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BARCELONA, SPAIN - MARCH 2: The Netflix logo, the second largest entertainment/media company founded in the United States, being displayed during its Co-CEO Greg Peters keynote during the Mobile World Congress 2023 on March 2, 2023, in Barcelona, Spain. (Photo by Joan Cros/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
During the COVID pandemic, Netflix scored a huge hit with their original dating show Love Is Blind. The concept is pretty cool, as groups of male singles and female singles who live in the same city meet each other in “pods” where they can’t see each other and speed date, before narrowing their options down. Marriage is proposed without ever having seen what the other person looks like, and the show then follows the couples as they have to explore the other parts of a relationship, like physical compatibility and all the issues that come with real-world relationships. At the end of a period that lasts around a month, the couples have the opportunity to get married at the altar, and find out if love truly is blind.
And, season four of Love is Blind has been a huge hit. Unlike past seasons, where the episodes were released all at once, Netflix has released the episodes in chunks the last four weeks. The finale aired on Friday, with the live reunion show set to be broadcast on Netflix Sunday evening. Netflix does not do a lot of live broadcasts, and now we know why.
Nerflix could not get the Love is Blind live reunion broadcast to work, ultimately delaying the show, then deciding to tape it and show later.
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. We're filming it now and we'll have it on Netflix as soon as humanly possible. Again, thank you and…
— Netflix (@netflix) April 17, 2023
Love Is Blind: The Reunion will be available globally at 12pm PT on April 17. Promise. pic.twitter.com/vHKxyOiSgq
— Netflix (@netflix) April 17, 2023
Twitter was fired up with the big snafu.
me pretending like i don’t care about the love is blind reunion so it loads #LoveIsBlindLIVE pic.twitter.com/euexInsJ97
— kinzi🧚🏼♀️ (@kinzijoy) April 17, 2023
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
waiting to join the #LoveIsBlindLIVE reunion like it’s a zoom happy hour in April 2020#LoveIsBlind #LoveisBlindS4 pic.twitter.com/hxEypJGy9d
— T (@trinawatters) April 16, 2023
Netflix charging Netflix running
extra for services one live event #LoveIsBlind #LoveIsBlindLIVE pic.twitter.com/fqH5m41emT— Shelby (@Shelby_Delaine) April 17, 2023
Not great, Netflix! Thankfully, we will all get our Love is Blind fix soon.