Fans of Hard Knocks, at least those who watch on HBO Max, had issues watching the second episode of the season, focusing on the training camp and preseason of the Chicago Bears.
Episodes of Hard Knocks are normally available at 9 p.m. ET, or shortly thereafter. But at 9:08 ET, Courtney Cronin of ESPN went on X (formerly Twitter) to see if HBO Max users were having an issue watching the show.
“Anyone else with HBO Max unable to stream Hard Knocks?” Cronin asked.
Anyone else with HBO Max unable to stream Hard Knocks?
— Courtney Cronin (@CourtneyRCronin) August 14, 2024
As it turned out, the issue was not exclusive to Cronin. At 9:21, Sports on Max posted on X that the episode would be delayed.
“There is a delay for tonight’s episode of #HardKnocks: Training Camp with the @ChicagoBears on Max,” the message said. “The episode will be available soon.
There is a delay for tonight’s episode of #HardKnocks: Training Camp with the @ChicagoBears on Max. The episode will be available soon.
— Sports on Max (@SportsonMax) August 14, 2024
The delay left fans, particularly those who cheer for the Bears, frustrated.
Yep… very annoying. https://t.co/HTGauRy3Kw
— Matt Clapp (@DaBearNecess) August 14, 2024
https://t.co/OmiHMchBES pic.twitter.com/3Q7dhanob6
— 79th & Halas Podcast (@79thAndHalas) August 14, 2024
This is the worst thing to happen to Chicago since that one time Dave Mathew’s band came to town https://t.co/io34FuvKjI
— Connor Beem (@connor_beem) August 14, 2024
I literally bailed on a date tonight. Pls fucking fix https://t.co/6faPKn1kRZ
— dhruv (@_dhruv_1) August 14, 2024
Oh. There’s a delay guys. We had no idea. Thanks social media team. https://t.co/H1WQzZLgUh
— Shayne L. Marsaw (@wasram) August 14, 2024
This truly sucks… Come on! https://t.co/9rNjPkzjcG
— MarkMSweetwood🟧 (@MarkMSweetwood) August 14, 2024
Chicago Bears fans cannot have nice things. https://t.co/q4u5xx5Rrt
— Drew Hill (@DrewHill_DM) August 14, 2024
