The NFL and Taylor Swift surprisingly aren’t enough to crash Peacock

Peacock is the only source for tonight’s playoff game between Miami and Kansas City, and the most surprising result is that through three quarters, the service is mostly holding up to the task. The game just entered the fourth quarter, which is going to be “commercial free,” but that may not be enough to make everyone happy about to take a playoff game away from regular TV broadcast availability and put it on a streaming service operated by NBCUniversal.

Most initial viewer complaints online were more about needing Peacock to tune into the game, instead of that have occasionally marred live sports streaming before. However, some folks have noted audio problems, or had streams glitch and hang up during the action, or are only getting a low resulotion version of the game.

Still, the broadcast has mostly avoided the quality issues experienced that recently aired from Las Vegas, presenting a surprisingly standard HD NFL viewing experience, just online. Last year when the NFL announced Peacock had obtained the rights to the “first ever exclusive live streamed NFL Playoff game” they knew the date, but couldn’t have predicted Like the last Peacock exclusive pro football game, airing on a Saturday night is definitely affecting the viewership.

But given Travis Kelce adding Taylor Swift’s fans to the group of people tuning in (and some guy named Patrick Mahomes), it may register a number much higher than for that Bill vs. Chargers game in December. /.