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NBC Sunday Night Football began airing on the 6th of August 2006 with the Pro Football Hall of Fame Game between the Oakland Raiders and the Philadelphia Eagles. The first regular-season game under the contract, between the Miami Dolphins and the Pittsburgh Steelers, aired on the 7th of September 2006.
Mike Tirico serves as play-by-play announcer and Cris Collinsworth as color commentator. Tirico succeeded Al Michaels following Super Bowl LVI in February 2022, and Collinsworth had earlier replaced John Madden, who retired prior to the 2009 season.
Carrie Underwood has been the primary singer of the Sunday Night Football theme since the 2013 season. Previous performers include Faith Hill, who sang from 2007 to 2013, and Pink, who performed for the 2006 season. All versions rework the Joan Jett song "I Hate Myself for Loving You".
The Washington Redskins against the Dallas Cowboys on the 30th of December 2012 is the highest-rated Sunday Night Football broadcast, drawing 30.426 million viewers and a household rating of 12.7. It was also the most-watched regular-season prime time NFL game in sixteen years.
Sunday Night Football first claimed the top spot as Nielsen's most-watched program on American network television during the 2011-12 season, ending American Idol's eight-consecutive-season run at the top. It repeated the feat for three straight years beginning with the 2013-14 season.
NBC's contract, which runs from the 2023 through the 2034 season, includes the Thursday night NFL Kickoff Game, a Thanksgiving night game, at least two playoff games per year, and exclusive streaming rights to one regular-season game per year on Peacock. NBC also holds the Super Bowl in 2026, 2030, and 2034.