Netflix has a new YA hit on its hands with My Life With The Walter Boys.
12.12.2023 - 03:43 / variety.com
Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Thousands of Netflix members reported issues accessing the service on connected TV devices Monday, indicating that the apps were experiencing network-connection problems. Error reports for Netflix began to spike at around 5:52 p.m. ET on Downdetector, an internet monitoring service.
There were more than 17,000 error reports for Netflix as of 6:22 p.m. ET, according to Downdetector. As one user described the issue in a post on X, “When you try to play something the device you’re on (like a tv) thinks you have no internet connection so it makes you take a internet speed test and even though you pass it loops and wants you to restart the router etc.” A Netflix rep said in a statement to Variety, “We’re very sorry, but we’re having unexpected technical issues with Netflix for some members.
Our engineers are working to fix this as quickly as possible and will share updates.” It isn’t clear how widespread the issues with Netflix playback are, but users in multiple countries reported having problems. For now, it’s also unknown what caused the problems. According to images Netflix users posted on social media, the app appeared to be getting hung up in a cycle where it was checking the network connection and verifying the user’s broadband connection speed.
Based on the error code in the screens users were posting, Netflix’s help center recommends restarting your device or trying to log out and then try to sign in again. Netflix, like any other internet service, occasionally experiences technical problems. Earlier this year, the company’s livestream of the reunion for hit dating show “Love Is Blind” experienced major delays, a glitch that was caused by a bug in its system inadvertently introduced
.Netflix has a new YA hit on its hands with My Life With The Walter Boys.
Selome Hailu Netflix has renewed “My Life With the Walter Boys” for a second season. The series is based on a WattPad novel of the same name by Ali Novak, which has since been published as a book. The coming of age story that follows fifteen-year-old Manhattanite Jackie Howard (Nikki Rodriguez) after losing her family in a tragic accident.
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Aramide Tinubu One of the most challenging aspects of navigating the teen years is the constant changes young people must confront. In Netflix’s new YA series “My Life With the Walter Boys,” based on Ali Novak’s 2014 novel of the same name, the entire world of 15-year-old Jackie Howard (Nikki Rodriguez) comes undone instantly. Unfortunately, generic storylines, a massive cast and puzzling choices from the adults and teens alike make for a middling tale.
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