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CARRIE UNDERWOOD TO STAR IN HER OWN NETWORK

TELEVISON SPECIAL

            NASHVILLE – (October 13, 2009) – Superstar Carrie Underwood will headline her own variety television special on December 7, 2009- exact title to be confirmed. During the two-hour variety special, airing on FOX 8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT, Underwood will perform new music from her upcoming album, Play On, as well as previous hits and holiday classics. She will be joined on stage by special musical guests and chart-topping artists including Dolly Parton, Brad Paisley and David Cook. Additional guest stars to be announced.

Carrie Underwood rose to fame as the winner of AMERICAN IDOL Season Four. Now a four-time Grammy Award winner, the 2009 Academy ofCountry Music Entertainer of the Year, the reigning Country Music Association (CMA) and Academy of Country Music (ACM) Female Vocalist of the Year, Underwood is a bona fide country music superstar. Her newest album, Play On, for which she collaborated with producer Mark Bright, will be released November 3 on 19 Recordings/Arista Nashville. The album’s debut single, “Cowboy Casanova,” is the fastest-rising hit of the year on country radio, exploding with massive first-week sales of 110,236 digital copies. The achievement marks Underwood’s claim as the only solo country artist to debut a digital single this year above the 100,000 units mark – a feat she’s accomplished not once, but twice. Underwood also found success with her single “Home Sweet Home,” which served as the farewell music on AMERICAN IDOL last season. Earlier this year, Underwood became the first country artist in history to have 10 #1 singles from her first two albums, including “I Told You So,” “Just a Dream,” “So Small,” “All-American Girl” and “Last Name.” To date, Underwood is the best-selling AMERICAN IDOL winner in the U.S. with album sales of more than 10 million.

Underwood’s holiday variety special is a production of Big Red 2 Entertainment, and is executive-produced by Simon Fuller, Nigel Lythgoe and Adam Shankman. Shankman and Lythgoe also serve as directors of the special.