carrie underwood sang the nfl thursday night football song.
carrie underwood sang the nfl thursday night football song.
who sings the nfl thursday night football song?
carrie underwood
the first game produced by nbc sports was broadcast exclusively on nfl network on november 3, 2016, while the first game simulcast nationally on nbc aired on november 17. a cappella group pentatonix recorded a reworked version of their song "sing" ("weekend go") to serve as the opening theme song for nbc's "thursday night football" telecasts; nbc also commissioned new instrumental theme music by jimmy greco, "can't hold us down", which was performed by members of the orchestra from the broadway musical "hamilton". both were retained for nbc's games in 2017.
thursday night football
the game proper is preceded by a pre-game show; cbs games were preceded by "thursday night kickoff", hosted by james brown, bill cowher, and deion sanders. nbc games were preceded by "football night in america" (renamed in reference of the host city of the game, such as "football night in tampa"), hosted by liam mchugh, tony dungy, and rodney harrison. cbs joined "thursday night kickoff" at 7:30 p.m. eastern time during its games. this resulted in some controversy among viewers and the producers of syndicated programming in the locally programmed timeslot before network primetime, where the pre-game affects programs such as "wheel of fortune", "jeopardy!" and "entertainment tonight" (all distributed by cbs's sister syndication division cbs television distribution), along with several other programs, which then require pre-emption or slotting on lower-profile alternate timeslots or stations to air in markets where they are carried by cbs, fox, or nbc affiliates in order to accommodate the thursday games. for fox, the game telecast is preceded by "fox nfl thursday" live from new york city, hosted by michael strahan, terry bradshaw, howie long, tony gonzalez, and fox’s nfl insider jay glazer, who appears from the fox sports studios in los angeles, where fox nfl sunday is filmed, and like cbs and nbc, fox nfl thursday would begin at 7:30 p.m. eastern time; the aforementioned cbs-distributed programming is less-carried by its affiliates (though several still do, such as wvue/new orleans and wluk-tv/green bay carrying the game shows), and programs such as sitcoms and entertainment newsmagazines such as "tmz" will end up being preempted during fox's carriage of "tnf".
thursday night football