NFL makes major schedule change for Christmas Day showdown in rarely-seen move reserved for Super Bowl

THE NFL is making a special scheduling move for its Christmas Day games.

The Christmas NFL games will have an extra-long halftime show to allow Beyonce more time to perform.

According to TMZ, the NFL will expand the Christmas Day halftime to something closer to the Super Bowl halftime show.

Typical halftimes run for about 15 minutes, but the intermission of the Houston Texans-Baltimore Ravens matchup will be extended.

Reportedly, Beyonce will get around 20 minutes, just short of the 25 minutes the Super Bowl halftime show gets.

That extended halftime performance should increase the appeal of the game, which is streaming on Netflix .

Read more on the NFL The streaming platform recently posted a promotion for the game that included Beyonce lighting up a Christmas-themed cactus.

Fans are extremely excited for her performance and shared their thoughts on social media .

"BEYONCE IS COMING," one fan said.

"Will Sparkle Bright Christmas Day!" another fan said.

Most read in American Football "SHOW OF THE CENTURY," a third fan said.

"At least I will have some good company at Christmas night!" a fourth fan said.

"I'm subscribing JUST for this," a fifth fan said.

Netflix has some high expectations to meet, as their broadcast of the Mike Tyson vs Jake Paul fight was a complete mess.

Many fans were left unable to watch the match while others had poor quality streams the entire night.

Netflix CTO Elizabeth Stone took accountability for the flaws and said the company would learn from the rough night.

"This unprecedented scale created many technical challenges, which the launch team tackled brilliantly by prioritizing stability of the stream for the majority of viewers," Stone wrote in a company memo.

August 1 - Hall of Fame Game - Houston Texans vs Chicago Bears August 8 - Pre-season begins August 27 - Deadline for 53-man rosters September 1 - Final day of pre-season September 5 - Season opener - Baltimore Ravens vs Kansas City Chiefs November 5 - Trade deadline January 5 - Week 18 of regular-season January 11 - Playoffs begin February 9 - Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans, Louisiana "Im sure many of you have seen the chatter in the press and on social media about the quality issues.

"We dont want to dismiss the poor experience of some members, and know we have room for improvement, but still consider this event a huge success." Travis Kelce and the Kansas City Chiefs will be playing in one of the Christmas games, and he wants to make sure they are done right.

Read More on The US Sun "Hopefully Netflix, back to the point, can figure out [the streaming]," he said on the New Heights Podcast .

"Especially if we're going to be watching all of the Christmas games on Netflix.".

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