[NEWS] 'THE VOICE' TOPS MONDAY NIGHT'S RATINGS, UP 2% FROM LAST WEEK

NBC was number one with adults 18-49, while ABC won with total viewers.

On NBC,the final night of blind auditions on The Voice scored a 4.5 adults 18-49 rating, up 2% from last week's 4.4.

Source: TVByTheNumbers

[NEWS] 'THE VOICE' TOPS TUESDAY NIGHT'S RATINGS, ADJUSTED UP, WINS DEMO

The Voice was adjusted up two tenths and Dancing with the Stars, Ben & Kate, and New Girl (both at 8 & 9) were adjusted up a single tenth among adults 18-49 versus the preliminary Tuesday broadcast ratings.
 

Source: TVByTheNumbers

[NEWS] 'THE VOICE' TOPS MONDAY NIGHT'S RATINGS, ADJUSTED UP

Our readers predicted that The Voice would be the highest-rated show of the night with adults 18-49, while I flipped a coin and went with 2 Broke Girls. Our readers > coin toss! The Voice drew a 4.2 adults 18-49 rating between 8-10p vs. the 3.7 adults 18-49 rating for 2 Broke Girls.


Source: TVByTheNumbers

[NEWS] 'THE VOICE' TOPS TUESDAY NIGHT'S RATINGS, CONTINUES TO CLIMB 13%

The really good news for NBC: The Voice is continuing its upward trend, rising 13 percent this week compared to last Tuesday’s performance. The one-hour Voice had 13.3 million viewers and a 4.5 rating among adults 18-49. After last week’s softer-than-hoped-for return of the music competition series, NBC has to be pretty thrilled that both Monday and Tuesday editions posted gains, gathering strength before next week’s deluge of premieres.

Source: EW

[NEWS] CARSON DALY SPEAKS OUT ABOUT 'THE VOICE' VS. 'X FACTOR' & SHUTS DOWN SIMON

If you’ve been keeping tabs on Simon Cowell lately, then you’re aware he’s none too pleased with The Voice.

The singing competition, hosted by 97.1 AMP/Los Angeles’ very own Carson Daly, decided to extend its premiere week to 3 days, which means it overlapped with last night’s premiere of the revamped X Factor.

Cowell has gone on an all-out media blitz to voice his frustration, telling TMZ, “This is a cynical, cold-hearted, unprofessional way of doing business…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.”

For the most part, The Voice has chosen to stay out of the fray, but Carson felt the need to address the elephant in the room on his radio show Thursday morning.

“I wanted to watch X Factor last night. I think you can’t deny that there was some buzz on this show…I was very curious to see how my old friend Britney Spears was….what she was going to be like and when she speaks in full sentences, was it going to seem sort of medicated or was she going to spring a new personality that I haven’t seen?”

[NEWS] 'THE VOICE' TOPS MONDAY NIGHT'S RATINGS, CLIMBS 10% & SCORES BEST NUMBERS

On NBC, The Voice scored a 4.6 adults 18-49 rating, up 10% from a 4.2 for last week's premiere on Monday and scoring its best numbers since Monday, March 19, 2011.
Source: TVByTheNumbers

[NEWS] USHER & SHAKIRA SWAP PLACES WITH CEE LO GREEN & CHRISTINA AGUILERA FOR SEASON 4

The Voice is shaking up its judges panel.

The NBC reality hit has hired R&B singer Usher and Latin singer Shakira as “coaches” for the upcoming spring edition of the series. They’ll replace Cee Lo Green and Christina Aguilera, who are expected to return to the show next fall. The new additions are part of a plan by NBC and producers to develop an ongoing tent of talent for The Voice that can be mixed and matched as needed. Given the judges’ level of success and tour schedules, it’s difficult to have any of them appear on the show all season now that NBC has decided to run the series in the fall and spring.

“Having award-winning artists as coaches means they need to be able to tour,” said executive producer Mark Burnett. “Whether in the red chair or on tour, our coaches have their chairs for life. This is exactly why, after three seasons, we needed to allow them to rotate out so they can get on the road amongst their fans. Meanwhile, we’re incredibly excited to have singular artists like Usher and Shakira joining the fold.”

Aguilera is releasing a new album and going on tour. CeeLo is developing new music plus working on a scripted comedy series for NBC based on his life. Blake Shelton and Adam Levine will continue on The Voice this spring (and you make your own snarky assumptions about that). The Voice recently returned for its third season and though its ratings were down from previous seasons, it still managed to outshine the Britney-fueled second season premiere of Fox’s The X Factor.

[NEWS] NBC'S 'THE VOICE' (THE BEST. HANDS. DOWN.) TOPS 'THE X FACTOR'

Metered Market Wednesday Ratings
Fox "Wins," but The Voice on NBC Beats The X Factor

Wednesday 9/12/12
Metered Market Results

Household
Rating/Share
Fox 6.7/11
NBC 6.0/.10
CBS 4.1/ 7
ABC 2.5/ 4
CW 0.6/ 1

Ratings Breakdown:

Fox led this second Wednesday in September care of the two-hour season-premiere of The X Factor, which scored a very respectable 6.7 rating/11 share in the overnights from 8-10 p.m. (peaking at a 7.5/12 at 9:30 p.m.). But compared to its year-ago series-opener (8.7/14 on Wednesday 9/21/11), this was down by 23 percent.

And a one-hour edition of competing The Voice on NBC (7.3/13 from 8-9 p.m.) bested the first hour of The X Factor (6.1/10) by 20 percent.

