Carrie Underwood Marks 10th Season Starring in Show Open for NBC’s “Sunday Night Football,” Premiering Sunday, September 11

Multi-Platinum, 8-time GRAMMY® Award winner Carrie Underwood will star in the show open for NBC’s Sunday Night Football for the 10th consecutive season beginning in September on NBC and Peacock.

Underwood performed the show open – featuring an updated rendition of the now-iconic “Waiting All Day for Sunday Night” – from The Resorts World Theatre in Las Vegas, home of her ongoing residency, REFLECTION.

For the first time, the show open will highlight the game-day energy around each Sunday Night Football game as a dedicated film crew will capture the atmosphere leading up to kickoff including fans tailgating and prepping for the game, player arrivals, and scenes from the host city.

“Performing the show open for Sunday Night Football for 10 years has been such a joy and privilege for me,” said Underwood. “It’s always a fun day when we shoot the new open — our amazing creative team somehow manages to top themselves year after year.”

“We are thrilled to mark a decade working with Carrie and are excited to introduce game-day scenes from the host city and stadium into the show open,” said Tripp Dixon, creative director of the SNF show open for each of the past 10 years.

The show open for Sunday Night Football, primetime television’s No. 1 program for an unprecedented 11 consecutive years, will debut on Sunday, September 11 on NBC and Peacock leading into Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers visiting Dak Prescott and the Dallas Cowboys.

NBC’S SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL IS PRIMETIME TELEVISION’S NO. 1 SHOW FOR RECORD 11 CONSECUTIVE YEARS: NBC’s Sunday Night Football finished the 2021-22 TV season as primetime’s #1 TV show in all key metrics for an unprecedented 11th consecutive year – adding to its record for the most consecutive years atop the charts (since 1950), based on official live plus same day data provided by Nielsen. Sunday Night Football also ranked as the No. 1 show in the advertiser-coveted 18-49 demographic for the 12th consecutive TV season.

About Carrie Underwood: Carrie Underwood is a true multi-format, multi-media superstar, spanning achievements in music, television, film, and as a New York Times bestselling author and successful entrepreneur. She has sold more than 66 million records worldwide, recorded 28 #1 singles (14 of which she co-wrote), and has seven albums that are certified Platinum or Multi-Platinum by the RIAA, all while continuing to sell out arena tours across North America and the UK. All 10 of her albums (including nine studio albums and her 2014 Greatest Hits: Decade #1) – three of which she co-produced – have debuted in the Top 10 on the Billboard Top 200 chart for all genres, beginning with her first album, Some Hearts, which was released in 2005. She has won over 100 major awards including 8 GRAMMY® Awards, 16 ACM Awards including three for Entertainer of the Year (the first female in history to win twice and the only female ever to win three times), 25 CMT Music Awards (holding the record for the most award wins ever for the show), 7 CMA Awards, and 17 American Music Awards. She has also built a successful business portfolio inspired by her passion for health and wellness. She founded and created the fitness and lifestyle brand, CALIA by Carrie Underwood, and her first book, FIND YOUR PATH was an instant New York Times bestseller. She launched her fitness app, fit52, in 2020, and expanded her lifestyle portfolio with an equity partnership with BODYARMOR Sports Drink in 2021. She was the first artist to perform at the new Resorts World Theatre, where her ongoing REFLECTION: The Las Vegas Residency, began with sold-out runs in December 2021 and throughout Spring 2022, and will continue in 2023. Her new album, Denim & Rhinestones, which she co-produced with David Garcia, is out now, and the first single from the album, “Ghost Story” is climbing the charts. Carrie recently announced her 43-city U.S. arena tour, THE DENIM & RHINESTONES TOUR, kicking off October 15, with dates throughout Fall 2022 and Spring 2023.

2022 NBC Sunday NIGHT FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
Thurs. September 8 NFL Kickoff Buffalo Bills at Los Angeles Rams
Sun. September 11 Week 1 Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Dallas Cowboys
Sun. September 18 Week 2 Chicago Bears at Green Bay Packers
Sun. September 25 Week 3 San Francisco 49ers at Denver Broncos
Sun. October 2 Week 4 Kansas City Chiefs at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
*Sun. October 9 Week 5 Cincinnati Bengals at Baltimore Ravens
*Sun. October 16 Week 6 Dallas Cowboys at Philadelphia Eagles
*Sun. October 23 Week 7 Pittsburgh Steelers at Miami Dolphins
*Sun. October 30 Week 8 Green Bay Packers at Buffalo Bills
*Sun. November 6 Week 9 Tennessee Titans at Kansas City Chiefs
*Sun. November 13 Week 10 Los Angeles Chargers at San Francisco 49ers
*Sun. November 20 Week 11 Cincinnati Bengals at Pittsburgh Steelers
**Thurs. November 24 Week 12 New England Patriots at Minnesota Vikings
*Sun. November 27 Week 12 Green Bay Packers at Philadelphia Eagles
*Sun. December 4 Week 13 Indianapolis Colts at Dallas Cowboys
*Sun. December 11 Week 14 Kansas City Chiefs at Denver Broncos
*Sun. December 18 Week 15 New England Patriots at Las Vegas Raiders
Sun. December 25 Week 16 Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Arizona Cardinals
*Sun. January 1 Week 17 Los Angeles Rams at Los Angeles Chargers
*Sun. January 8 Week 18 TBD
*Flex Week
** Thanksgiving Night Game