Country superstar Carrie Underwood's new "Sunday Night Football" theme song made its debut ahead of NBC's coverage of the NFL contest between the Los Angeles Rams and the Chicago Bears on Sunday (September 12).
Opening "Sunday Night Football" for the ninth consecutive season, Underwood performs the iconic "Waiting All Day For Sunday Night," which is set to the melody of Joan Jett's "I Hate Myself For Loving You."
"Shooting the new show open for Sunday Night Football is one of the highlights of my year," said Underwood. "I just love the fact that we get to reinvent it every year."
She added, "The team behind these shoots is incredible and it's always a really fun day, especially this year getting to work with such amazing state-of-the-art technology."
The new "Sunday Night Football" open for the first time features a virtual football tailgate as a backdrop for Underwood's performance.
The open also highlights user-generated cameos from some of the NFL's biggest stars as well as fans' self-recorded video from NFL tailgates.
(Photo: Chris Haston/NBC)
The wait is finally over. Sunday Night is here.Take us away, @CarrieUnderwood! pic.twitter.com/oXcUNBSgNS— Sunday Night Football on NBC (@SNFonNBC) September 13, 2021
The wait is finally over. Sunday Night is here.Take us away, @CarrieUnderwood! pic.twitter.com/oXcUNBSgNS
For comments and feedback contact: editorial@rttnews.com
Entertainment News
May 01, 2026 15:54 ET Central banks dominated the economics news flow this week with almost all major ones announcing their latest policy decisions and many boosted expectations for a rate hike in June. In other news, several countries released the preliminary data for first quarter economic growth. In the U.S., comments by Fed Chair Jerome Powell were also in focus as his term ends this month.