Netflix cancels the ‘reside’ a part of its Love is Blind reside reunion particular

Netflix bumped into important points with its second reside occasion on Sunday night. Love is Blind: The Dwell Reunion failed to begin streaming at its deliberate 8PM showtime, resulting in main consternation from the present’s followers throughout social media. Netflix acknowledged the issue on Twitter quickly after and promised to kick off the presentation inside quarter-hour.

That didn’t occur, both. Greater than an hour later, subscribers had been nonetheless encountering error screens when attempting to look at the occasion. Netflix adopted up by saying it’d be “definitely worth the wait.” Because the delay stretched on, hosts Vanessa and Nick Lachey posted to Instagram thanking followers (and a reside studio viewers) for his or her prolonged persistence.

Lastly, at round 9:30PM ET, Netflix posted a public apology and stated the particular can be filmed and made out there on the service “as quickly as humanly attainable.” But it surely wouldn’t be reside anymore on account of no matter technical mishap induced all of this.

In consequence, the Love is Blind reunion has confirmed far rockier than the corporate’s Chris Rock comedy particular that aired in early March. And with the delay extending into the 9PM ET hour, Netflix risked shedding many viewers to HBO’s Succession. As anticipated, the corporate confronted an avalanche of complaints and mockery on social media as a result of surprising postponement. Even Blockbuster — no matter incarnation of “Blockbuster” this Twitter account is — couldn’t assist however take a shot.

The embarrassing delay simply two occasions in might be a setback for Netflix, which has stated it intends to usually ship reside programming — together with comedy specials and awards exhibits just like the 2024 Display screen Actors Guild Awards — as a method to entice subscribers and fend off streaming rivals. The corporate hasn’t introduced what’s subsequent on its reside occasion calendar, however there might be main strain on Netflix to come back by and make tonight’s debacle an an anomaly.