Harry and Meghan's Netflix series a huge success

[antelopevalley]

This series is one of the biggest Netflix shows in the US and the UK. It had 2.4 million views in the UK in the first 24 hours.
Whether you liked the show or not, it is clear that Netflix were right to back this and will make a tidy profit from it. And it helps to boost the bankability of Harry and Meghan.

I've heard several people on here say they couldn't be bothered after episode one, it was such drivel. I watched it with my bullshit monitor going off every 10 minutes. Managed not to vomit though

I have no idea about the viewings, but it was highlighted as the top 10 videos for me when I joined Netflix a couple of days back. I’d left it a year ago and am just joining to have something to watch over a cold December!

I've watched them all so far. With a mixture of total cringe and eye rolling. A hate watch if you like. I'm sure Netflix are delighted with it but I also felt a bit sad afterwards. I mean is nothing sacred? All the stuff about the proposal I just thought, if that is special to you, why put it up there for people who think you are twats to ridicule/rip apart?

Well, …half addressed.

Meghan started the story saying ‘Kate was upset about… something, yeah, the issue was correct, it was the flower girl dresses’ or words to that effect.

But never indicated what that something was.
Why was Kate upset about flower girl dresses? What happened?

Can you elaborate? How do you feel he "gave them a chance"?

Who do you feel had misrepresented him?

Do you know what, I actually do feel sorry for them.
Genuinely.

They think the reason they get this reaction is because of media misrepresentation. They really think that’s the reason.

They don’t get it, that it’s them. A lot of people just don’t find them credible.

They could tell the story 100 times, and the reaction would be the same.

But they can’t see it

I think the big winner out of all of this is the media. They've given so many articles and clicks to sites like the Daily Mail without them having to pay anything for rights, photos etc. Netflix at least had to give them some money, the press are getting all of this for practically nothing.

We all know that the tabloid press are up to no good, I don't think anything that Harry and Meghan say about the press will change anyones opinion. We've had Leveson and most of them are still standing.

Think I saw that 2.4m people watched it. That's actually quite a small number in the grand scheme of things. So small that it's almost like no-ne watchihg it at all.

Apparently if they fail to create hit content Netlfix can cancel the deal

Maybe Netflix could say "don't bother making any more" but surely they'd still have to pay whatever was agreed for this series?

I can't imagine H&M would have signed a deal which relied on viewing figures, or perhaps they did - it's not my world and I'm not familiar with how these things work

The other thing I thought was interesting was when they were talking about the engagement interview, and called it ‘reality TV’ or something, and spoke about it was scripted or whatever,

And I was thinking ‘but that last exactly what this is. It’s exactly the same’.

They both come across as having no self awareness

If Netflix releases a trailer, can others show it without paying any royalty?

@twinmum2007 You are wrong. For a show on a subscription platform and the first 24 hours viewing, that is a high figure.

Because it had been released in December, one would expect there to be more people subscribing for the month anyway, to watch in the Christmas break, so more would have subscribed anyway whatever was on it

he probably will become an American citizen in the next few years. And Arnie became governor (?) of California.

Arnie didn't insist on being called a prince and a duke of a foreign realm.

I think she can handle professional criticism and rejection, after all as an actress she dealt with it ( I imagine it is much harder to deal with rejection from the family or family firm as the boundaries are all so mixed up).

Do you really think politicians face only 'professional' criticism? Everything would be up for grabs. Her looks, her love life, her clothes, her family, everything. You're telling me a woman who couldn't let go the story of who made who cry at a bridesmaid's dress fitting would be immune to that?

and I actually think Harry would make a great politician, laid back and yet very used to being in the public eye.

He's not laid back at all. That was the image created for him by the 'men in grey'. He's extremely bitter and resentful.

And what exactly would he have to offer the voting public? A nearly 40 year old whose only experience is being part of an unelected monarchy?

Strictly Come Dancing is TVs most popular show in Britain and is watched by 743,000 people.

@antelopevalley where do you get that figure for Strictly, thought their viewing figures were around 7m mark

There was never any doubt that people would watch it. Doesn't mean their opinions on M&H will change

"Saturday marked the first competition night of the popular show with 15 couples battling it out on the dancefloor, which attracted a peak of 7.2 million viewers, the BBC has said. Viewing numbers were also down for the show’s launch episode on Friday which saw the celebrity contestants paired up with their professional partners.

It was watched by an average of 5.4 million viewers, with a peak audience of 5.6 million while last year’s series launch received an average of 7.0 million viewers, peaking at 7.3 million."

www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/tv/bbc-strictly-come-dancing-suffers-25107360

Unless Netflix can show a surge in subscriptions, I don’t think anything can be gleaned from this.

If people have a Netflix subscription, they are very likely to press play to see what all the fuss was about

Personally, I always thought it would be watched and talked about a lot.
But whether that translates to it being a ‘success’ remains to be seen.

Of course it’s a success. It’s a one way street with us all getting just one side of the story, as the RF of course can’t publicly respond or defend themselves. I can’t see what they’re achieving out of this apart from the money. They took themselves out of the situation they were in, moved abroad, and that should have been the end of it. Just getting on with their lives, with their little family unit. But of course the lifestyle they want costs money, and what better way of sustaining their privileged life than discussing the royal family. Obviously it would make them mega bucks, with no retaliatory comments coming their way to challenge what they say. They’re a vile, hypocritical self absorbed couple, and I just hope they never set foot in this country again.

have they set a new record for highest amount of viewers lost by episode 3?

Oh yes they will get paid for this series. Totally. Of course they will what they likely won’t get paid for is anything else. The hundred million is for the full deal so they will get a portion of it. Still likely an enormous amount. Like forty million or something

Many of the people that watched it were in the media so they could report on it

From Forbes

Harry & Meghan series almost doubled the audience for the first episode of the latest season of The Crown, Netflix’s popular series about Queen Elizabeth II and her family.

It seems young people would rather watch real-life royals than dramatizations about them. Samba reports that adults 20-24 overindexed on live-plus-same-day viewership of Harry, while they underindexed by 14% on episodes of Crown.

Of note to advertisers, especially those who may be eyeing Netflix’s recently launched ad-supported tier, Harry overindexed among households that make $150,000-$200,000 and those with incomes above $200,000.

and that’s just uk. Netflix is global and they are not just after uk viewers.

it’s a tiny number . 2.4.million globally compared to I think what they were likely hoping for. They announced they picked Netflix due to their global reach and scale .