with sheryly hopren, the executive music editor at variety. thank you for being with us. >> thank you. thanks for having me. >> we appreciate it. all right, the halftime show had some fireworks behind it. we're going to talk about that. maroon 5 performed, and they did have guests that performed with them. but it was hard to get those guests. we'll talk about that in a moment. first, what did you just think of the show? >> you know, i think they played it pretty safe, to be honest. you know, there wasn't a lot of sort of spectacularness about the purchase. you know, they ran through their greatest hits and didn't make any, you know, overt political statement or even, you know, symbolic political statement. it really just seemed like they came out, they did their thing and they, you know, left the stage. so it was a little uneventful as far as half time performance shows. >> well, we see the gospel choir