Super Bowl XLVII halftime show Super Bowl XLVII halftime show The Super Bowl XLVII halftime show occurred on February 3, 2013, at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans as part of Super Bowl XLVII and featured American entertainer Beyoncé with special guests Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams from Destiny's Child. The show was produced by Ricky Kirshner and directed by Hamish Hamilton. It received acclaim from music critics who commented that Beyoncé once more proved her abilities during live performances. It became the then second most watched show in Super Bowl history by garnering 110.8 million viewers. The performance, and the stadium blackout that followed,
Super Bowl Sunday (This Is Us) tuned in for the first time after the big game [...], it probably made the regular "This Is Us" audience seem like complete masochists." "Time" writer Daniel D'Addario gave a negative review disapproving the fact that Jack's death, though "movingly depicted", was used for entertainment purposes. "The sort of show "This Is Us" is in its strongest moments—one in which family members have frank and honest conversations about their hopes and fears—isn’t one that stages a ritual death on Super Bowl Sunday, after deploying cast members to brag about how it will make you cry." Super Bowl Sunday (This Is