Meghan Markle's Canceled Netflix Show Just Got an Emmy Nomination—And It's Hilariously Awkward

Here’s a timeline nobody expected: In March 2025,‘With Love, Meghan’premiered on Netflix with big expectations. The Duchess of Sussex created a lifestyle show featuring cooking, gardening, and entertaining in her Montecito home. For two full seasons, the show showcased her vision and brought together a talented crew and production team. Then in January 2026, Netflix made the call to cancel it because the viewership numbers just weren’t there. The show never managed to crack Netflix’s coveted top 10 list, which is basically the metric that decides a show’s fate on the platform.

Fast forward to July 2026, and suddenly‘With Love, Meghan’is getting recognition where it counts. The show just earned a Daytime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lifestyle Series. The irony is so thick you could cut it with a knife. Netflix essentially said“we don’t want this”before the industry said“actually, this is quality work.”The show competes against‘A Different Breed,’‘George to the Rescue,’‘The Motherhood,’and‘The Wizard of Paws’at the 53rd Daytime Emmy Awards on October 30th.

This situation actually tells us something important about how streaming platforms operate. Netflix makes decisions based on algorithms and viewership data, not necessarily on critical acclaim or industry recognition. A show can be well-made and genuinely good while still not fitting Netflix’s growth metrics. For Meghan, the Emmy nomination is a silver lining moment, especially considering Netflix also ended their partnership with her As Ever lifestyle brand in March. So here’s the real question: Would you rather have a show that’s commercially successful but critically overlooked, or a quality show that gets canceled but later gets recognized by the industry?