The Super Bowl Weekend halftime performance will begin around 1:00 a.m. GMT on Monday. Mexican viewers will be able to watch Super Bowl LVI later than American viewers. Mexico City is one hour ahead of Eastern time. So, the Superbowl begins at 5:30 p.m. ET in Mexico. Germany is six hours earlier than Eastern Time. The first post-6 p.m. Super Bowl kickoff occurred in 1978, when the Cowboys and Broncos kicked off Super Bowl XII at 6:17 p.m. ET. Even as recently as 1990, NFL viewers witnessed a game that began before 6 p.m. ET: the Niners and Broncos kicked off Super Bowl XXIV in New Orleans at 5:23 p.m. ET.