VIDEO: First Look - Carrie Underwood Stars with 11 NFL Players in New SNF Theme Song Video

11 NFL players will join seven-time Grammy Award-winner and multi-platinum recording artist Carrie Underwood for her performance of "Waiting All Day for Sunday Night," the opening theme for primetime television's No. 1 program, SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL on NBC. Carrie will visit with THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON on Thursday, September 10 to show a sneak peek of the opening theme and will also perform her new single "Smoke Break."

After performing the opening theme for the past two seasons and SUPER BOWL XLIX, Underwood returns in 2015 beginning with NBC's first SNF broadcast of the 2015 NFL season as the defending NFC East champion Dallas Cowboys host the New York Giants. Coverage begins with FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA at 7 p.m. ET, and the opening theme continues each week of the season to kick off Sunday Night Football.

Earlier this summer, NBC Sports Group produced for movie theatres a 2½-minute behind-the-scenes look at the making of this year's SNF open. The cinema spot was viewed on more than 19,000 movie screens in theaters nationwide. View the behind-the-scenes cinema spot below.

In addition, with SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL kicking off its 10th season in September, NBC Sports enlisted a 10-year-old reporter to interview NFL stars at this year's opening theme shoot. Check out the clip below

11 NFL players, who have accounted for 33 PRO BOWL selections, three SUPER BOWL rings, and seven first-round draft picks, will participate in the open (eight, denoted with an asterisk*, took part in a shoot this past June). Following is the complete list:

New York Giants WR Odell Beckham, Jr.*
Dallas Cowboys WR Dez Bryant*
Seattle Seahawks S Kam Chancellor*
San Francisco 49ers QB Colin Kaepernick
Indianapolis Colts QB Andrew Luck*
Green Bay Packers LB Clay Matthews*
Philadelphia Eagles RB DeMarco Murray*
Arizona Cardinals CB Patrick Peterson*
Denver Broncos DE DeMarcus Ware
Houston Texans DE J.J. Watt
Seattle Seahawks QB Russell Wilson*

"Waiting All Day for Sunday Night" is set to the original Joan Jett song, "I Hate Myself for Loving You."

Earlier this summer, NBC Sports Group produced for movie theatres a 2½-minute behind-the-scenes look at the making of this year's SNF open. The cinema spot was viewed on more than 19,000 movie screens in theaters nationwide.

"Waiting All Day for Sunday Night" is set to the original Joan Jett song, "I Hate Myself for Loving You."

SNF NO. 1 PRIMETIME PROGRAM ON TELEVISION FOR 4 YEARS RUNNING:

For the fourth consecutive September-May television season, NBC's SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL finished as the No. 1 show in primetime in household rating, viewership and the coveted Adult 18-49 demographic, based on live plus same day data from The Nielsen Company (September-May). This marks the only four times on record that a sports series has been the highest-rated and most-watched show of the primetime TV season. For the 2014-2015 primetime television season, SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL ranked as the highest-rated (12.5 HH rating), most-watched show (21.3 million, viewers 2+), and the No. 1 program in the key Adults 18-49 demographic (7.7 rating).

ABOUT CARRIE UNDERWOOD: Carrie Underwood emerged from the promise of her 2005 AMERICAN IDOL win to become a true multi-format, multi-media superstar, spanning achievements in music, television, and film. A seven-time GRAMMY® Award winner, she has amassed nearly 100 major honors, sold more than 56 million records worldwide, and recorded 21 #1 singles, 11 of which she co-wrote. The first female artist to be twice named the Academy of Country Music's Entertainer of the Year, Underwood was recognized as Pollstar's top female country touring artist for her headlining tours in 2008, 2010, and 2012. Her four studio albums, Some Hearts, Carnival Ride, Play On, and Blown Away - each certified multi-Platinum or Platinum, and each an American Music Awards winner as Country Album of the Year - tallied 38 weeks at #1 on Billboard's Top Country Albums chart with songs that have been streamed more than 1.4 billion times worldwide. In 2013, she starred as Maria von Trapp in NBC's three-hour holiday blockbuster, the Emmy®-winning The Sound of Music Live!, whose airings attracted 44 million viewers. In late 2014, the Grand Ole Opry member released her first hits collection, Greatest Hits: Decade #1. Celebrating her first 10 years of music, the 25 songs included two new hits co-written by Underwood: the Platinum-certified, GRAMMY-winning "Something in the Water," as well as the #1 smash "Little Toy Guns." On November 4, she'll return for an eighth consecutive year as co-host of the CMA Awards. Underwood is currently working on new music for her fifth studio album.

2015 NBC SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
Thurs. Sept. 10	NFL Kickoff	Pittsburgh Steelers at New England Patriots
Sun. Sept. 13	Week 1	New York Giants at Dallas Cowboys
Sun. Sept. 20	Week 2	Seattle Seahawks at Green Bay Packers
Sun. Sept. 27	Week 3	Denver Broncos at Detroit Lions
Sun. Oct. 4	Week 4	Dallas Cowboys at New Orleans Saints
*Sun. Oct. 11	Week 5	San Francisco 49ers at New York Giants
*Sun. Oct. 18	Week 6	New England Patriots at Indianapolis Colts
*Sun. Oct. 25	Week 7	Philadelphia Eagles at Carolina Panthers
*Sun. Nov. 1	Week 8	Green Bay Packers at Denver Broncos
*Sun. Nov. 8	Week 9	Philadelphia Eagles at Dallas Cowboys
*Sun. Nov. 15	Week 10	Arizona Cardinals at Seattle Seahawks
*Sun. Nov. 22	Week 11	Kansas City Chiefs at San Diego Chargers
**Thurs. Nov. 26	Week 12	Chicago Bears at Green Bay Packers
*Sun. Nov. 29	Week 12	New England Patriots at Denver Broncos
*Sun. Dec. 6	Week 13	Indianapolis Colts at Pittsburgh Steelers
*Sun. Dec. 13	Week 14	Seattle Seahawks at Baltimore Ravens
*Sun. Dec. 20	Week 15	Cincinnati Bengals at San Francisco 49ers
*Sun. Dec. 27	Week 16	Pittsburgh Steelers at Baltimore Ravens
*Sun. Jan. 3	Week 17	TBD

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