Mark Burnett didn't know 'The Voice' added to Wednesday

Mark Burnett didn't know that an additional show as added to the premiere of The Voice next week. In fact, TMZ reports that he only found out through TMZ when they interviewed him.

I believe him. It looks like NBC added the show last minute trying to squeeze FOX as hard as it can. The Voice will hopefully do well on Monday, then on Tuesday it faces a very week So You Think You Can Dance finale. I think they are hoping The Voice momentum would carry over to Wednesday and help the America's Got Talent finale. I'm actually surprised Simon Cowell pressed the panic button already!

From TMZ:

Mark Burnett -- the mastermind behind "The Voice" -- says Simon Cowell is delusional to think Mark is going head-to-head with the premiere of "X Factor" to steal Britney Spears' thunder.

Burnett tells TMZ ... he didn't even know NBC added "The Voice" to next Wednesday's schedule until we called to tell him. Burnett said, "There was never ever a meeting or a discussion of what my show was up against. The fact is ... it shows you where our minds are at and where others are because it literally never crossed my mind."

Burnett -- who also created "Survivor" -- tells us, "This is someone trying to read into something that doesn't exist."