CNN FlashDoc “Bad Bunny and the Halftime Show: Rhythms of Resistance” Now Streaming in the CNN App
The CNN FlashDoc Premieres Saturday, February 7 at 10pm ET on CNN
NEW YORK, NY – (February 2, 2026) – In the lead up to Bad Bunny making history as the first Latino male to headline the Super Bowl halftime show, the CNN FlashDocs unit breaks down the surrounding cultural discourse in Bad Bunny and the Halftime Show: Rhythms of Resistance. The special is now streaming on demand for subscribers of CNN’s streaming offering and will premiere Saturday, February 7 at 10pm ET on CNN.
At 31 years old, Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, better known as Bad Bunny, is one of the biggest stars in the music industry. Now this proudly Puerto Rican, politically outspoken global icon is stepping into America’s most traditional arena: the Super Bowl. This provocative hour explores who Bad Bunny is, the history that shaped him, and why his presence inside the NFL machine reveals the collision between race, identity, capitalism, and American culture in 2026. Featuring interviews with those who know Benito personally, government officials of Puerto Rican descent, and analysis from Latin American culture experts, the hour traces how Bad Bunny’s rise to this singular Super Bowl moment reflects a changing America wrestling with its past and future.
The CNN FlashDocs unit produces quick turn documentaries delving into the deeper stories behind some of our culture’s most trending topics. Previous FlashDocs include Emmy®-nominated Blindsided on the true story that inspired the film The Blind Side based on Michael Oher, and Emmy®-nominated Taking On Taylor Swift examining the copyright lawsuit brought against Swift for her song “Shake It Off.” The full CNN FlashDocs library is available to stream for CNN’s streaming subscribers.
Bad Bunny and the Halftime Show is executive produced by Eric Johnson. Amy Entelis and Katie Hinman are executive producers for CNN Studios.
Bad Bunny and the Halftime Show will stream live for pay TV subscribers via CNN.com, CNN connected TV and mobile apps on Saturday, February 7. It will also be available on demand beginning Monday, February 2 to CNN’s streaming subscribers via CNN.com and CNN connected TV and mobile apps.
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The CNN Originals group develops, produces and acquires original, long-form unscripted programming for CNN Worldwide. Amy Entelis, executive vice president of talent, CNN Originals and creative development, oversees the award-winning CNN Originals portfolio that includes the following premium content brands: CNN Original Series, CNN Films, CNN FlashDocs, and CNN Studios, an internal production studio which creates long-form programming for CNN’s global platforms. Since 2012, the team has overseen and executive produced more than 50 multi-part documentary series and 70 feature-length documentary films, earning more than 120 awards and 450 nominations for the cable network, including CNN Films’ first Academy Award® for Navalny. Acclaimed titles include the Peabody Award winning and 13-time Emmy® Award-winning Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown; five time Emmy® nominee, Apollo 11, directed by Todd Douglas Miller; Eva Longoria: Searching for Spain and Emmy® nominated Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico; the Emmy® Award-nominated “Decades Series”: The Sixties, The Seventies, The Eighties, The Nineties, The 2000s, and The 2010s, executive produced by Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman; I’m Chevy Chase and You’re Not directed by Emmy® winner Marina Zenovich; The Last Movie Stars, directed by Ethan Hawke about the lives and careers of actors and humanitarians Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman; Grammy® Award nominee Little Richard: I Am Everything, directed by Lisa Cortés; the Oscar®, BAFTA, PGA, and duPont-Columbia Award-winning, Navalny directed by Daniel Roher; The Many Lives of Martha Stewart; This is Life with Lisa Ling; Primetime Emmy® and duPont-Columbia Award-winning, RBG, directed by Betsy West and Julie Cohen; See It Loud: The History of Black Television, executive produced by LeBron James and Maverick Carter; Space Shuttle Columbia: The Final Flight in partnership with the BBC; the Producers Guild Award and three-time Emmy® Award-winning Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy; BAFTA nominee and Directors Guild Award winner, Three Identical Strangers, directed by Tim Wardle; and the five-time Emmy® Award-winning United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell; and the five-time Emmy® Award-winning The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper. CNN Originals can be seen on CNN, to stream via a CNN All Access subscription, on the CNN Original Hub on HBO Max and discovery+, on the CNN Originals FAST channel, and with a pay TV subscription via CNN.com, CNN apps and cable operator platforms.
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