Hulu, Bravo, and Others Pile On After Netflix's Colossal 'Love Is Blind' Fail

Viewers who tuned in to Netflix yesterday hoping to watch the Love Is Blind reunion show live had to wait … and wait … and wait. In fact, they’re still waiting. Twitter users lost their minds waiting for the reunion, Netflix’s second attempt at a live-streaming show after Chris Rock’s stand-up special. The streamer never managed to get it right, either, much to the dismay of waiting fans.

You’re telling me I waited ALL DAY to watch the Love is Blind live reunion and it won’t load because Netflix was not a platform built for live tv???? pic.twitter.com/nvsaKhpDHr

— Breanna Jacobs (@Jacobs_Breanna) April 17, 2023

Not Netflix fucking up when they’ve been promoting this Love Is Blind Live Reunion for weeks pic.twitter.com/q1YL59FZ39

— Faizah (@theeshameless) April 17, 2023

Not @netflix flopping during this #LoveIsBlind reunion! pic.twitter.com/XP6t9S287e

— joshua (@craftjoshua) April 17, 2023

The show was scheduled to stream at 8 p.m., at which time Netflix tweeted, “Love is … late. #LoveIsBlindLIVE will be on in 15 minutes!” Later, they said technical difficulties were holding them up, but it would be “worth the wait.”

It WiLL bE WoRTh tHe Wait

— OREO Cookie (@Oreo) April 17, 2023

At some point, during Succession on the East Coast, Netflix gave up, taped the show, and will release it today at 3 EST, with its apologies.

“To everyone who stayed up late, woke up early, gave up their Sunday afternoon… we are incredibly sorry that the Love is Blind Live Reunion did not turn out as we had planned,” Netflix tweeted. “We’re filming it now and we’ll have it on Netflix as soon as humanly possible. Again, thank you and sorry.”

After Netflix pulled the plug, viewers and competitors piled on, including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Hulu, and Blockbuster, the company that Netflix put out of business.

Someone call Lucia the seamstress to fix this. I believe in her

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) April 17, 2023

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— Hulu (@hulu) April 17, 2023

We would never keep you waiting for a Reunion 😉

— Bravo (@BravoTV) April 17, 2023

solidarity, bro

— Redbox (@redbox) April 17, 2023

For what it’s worth, some of those who saw the taping live say that the wait until today is still worth the wait, last night’s aggravation notwithstanding.