[Brother Leon]

Originally Posted by arista

[An audience of 17m is a staggeringly low performance in US TV terms.
96.4m watched @SuperBowl
2021.
Last night, pundits were suggesting #MeghanandHarryonOprah might do better..]

No one or no thing comes close to Super Bowl in US. Come on now.

[jet]

Meghan’s ‘truth’ was rather, umm, shall we say, heavy on the dramatics and reminiscent of Diana’s early experiences in the ‘Firm’ as told in her tell all book - and which Meghan owned and read as a teenager according to a friend. (Which is why the ‘oh, I hardly knew a thing about the royals or Harry’ lines is iffy.) It’s like she played out Diana’s early Palace experiences as her excuse not to fit in and play on Harrry’s emotions, only this time around the Palace had learned from their mistakes, and were much more careful in their efforts to help her settle. I can’t see any way they were going to make the same errors that they made with Diana all over again.

Every account has been of how everyone involved went out of their way to accommodate Meghan and make her welcome.

A girl who reportedly had several Diana books on her bedroom bookshelf wasn’t as uninformed about the Royals as she let on….Her wide eyed innocence and apparent helplessness in the face of the big bad royals doesn’t ring quite true.
They took away her passport and driving license and kept her locked up in a dungeon, don't you know, so she couldn't get any help as it would look bad. Okayyy....

Their world was a million miles away from what Meghan was used to, but were they deliberately unhelpful or cruel? No way. Bottom line is, Meghan didn’t want to be helped, she had other plans. Imo.

[Ammi]

...obviously we knew that our own media would be quite filled with it but so much internationally as well and really not great at all for the Royal family... Meghan being the American gal who came to the U.K. to be with her Prince and what she met at the royal palace was a very cold establishment of people ...and some of them seeming very focused on and concerned about the shade of her child’s skin tone...

[arista]

Now the Black Weatherman
has had a go at Piers Morgan.

GMBHD itv Live

[Ammi]

...Piers Morgan is a bully and appearing more and more so with his relentless and obvious venom targeted at someone who has considered taking her own life because of her unhappy royal establishment experience...

[Ammi]

...Piers walking off and just leaving the feeling that he doesn’t like to look his own contributions in the face...

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Ammi

...obviously we knew that our own media would be quite filled with it but so much internationally as well and really not great at all for the Royal family... Meghan being the American gal who came to the U.K. to be with her Prince and what she met at the royal palace was a very cold establishment of people ...and some of them seeming very focused on and concerned about the shade of her child’s skin tone...

I understood it was one conversation? I know Meghan mentioned conversations (plural) in her opening clip, then Harry blew that out of the water when he was questioned?

[AnnieK]

Originally Posted by Brother Leon

No one or no thing comes close to Super Bowl in US. Come on now.

Not only that but I don't think the Americans have that much interest in the Royals any more. Sure, they like to watch a bit of pomp and circumstance and have their picture took outside Buckingham Palace if they visit London but other than that, why would they care? Harry and Meghan to them are no more important than any other celeb living in LA.

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by AnnieK

Not only that but I don't think the Americans have that much interest in the Royals any more. Sure, they like to watch a bit of pomp and circumstance and have their picture took outside Buckingham Palace if they visit London but other than that, why would they care? Harry and Meghan to them are no more important than any other celeb living in LA.

...I think that they are a bit more of an interest now, Annie...(...I agree with Leon about the Super Bowl...)...I think pomp and circumstance is how it has been seen but Harry especially, has now given a ‘a behind the scenes’ glimpse that is entirely different from little old England pomp and circumstance etc...

[Smithy]

Originally Posted by arista

[An audience of 17m is a staggeringly low performance in US TV terms.
96.4m watched @SuperBowl
2021.
Last night, pundits were suggesting #MeghanandHarryonOprah might do better..]

This is probably the stupidest post in the entire thread, these ratings are excellent it’s more than the golden globes and the emmys (which aired last week) COMBINED

Saying it’s low just because the Super Bowl gains 100m viewers is like comparing the World Cup final to an episode of coronation street

[AnnieK]

Originally Posted by Ammi

...Piers walking off and just leaving the feeling that he doesn’t like to look his own contributions in the face...

Piers just proved what a childish bully he actually is. Alex remained calm and respectful during that exchange and Piers couldn't handle it. Pathetic in all honesty

[jet]

Originally Posted by Smithy

This is probably the stupidest post in the entire thread, these ratings are excellent it’s more than the golden globes and the emmys (which aired last week) COMBINED

Saying it’s low just because the Super Bowl gains 100m viewers is like comparing the World Cup final to an episode of coronation street

I think the point was that the interview was predicted by the media to get more viewers than the superbowl.

[Smithy]

Originally Posted by jet

I think the point was that the interview was predicted by the media to get more viewers than the superbowl.

WHERE?!

Show me one article that even implied this, because that is utter bollocks

[AnnieK]

Originally Posted by jet

I think the point was that the interview was predicted by the media to get more viewers than the superbowl.

By the UK media or US media? That was a bold claim

[Cherie]

Last night, pundits were suggesting #MeghanandHarryonOprah might do better..

I presume Arista heard this? Unless you can categorically say it wasn’t said Smithy?

Oh here it is save you looking

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/s...n-us-2d8kr999q

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by AnnieK

Piers just proved what a childish bully he actually is. Alex remained calm and respectful during that exchange and Piers couldn't handle it. Pathetic in all honesty

...he wasn’t controlling it with his own narrative, Annie...he displays that quite a bit, his ignorance to allowing others to have their own voice, even with his own colleagues, Susanna can struggle to find her voice also, I feel...

[Glenn.]

Originally Posted by rusticgal

Why do you use ‘Curious’ regarding the hair and ‘concerned’ regarding skin colour....I used the word ‘Concern’ to both...to make the point ffs.

Meghan used the words ‘concerned’ not me...

[Glenn.]

Originally Posted by arista

Now the Black Weatherman
has had a go at Piers Morgan.

GMBHD itv Live

Classic bully move. When confronted and stood up to, the bully has to flee.

[jet]

Originally Posted by Smithy

WHERE?!

Show me one article that even implied this, because that is utter bollocks

Someone on here posted it, can't remember who.

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by jet

Someone on here posted it, can't remember who.

A quick google shows loads of headlines saying the same thing

[Samm]

Originally Posted by jet

Someone on here posted it, can't remember who.

Predicted by one member of a big brother forum.. okay.

Considering it’s the UK royal family, let’s wait until the viewing figures here are revealed

[Smithy]

Originally Posted by Cherie

Last night, pundits were suggesting #MeghanandHarryonOprah might do better..

I presume Arista heard this? Unless you can categorically say it wasn’t said Smithy?

Oh here it is save you looking

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/s...n-us-2d8kr999q

Ah one article which is behind a pay wall

Very useful

[jet]

Originally Posted by Samm

Predicted by one member of a big brother forum.. okay.

Considering it’s the UK royal family, let’s wait until the viewing figures here are revealed

See Cherie's post above.

[Brother Leon]

Anyone who expected it to pull in Super Bowl ratings clearly doesn’t understand how huge The SuperBowl is out there. The ratings still crushed anything else in a a Covid era of poor live Media/Entertainment TV Ratings.

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Smithy

Ah one article which is behind a pay wall

Very useful

Google it maybe rather than making yourself look ill informed