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"Carrie&amp;apos;s croonin&amp;apos; on CBS!\r\nGrammy Award winner Carrie Underwood will join Tony Bennett for a unique appearance on CBS&amp;apos; Friday night drama Blue Bloods when its second season premieres September 23.\r\nVIDEO: More fall TV casting news and previews\r\nUnderwood, 28, and Bennett, 84, will play themselves when they sing at a fundraising event attended by series regulars Tom Selleck (as Frank Reagan) and Bridget Moynahan (as Erin Reagan-Boyle). The singers will perform &amp;quot;It Had to Be You&amp;quot; and interact with Selleck and Moynahan in their scene.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;Having musical legend Tony Bennett and the hugely talented country music star Carrie Underwood perform on our show is a true gift. The talent that they bring together is amazing,&amp;quot; the show&amp;apos;s Executive Producer Leonard Goldberg told Us Weekly in a statement Thursday. &amp;quot;We&amp;apos;re looking forward to an exciting second season premiere with a story that is certain to provoke debate, and are thrilled that Tony and Carrie can be a part of it.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nUnderwood&amp;apos;s Blue Bloods gig is not her first primetime appearance on the network. In February 2010, she made her acting debut on CBS&amp;apos; How I Met Your Mother opposite series star Josh Radnor.\r\nBy Allison Corneau for Us Weekly. For more Channel Surfing, click here."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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