscribers,” he added.
The Publish has reached out to Netflix and reps for the Sussexes for remark.
It comes after the “Suits” alum, 43, completed filming her upcoming present for Netflix in July.
Whereas particulars about her new challenge stay scarce, the collection will reportedly be centered round cooking and wellness.
It is going to be produced by Sony Footage Tv, in addition to Markle herself, and can probably collaborate together with her impending way of life model, American Riviera Orchard, which has but to be launched.
Each the polo docuseries and the upcoming cooking present fall underneath the deal Harry and Markle signed with Netflix underneath their Archewell Productions firm.
In February, Netflix Chief Content material Officer Bela Bajaria revealed the sorts of initiatives the duo are engaged on underneath their profitable deal with the platform.
“They have a couple of unscripted things they’re working on with Brandon [Riegg, the head of unscripted shows at Netflix],” Bajaria mentioned.
“And they actually have like a bunch of development. They have a movie in development; a [scripted] series that they’re working on. So all very early development, with a movie, a TV show and a couple of unscripted shows. But yeah, the movie’s great.”
The couple’s earlier collaboration with Netflix — a docuseries titled “Harry & Meghan” — proved to be an enormous hit after its launch in Dec. 2022.
Additionally they executive-produced Netflix’s docuseries “Live to Lead,” in addition to “Heart of Invictus,” a documentary following athletes making ready for the Harry-founded Invictus Video games, which hit the streamer in August 2023.
Additionally that month, creator Carley Fortune confirmed Archewell is adapting her romance novel “Meet Me at the Lake” for Netflix.
