Overview

• NBC aired the Season 7 premiere on Sept. 29 from 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York.
• Clarkson opened with a Kellyoke cover of The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights,” framing the season around the idea of light.
• Guests Margot Robbie and Colin Farrell joined for a lively conversation tied to their film A Big Bold Beautiful Journey.
• A community segment honored Texas Hill Country flood heroes, including Kerrville ISD bus drivers credited with saving more than 900 children.
• Clarkson did not address Brandon Blackstock’s Aug. 7 death from melanoma; she had postponed August Las Vegas dates to be present for their children, and production restarted the week of Sept. 8.