Prince Harry and Meghan ‘Haven’t Learned’ and Are Producing Another Polo-Themed Show After Flop
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are reportedly creating more content for Netflix. After the streamer’s co-CEO, Ted Sarandos, unfollowed the duchess on Instagram and the company ended its partnership with her As Ever brand, the Sussexes are still going to produce content for the streaming giant.
According to Deadline, the former working royals are honoring their Netflix deal with a collab between Archewell Productions and Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage’s Fake Empire.
The outlet reported that the new series will be a scripted drama written by Francisca X. Hu and “The drama is believed to stem from the docuseries Polo, which followed the teams competing at the U.S. Open Polo Championship held in Wellington, and the family dynasties involved.”
“A passion project of Prince Harry, an avid polo player who has a lot of friends in that world, the docuseries did not draw a lot of eyeballs and ran for one season. The scripted show is widening the scope of what is considered an elitist ‘sport of kings’ beyond the rich owners and players.”
Following this news, social media lit up with many wondering why the duke and duchess “haven’t learned” and are going to produce another program based on the same subject that flopped. Polo, which was released in December 2024, did not rank high on the list of Netflix’s most-watched shows. It didn’t land in the Top 50, the Top 100, or even the Top 1000. It ranked 3,436th among all Netflix productions in 2025 via the “What We Watched” report.
One X user wrote, “What in the absolute world?? Revisiting polo … because the first time sparked absolutely no curiosity? At some point, you have to question whether this is content strategy or just contract fulfillment. It’s neither, so it’s money being thrown at the wall when the results will be 0.”
A second posted, “So they put out a polo series on Netflix that completely bombed and had no interest, so they’re going to do more? These two are about as dense as it gets. They have no ideas. No talents. And no personality or interest. The public literally doesn’t care about them.”
The Royal News Network account added, “Their Polo documentary was terrible, so the answer is to make it a scripted series instead. We’ll see if this actually gets off the ground but I imagine this is a project the streaming giant threw their way. Variety stated that Netflix was always trying to find something for them to produce as they’re so wildly devoid of any creative or producing talent. I imagine this reflects a divide in Netflix over Harry and Meghan. Some clearly feel that any deal with them is largely worthless but someone, I imagine Bela Bajaria, is determined to stick with them no matter how much money is wasted.”
Others don’t buy the story that a new show is even happening, commenting, “Bull****. Harry’s first Polo docu-series absolutely bombed, yet you expect us to believe that Netflix is interested in another show about polo that no one will watch? Right,” “This is nothing but Meg’s PR team working overtime … they’re delirious,” and “Just trying to stay in the news. It’s something different every day now.”
