There’s been a ton of buzz around Meghan Markle‘s lifestyle show that is set to debut on Netflix within days. It’s the duchess’s first solo project for the streaming giant and already she has outperformed her husband, Prince Harry’s previous project.

In December 2024, the Duke of Sussex’s docuseries POLO about the sport was released. The trailer that came out a few weeks prior on Nov. 21, garnered 197,000 views, 1,400 likes, and just over 3,800 comments. The show itself failed to reach Netflix’s top 10. Meanwhile, the trailer for With Love, Meghan, which was dropped on Jan. 2, has surpassed 1.2 million views already with 15,000 likes and more than 45,000 comments.

But will the success of the trailer for Meghan’s eight-part cooking and gardening series translate to lots of views? At least one commentator is predicting it won’t for a specific reason.

Here’s more on that, plus how members of the royal family are reacting to the duchess’s show.

Warning about why ‘With Love, Meghan’ will ‘fail’

It seems that just about everyone has an opinion about how Meghan’s new series will do. While it won’t debut until Jan. 15, commentator Kevin O’Sullivan believes that the show is doomed to “fail” because of what the duchess does not understand.

According to the show’s description, the “inspiring series, produced by Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, reimagines the genre of lifestyle programming, blending practical how-to’s and candid conversation with friends, new and old. Meghan shares personal tips and tricks, embracing playfulness over perfection and highlights how easy it can be to create beauty, even in the unexpected. She and her guests roll up their sleeves in the kitchen, the garden, and beyond, and invite you to do the same.”

Speaking on the latest episode of the Kinsey Schofield Unfiltered podcast O’Sullivan said: “What she’s offering the public, you know, the new Meghan, this is the new invention is pathetic. [This is] a stupid show where she is baking cakes for her mates in California, wearing Cartier designer jewelry and flashy clothes.

“What she doesn’t understand is, in order to be successful in show business, in order to make successful programs and successful movies [is] you have to make them not boring. That’s the whole point of entertainment, don’t bore people … this is nonsense and it’s boring. It’s really, really boring [and] therefore it will fail.”

Palace source reveals the surprising reaction the royals have to the duchess’s show

Daily Mail columnist Richard Eden was told that the royals are not dreading Meghan’s show at all and actually hope it will be a success.

“Everyone wants it to be a success. And that’s because, if it is, she and Harry won’t need to exploit their royal connections again,” he wrote. “The last thing anyone wants is another Spare, this time from Meghan.”

With Love, Meghan will mark the fifth program attached to the Sussexes’ for Netflix. Live to Lead, Heart of Invictus, and POLO have all flopped. Only Harry & Meghan, which chronicled the couple’s lives as royals and their exit, was a hit for the streaming platform.