The Baltimore Ravens’ victory over the Houston Texans managed an average minute audience of 24.3M viewers, and U.S. viewership peaked with more than 27M viewers during the halftime show. It was the most-watched Christmas Day NFL game on record (since 2001) among the 18-34 demo, with 5.1M tuning in.

However, the gesture has sparked criticism from football fans, who called out hypocrisy in a rule in the NFL that has banned gun gestures. One person said, "Why was Beyoncé allow

Netflix’s second major foray into live sports broadcasting comes one month after users complained of glitches and delays during its stream of the Mike Tyson-Jake Paul fight.

Netflix will have one of its biggest days since the site launched in 1998 when it carries two NFL games for the first time on Christmas.