As fans awaited a dramatic "Love is Blind" reunion special on Netflix, they were met with TV’s equivalent of the grim reaper: buffering.
Sunday night, the streaming platform invited viewers to be a part of its second live event, the conclusion of Season 4 of the reality dating show. But, citing “technical difficulties,” it ended up taking an hour to get things up and running. The delay pushed what should have been an 8 p.m. Eastern debut well past 9 p.m., opening the floor for a competing streaming platform to poach viewers.
Following a bombshell episode of HBO’s "Succession" last week that left off with the series’ anchor character, Logan Ray, abruptly dying, fans looked forward to the aftermath episode, which would air at 9 p.m.