Think Again: Meghan Markle’s Show Is a Success—It Reboots the Cali Lifestyle for Our Chaotic Era

Netflix announced that Meghan Markle was making a lifestyle show, and Selena + Chef executive producer Leah Hariton would be the showrunner.

In 2025 , viewers’ expectations for “lifestyle media” are in flux.

With Love , Meghan follows in those footsteps, recasting its silly luxury in an elder-millennial Pinterest lover's glow.

Meghan and Harry 's stated aim to make “uplifting” programming in our current moment does seem a bit quixotic.

Meghan 's orderly style is out of step with a women’s media culture more centered on Bravo reunions, “unverified” gossip, and PR conspiracies.

The quest for wellness and healthy food feels hopelessly dated now.

Now that her brand As Ever has revealed its first products—raspberry preserves, flower petal “sprinkles,” and more—it’s clear that the duchess’s ambitions are somewhere closer to distribution at Williams-Sonoma locations nationwide than Martha Stewartstyle total home domination. But considering the attention that Meghan and Harry’s Archewell Foundation has paid to the impact of media on public attitudes and the crisis of social isolation, it gives credence to the idea that the duchess might actually take thoughtful gifts and small gatherings extremely seriously..