As previously announced, Carrie Underwood will star in the show open for NBC’s Sunday Night Football for the 11th consecutive season beginning September 10th on NBC and Peacock.
The new show open – headlined by an updated rendition of “Waiting All Day for Sunday Night” – features a concert performance interspersed with augmented reality highlights displayed across a halo scoreboard. Underwood, who performed the open from The Resorts World Theatre in Las Vegas, home of her ongoing residency, REFLECTION, also adds a surprise new element this season.
She is so excited to be back to help folks get “hyped up for the games.”
“I am so honored and consider myself so blessed to have been a part of Sunday Night Football for so many years. This will be my 11th year of performing the show opener, and we have so much fun with it,” says Carrie. “I love that too in a small extent, I feel I’ve become synonymous with some Sunday Night Football. I get people coming up to me all the time and say that they love the open, and I’ve had players come up to me and they’re like, ‘Thank you for getting everybody hyped up for the games,’ and I have kids coming up and they’re like, ‘You’re the football lady!’ And I’m like, ‘Yeah, I am.’ So (laughs), it’s a such a cool cultural thing. It’s the No. 1 show on television. I’m very happy and excited to just get to play a small part of it.”
The show open for Sunday Night Football, primetime television’s No. 1 program for an unprecedented 12 consecutive years, will debut on Sunday, September 10th on NBC and Peacock leading into Dak Prescott and the Dallas Cowboys visiting Daniel Jones and the NFC East rival New York Giants. The matchup marks the series-high fifth time that the Cowboys and Giants have met in the opening NBC Sunday Night Football game.
2023 NBC SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL SCHEDULE | ||
Thurs. Sept. 7 | NFL Kickoff | Detroit Lions at Kansas City Chiefs |
Sun. Sept. 10 | Week 1 | Dallas Cowboys at New York Giants |
Sun. Sept. 17 | Week 2 | Miami Dolphins at New England Patriots |
Sun. Sept. 24 | Week 3 | Pittsburgh Steelers at Las Vegas Raiders |
Sun. Oct. 1 | Week 4 | Kansas City Chiefs at New York Jets |
*Sun. Oct. 8 | Week 5 | Dallas Cowboys at San Francisco 49ers |
*Sun. Oct. 15 | Week 6 | New York Giants at Buffalo Bills |
*Sun. Oct. 22 | Week 7 | Miami Dolphins at Philadelphia Eagles |
*Sun. Oct. 29 | Week 8 | Chicago Bears at L.A. Chargers |
*Sun. Nov. 5 | Week 9 | Buffalo Bills at Cincinnati Bengals |
*Sun. Nov. 12 | Week 10 | N.Y. Jets at Las Vegas Raiders |
*Sun. Nov. 19 | Week 11 | Minnesota Vikings at Denver Broncos |
**Thurs. Nov. 23 | Week 12 | San Francisco 49ers at Seattle Seahawks |
*Sun. Nov. 26 | Week 12 | Baltimore Ravens at L.A. Chargers |
*Sun. Dec. 3 | Week 13 | Kansas City Chiefs at Green Bay Packers |
*Sun. Dec. 10 | Week 14 | Philadelphia Eagles at Dallas Cowboys |
*Sun. Dec. 17 | Week 15 | Baltimore Ravens at Jacksonville Jaguars |
Sat. Dec. 23 (4:30 p.m. ET) |
Week 16 | Cincinnati Bengals at Pittsburgh Steelers |
Sat. Dec. 23 (8:00 p.m. ET) |
Week 16 | Buffalo Bills at L.A. Chargers *PEACOCK* |
*Sun. Dec. 31 | Week 17 | Green Bay Packers at Minnesota Vikings |
*Sun. Jan. 7 | Week 18 | TBD |
*Flex Week
** Thanksgiving Night Game
Carrie is making her way up the country charts with “Out Of That Truck,” from her upcoming Denim & Rhinestones (Deluxe Edition), available September 22nd.
Audio / Carrie Underwood talks about being a part of Sunday Night Football for the 11th consecutive year.
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“I am so honored and consider myself so blessed to have been a part of Sunday Night Football for so many years. This will be my 11th year of performing the show opener, and we have so much fun with it. I love that too in a small extent, I feel I’ve become synonymous with some Sunday Night Football. I get people coming up to me all the time and say that they love the open, and I’ve had players come up to me and they’re like, ‘Thank you for getting everybody hyped up for the games,’ and I have kids coming up and they’re like, ‘You’re the football lady!’ And I’m like, ‘Yeah, I am.’ So (laughs), it’s a such a cool cultural thing. It’s the No. 1 show on television. I’m very happy and excited to just get to play a small part of it.”