What to Watch on Wednesday: ABC and Fox offer two takes on Harry and Meghan's royal controversy

EW Staff
·4 min read

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HOW/WHEN & WHERE TO WATCH: Streaming on Netflix

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Harry & Meghan: The Royals in Crisis

HOW/WHEN & WHERE TO WATCH: 8 p.m. on Fox

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle sent shockwaves through the royal family — and around the world — when they announced their unprecedented exit as senior leaders in Great Britain’s royal family earlier this month. And Fox has wasted no time in announcing its one-hour special that explores the royal couple’s decision to “work to become financially independent” from the royal family, which immediately caused controversy in their family and around the world in a first for the monarchy. This TMZ investigation will “cut through the noise, inaccuracies and speculation surrounding the couple’s surprise announcement,” with interviews with more than a dozen people “with real ties to Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, and his wife, Meghan Markle, as well as the rest of the royals” including Mark Cuban, Dr. Phil, Ryan Seacrest, Piers Morgan, and Lisa Vanderpump to help paint the picture and tell the real story “of the tensions that led to a nearly impossible decision for the Queen.” The special will also explore how Harry and Meghan have been making moves “to enter the world of entertainment.”

And if that isn’t enough Harry and Meghan for you, ABC is airing its own special all about the royal rupture two hours later…

Royal Divide: Harry, Meghan, and The Crown

HOW/WHEN & WHERE TO WATCH: 10 p.m. on ABC

This one-hour ABC News primetime special will detail “the events that led to their departure and what their future may hold” as Prince Harry and Meghan “embark on their new lives as non-working members of the royal family.” Correspondent Deborah Roberts reports on “Meghan’s road to British royalty, the challenges she’s faced along the way, the Queen, the press, the pressure, and Prince Harry, who can no longer call himself His Royal Highness.” With interviews with Nacho Figueras, Harry’s close friend and charity partner; Alastair Bruce of Crionaich, ABC News Royalty Consultant and Officer of Arms to the Queen; and Julie Montagu, Viscountess Hinchingbrooke, an American who married the heir apparent of the Earl of Sandwich; and additional reporting by Foreign Correspondent James Longman, the special “raises questions about what Harry and Meghan’s new life could look like and more.” —Sydney Bucksbaum

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What ELSE to Watch

Streaming
Night on Earth (docuseries debut) — Netflix

8 p.m.
The Real Housewives of New Jersey — Bravo
The Goldbergs — ABC
Riverdale — The CW

8:30 p.m.
Schooled — ABC

9 p.m.
Criminal Minds — CBS
Nancy Drew — The CW
Party of Five — Freeform
Homicide Hunter: Lt. Joe Kenda (series finale) — Investigation Discovery

9:30 p.m.
Single Parents — ABC

10 p.m.
Good Trouble — Freeform
The Magicians — Syfy
S.W.A.T. — CBS
Miz & Mrs (season premiere) — USA
Vikings — History

10:30 p.m.
Awkwafina Is Nora From Queens — Comedy Central

*times are ET and subject to change