The event was not only part of Netflix’s first foray into the crowded field of N.F.L. broadcasting, but the live debut of material from “Cowboy Carter,” an album that examines the history of country music, spotlights Black performers vital to its ...

Beyoncé provided more excitement than either game during Netflix’s NFL debut on Christmas Day. Riding into her halftime appearance on a white horse, the 32-time Grammy winner rocked her hometown Houston crowd in a nearly 13-minute performance on Wednesday.

Once again, Beyoncé achieved what few others could: a malfunction-free Netflix livestream. The singer's Christmas Day NFL halftime show — dubbed the during the "Beyonce Bowl" — during a match-up between the Baltimore Ravens and the Houston Texans went off without a hitch after concern that the streamer would encounter more technical issues like the glitches during last month's livestreamed fight between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul and the notoriously delayed Love Is Blind season 4 reunion last year.