Overview

• The Netflix-distributed concert special lost Outstanding Variety Special (Live) to SNL50: The Anniversary Special at Sunday's Primetime Emmys in Los Angeles, and Beyoncé did not attend.
• She earned her first-ever Emmy in August for Outstanding Costumes for variety programming, sharing the juried award with designers Shiona Turini, Erica Rice, Molly Peters, Chelsea Staebell and Timothy White.
• The special captured her NFL Christmas Day halftime performance at Houston's NRG Stadium and featured guest appearances by Post Malone, Shaboozey, Reyna Roberts, Tanner Adell, Brittney Spencer and Tiera Kennedy.
• The Outstanding Variety Special category was moved to the main telecast this year, a shift observers speculated was intended to entice her to appear.
• The category’s field also included the Oscars and an entry tied to Jay-Z, who was nominated as an executive producer for Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime show.