The best way to Watch Beyoncé’s Christmas Day NFL Halftime Present

Beyoncé acquired you a present for Christmas. However don’t go checking underneath the tree — it’s already in your Netflix account. The superstar is performing the halftime show of one of many Christmas Day NFL video games on Netflix, when the Baltimore Ravens face Bey’s hometown Houston Texans. The set will seemingly be the dwell debut of her country album Cowboy Carter, with Beyoncé teasing the efficiency as “A Cowboy Carter Christmas.” (Forgot to get her something? 11 Grammy nominations might be sufficient of a present.) Beyoncé is the headliner on a packed day on the streamer, which additionally consists of Mariah Carey, Nate Bargatze, and even a second soccer recreation. Right here’s easy methods to catch the festivities.

There’s now! Within the days of yore, we solely acquired Christmas soccer if the vacation fell on a day when there already would’ve been NFL video games anyway: Sunday, Monday, Thursday, or Saturday (like final 12 months, when it was on a Monday). However this 12 months, though Christmas is on a Wednesday, the NFL can be broadcasting two video games. It’s branding the transfer as a brand new vacation custom — and actually, what says Christmas spirit like a money seize?

The NFL’s foray into Christmas Day doubles as a check run for soccer on Netflix, which is able to broadcast each video games dwell. Hopefully the streamer has fastened its live sports woes after some technical difficulties in the course of the Mike Tyson–Jake Paul fault.

The primary matchup, between the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs and Pittsburgh Steelers, kicks off at 1 p.m. ET. The Ravens-Texans recreation follows at 4:30 ET. The printed will begin at 11 a.m. ET.

Count on her round 6 p.m. ET. Halftime often happens about an hour and a half after kickoff, however it’s by no means a set time, so it could possibly be anyplace between 5:45-6:15 p.m. And also you gained’t wish to tune in a second late — opposite to stories, Beyoncé’s set can be a lot shorter than 20 minutes, her publicist confirmed.

Greater than seemingly. To observe on Netflix, viewers will want an ad-supported, common, or premium account. (It’s not too late to ask for one for Christmas!) Nevertheless, if you happen to occur to dwell within the Baltimore or Houston TV markets, you too can catch the sport in your native CBS station.

The preshow earlier than the Chiefs-Steelers recreation will characteristic a pre-recorded efficiency of “All I Need for Christmas Is You” by Mariah Carey, as required of any Christmas programming. Voices of Service will sing the Nationwide Anthem for that recreation, whereas Pentatonix will take anthem duties for the Ravens-Steelers recreation. Throughout the video games, comedians Nate Bargatze and Bert Kreischer may also function correspondents.

Swift hasn’t confirmed whether or not she’ll be cheering on Travis Kelce after she watched the Chiefs’ win at residence in opposition to the Texans on December 21. She hasn’t attended an away recreation but this season, however spending Christmas together with her boyfriend simply is perhaps definitely worth the journey to Pittsburgh.