Netflix's Worst Nightmare Comes True As Peacock, Hulu Team Up To Diss 'Love Is Blind' Fiasco

Just as Netflix Inc. NFLX was about to live-stream a reunion episode of the dating reality show “Love is Blind,” users experienced a massive outage — and what followed was the reaction of other streaming services, unfolding a drama far juicier than anything else. 

What Happened: Late Sunday evening, over 12,000 users reported experiencing problems with video streaming and Netflix’s website and app. 

The company initially promised that the live reunion episode would be the “first time ever” users would be able to participate in deciding which question would be asked. 

See Also: Netflix Ready To Turn Saturday Morning Cartoons Upside Down With ‘Stranger Things’ Spinoff

For the first time ever, YOU will have a hand in which questions get asked during today's #LoveIsBlindLIVE reunion!

Don't miss the LIVE reunion, airing on @netflix at 5pm PT/8pm ET! https://t.co/QiU5bNV0JS

— Netflix Tudum (@NetflixTudum) April 16, 2023

However, things went differently than planned. 

As the hashtag #LoveIsBlingLIVE started trending as the top global topic on Twitter, the popular streaming giant scrapped the live-streaming stint altogether and responded by saying, “We’re filming it now and we’ll have it on Netflix as soon as humanly possible.”

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

Nevertheless, the damage was already done. 

While Twitter was having a field day at Netflix’s expense, rival streaming services like Walt Disney Co.’s DIS subscription TV service Hulu, Comcast Corporation’s CMCSA streaming video-on-demand service Peacock, Bravo TV and Blockbuster decided to take a potshot at Netflix’s reunion fiasco. 

pic.twitter.com/jkI4JWyFJ1

— Peacock (@peacock) April 17, 2023

pic.twitter.com/l0verstkTN

— Hulu (@hulu) April 17, 2023

We would never keep you waiting for a Reunion 😉

— Bravo (@BravoTV) April 17, 2023

Remember renting vhs' from us. You could start it on time no problem… This is what we get.

— Blockbuster (@blockbuster) April 17, 2023

Blockbuster took it one step further. 

When a user shared a news report about Marc Randolph, co-founder and first CEO of Netflix, talking about the time when they decided to sell the platform to the movie rental chain that went bankrupt in 2010, saying, “They laughed us out of the room,” Blockbuster replied by saying, “we’re laughing again.”

Hahaha and we're laughing again…

— Blockbuster (@blockbuster) April 17, 2023

At this point, it is unclear when Netflix would upload the reunion episode for viewers. 

Check out more of Benzinga’s Consumer Tech coverage by following this link.

Read Next: Netflix’s New Self-Help Series Shows Viewers’ How To Get Rich’ – Here Are The Details