With Love, Meghan misses Netflix top 10 after season 2 premiere

Meghan Markle's Netflix lifestyle series With Love, Meghan failed to break into the streaming service's global top 10 after the eight-episode second season premiered Aug. 26, marking a steep fall from its opening week performance and prompting questions about the show's future. Netflix did not list the series among its most-watched titles for the week of Aug. 25 to Aug. 31 in the United States, the United Kingdom or other markets, according to industry tallies.

Forbes reported that the season gathered fewer than 2.1 million views in its first week, a decline from the roughly 2.6 million viewers who watched the first season in its debut week. One analyst noted that for the show to miss Netflix's top 10 it would have been seen by about 500,000 fewer viewers than season one in that opening period. Luminate, which tracks streaming usage, estimated the program drew under 1.11 million views in its first two days. Netflix does not publish weekly viewing figures for titles outside its top 10, making precise counts difficult.

The second run's poor showing came after an immediate wave of criticism from British publications. The Telegraph awarded the series two stars and described Markle...