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"The Voice and The X Factor USA will go head-to-head during primetime one night next week. The Voice was originally scheduled to premiere with a two-hour show on Monday, September 10 and a further hour of auditions on Tuesday, September 11 on NBC. However, a third hour-long show has now been added to the schedules, clashing with the first part of The X Factor USA&amp;#039;s second season premiere on Wednesday, September 12 on Fox.  The week&amp;#039;s third Voice episode will air between 8pm and 9pm ET on September 12, taking a slot originally earmarked for an America&amp;#039;s Got Talent repeat. Simon Cowell told TMZ that he was disappointed by NBC&amp;#039;s move, blasting the network as &amp;quot;cynical, cold-hearted and unprofessional&amp;quot;.  He added: &amp;quot;These guys have really got it in for us. It&amp;#039;s nothing short of dirty tricks. The reason they&amp;#039;ve done this is they don&amp;#039;t want people to see X Factor because they&amp;#039;ve heard how good the series is. They don&amp;#039;t want their audience to see Britney Spears. They don&amp;#039;t want their audience to see Demi Lovato.&amp;quot; Cowell also accused NBC of &amp;quot;playing political games and playing with the audience&amp;quot; with its schedule change. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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