Carrie Underwood fans better sit down for this, because the singer has some exciting news to share going into the new year. Ever since December 2021, the incoming American Idol judge has been headlining her popular Reflection music residency at the Resorts World in Las Vegas.

It’s an early Saturnalia miracle! Five years after CBS’ The Big Bang Theory wrapped its 12-season run, series stars Jim Parsons and Kaley Cuoco (aka Sheldon and Penny) reunited Friday in New York City, where Parsons currently stars in the Broadway production Our Town. “I surprised him,” Cuoco wrote on her Instagram story, along with …

But most fans who commented on Underwood’s “awesome surprise” focused their online praise on the duo’s vocal performance. “Carrie Underwood is here to save the CMAs,” one fan declared as another described Underwood and Johnson as “Elite talents.”