Simon Cowell is mad at 'The Voice'
Simon Cowell is unhappy that The Voice is premiering on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday next week. He voiced his outrage over at TMZ.
Basically, The X Factor is going against The Voice and America's Got Talent on Wednesday, then AGT's finale on Thursday. So chances are, his show won't have the "redemption" premiere ratings he was hoping for after last year's "20 million viewers or nothing" snafu.
From WENN:
THE X FACTOR creator SIMON COWELL has lashed out at NBC execs for adding another night of THE VOICE premiere to go head-to-head with his own singing competition.
On Wednesday (05Sep12), bosses at NBC announced that a third night of the blind auditions will air next Wednesday (12Sep12), following the previously scheduled premiere on Monday (10Sep12) and Tuesday (11Sep12). With the new Wednesday episode, The Voice will be in the same time slot as the season two premiere of Fox's The X Factor.
Cowell is furious over the switch up, telling TMZ.com that NBC execs broke the "gentleman's agreement" he had with them, which would have allowed viewers to watch both singing competition programs.
He insisted, "This is a cynical, cold-hearted, unprofessional way of doing business. These guys have really got it in for us. It's nothing short of dirty tricks."
The Brit believes The Voice showrunners are gunning for Cowell because when the UK version of The Voice began, it was pitted against Britain's Got Talent, another Cowell created show, and BGT trumped The Voice in ratings.
In addition to the shows going up against each other, the schedule change reignites the feud between The Voice judge Christina Aguilera and her longtime rival Britney Spears on The X Factor panel.
Cowell adds, "Britney's not going to appreciate the fact that Christina - who has been a bit of a rival - isn't allowing Britney to have a night of her own. She's going to be devastated because she's put her heart and soul into this.
"The reason they've done this is they don't want people to see X Factor because they've heard how good the series is. They don't want their audience to see Britney Spears. They don't want their audience to see Demi Lovato."
With just days away from both season premieres, Cowell is fed up with the peacock network and their ratings ploys.
He says, "I can't bear it that the network is playing political games and playing with the audience."
