Suits

Is that...

He's in Suits.

He was Meghan Markle's husband on Suits.

He is, like, the definition of aura-

Ugh

So it's so important.

And the funny thing is, because I was mentioning Suits, the show, I researched that.

After the show, way more women applied for studying law.

And also way more black women.

Because Suits was one of the first shows that really was about these ambitious people, Wall Street, New York, with a lot of successful women.

a female black managing partner in that show.

And that also really changed the perspective of a lot of people.

Man, it's been probably six years now almost.

But, uh, you know, s- like, the show "Suits," that's, I would put in the peak TV era.

Um, that's a show I'll just put on in the background.

It's just very comfortable, it's fun, and I can, I can work with it.

[laughs]

[laughs] Well, George, thank you so much.

I always enjoy having you on the show, and you're becoming, uh, like our, our peak TV guest, uh, between "Suits" and "Breaking Bad" and "Mad Men" and now "Better Call Saul." So we'll just have to have you on again, uh, to do another, uh, TV show from this era.

But is there anything you'd like to plug?

take.

Harvey from Suits.

I've never watched it.

No.

That was how Rachel Morrison found hers.

In 2011, a show about lawyers called Suits premiered on the USA Network.

Suits had a modest but loyal following.

Its fans liked legal dramas, and decent rating combined with praise by critics kept the show in production for years.

One of the young supporting actresses in the cast was named Meghan Markle.

She was a mirror image, including her face, build, and hair color.

Even the freckles on her nose matched.

Suits had a long run, but always had a bit of a niche audience.

Question two asks us to name a legal drama that became a streaming phenomenon in 2023 after airing on the USA Network from 2011 to 19.

A legal drama that was on USA Network for nine entire years must have been Suits.

Yeah.

I remember that it had been...

Like, she...

So, I...

It was just kind of this weird confluence of a few people watching became a bunch of people watching, but I think it was on Netflix, but this was definitely Suits.

Yeah, we watched many years of Suits.

Right, it's been a while since Meghan Markle has acted, but rumor has it that she might be returning to acting in the just-renewed third season of Guy Ritchie's The Gentleman over on Netflix.

So, I'm not gonna lie, I never watched Suits.

I think that's what she's from, most known from.

And then she married the prince and kind of gave up acting.

Mm.

She's an actor, and previously best known for her role in Suits, which apparently did very well when it went onto, uh, when it went onto Netflix.

Mm.

And they've obviously seen, well, with your fame, your notoriety, we put you in any role, you know, be a major part or a minor part, people are gonna be talking about it.

...

I'm so glad you just said that, 'cause it, actually I hadn't thought of it.

But one of the big arguments that people have said when they heard this news, and I'll go back to how we sort of uncovered all the drama that played out with this, with this story over the weekend, but you've raised such a good point, which is we only could gauge, uh, audience reactions to her based on pre-Harry, because that's when she obviously left Suits when she became an official member of the royal family.

But as you said, that was dropped onto Netflix.