Given all the hoopla of Britney Spears and Demi Lovato joining the judges table, the initial sampling could of…and should of…been higher. Keep in mind, that the 8.7 in the overnights last year translated into 12.49 million viewers and a 4.4/12 among adults 18-49 (based on the Live Plus Same Day results).

At 9 p.m., The X Factor moved into the top spot, with a four percent advantage over America’s Got Talent on NBC (7.4/12 vs. 7.1/12, which was a season-high on the night for AGT). America’s Got Talent concludes with a two-hour installment tonight. As a benchmark, here are the half-hour results for The X Factor:

The X Factor (Fox)
8:00 p.m.: 5.8/10 (#2)
8:30 p.m.: 6.4/10 (#2)
9:00 p.m.: 7.2/11 (#2)
9:30 p.m.: 7.5/12 (#1)

Sorry, Simon Cowell…The Voice is a stronger option in the overnights. Stay tuned for the demos.

Source: TVMediaInsights

UPDATE: 'THE VOICE' BEATS 'THE X FACTOR' VIA: TVBYTHENUMBERS.COM:

FOX was the number 1 network with adults 18-49, but NBC won with total viewers.

Update: in time zone adjusted fast nationals (basically, finals) The X Factor was adjusted up to a 3.4 adults 18-49 rating between 8-10p.

On FOX, the premiere of The X Factor earned a 3.3 adults 18-49 rating, down considerably from last years premiere 4.4 18-49 rating. Your predictions were way too optimistic For those interested, during the common hour The X Factor and The Voice shared, The X Factor notched a 2.7, effectively giving The Voice the win for the 8PM hour.

On NBC, The Voice scored a 3.3 adults 18-49 rating, down seven tenths from yesterday's 4.0 18-49 rating.

Source: TVByTheNumbers

[VIDEO] BRITNEY SPEARS DEFENDS CHRISTINA AGUILERA AND SAYS THEY ARE 'GOOD FRIENDS'

STARTS @ 3:10:[SMART-PHONE FRIENDLY]
UPDATE: Here's a slightly extended cut of Simon Cowell's & Britney Spears' interview (with Extra) in which she further elaborates on her relationship with Christina Aguilera indicating that she (Britney) 'loves (Christina) to death':

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[NEWS] SIMON COWELL IS SCARED BY 'THE VOICE', REVAMPS 'X FACTOR' INTO 'THE XTINA FACTOR'

NBC has added a third time slot for 'The Voice' during it's premiere week going head to head with FOX's 'The X Factor' 'The Xtina Factor' on Wednesday, September 12th. The third time slot addition was announced earlier today and will run from 8pm-9pm.

The last-minute addition has no doubt sparked a lot of controversy and Simon Cowell released an official retaliation to TMZ confirming he's cowering over the covert move against 'The X Factor' 'The Xtina Factor'.

VIA TMZ:

Simon Cowell is furious at NBC for trying to sandbag next week's premiere of "X Factor" by adding a Wednesday installment of "The Voice" ... declaring, "This is a cynical, cold-hearted, unprofessional way of doing business."

Well isn't that the pot calling the kettle black? If anyone in the entertainment industry is known for being cynical, cold-hearted, and unprofessional, it's Simon Cowell. The only thing he should be furious about is hiring Britney Spears to judge a singing competition.

Simon tells TMZ, he thought he had a "gentleman's agreement" with NBC ... that "The Voice" would run Mondays and Tuesdays, and "X Factor" would run Wednesdays and Thursdays on FOX ... so fans could watch both.

Simon, you have to be a gentleman before you can even begin to utter that very word let alone understand it. Trash-talking 'The Voice', it's format, and the coaching panel is far from appropriate, gentlemen-like behavior.

Simon says NBC is turning on its own audience, forcing them to choose between Christina Aguilera's show and Britney Spears' new show. And speaking of them, Simon says, "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."

Is that right, Simon? Poor Britney! I'm glad it's coming out that he is only using Britney as a prop to play the victim and make Christina into the enemy per usual. Pressed?

Simon tells TMZ, he believes the move is as personal as it gets, because "The Voice" came to England and went head-to-head with Simon's show, "Britain's Got Talent" and got its ass kicked.

Simon, now you sound like you're just grasping at straws.

Simon says, "These guys have really got it in for us. It's nothing short of dirty tricks."

Cowell adds, "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."

Now Simon is basically confirming that he is insecure about the format for his show and once the American audience realizes first-hand that true talent prevails over 'dirty tricks' such as hiring Britney Spears to go up against Christina Aguilera and her involvement with a game-changing singing competition that has become immensely successful, it's quite clear that Simon is putting all his eggs into one basket while Christina remains the trendsetter.

Simon says he doesn't think Britney knows yet, but when she finds out "She's going to be devastated because she's put her heart and soul into this."

Once again, Simon is playing the 'Poor Britney' sympathy card and at this point he sounds completely pathetic. Is he implying this sudden move will put Britney on the verge of another mental meltdown? If his 'good' show is so 'good' then why not take this opportunity to shamelessly plug whatever it is about said show that makes it worth watching? The fact that season one of 'X Factor' TANKED in the ratings and led to a complete overhaul of the judging panel is an obvious indication that maybe the 'X Factor' isn't as good as it's crocked out to be..

As for Cowell, he says he's not scared, adding, "I can't bear it that the network is playing political games and playing with the audience."

I don't know about you guys, but Simon Cowell couldn't sound anymore scared. If only Christina Aguilera didn't turn him down, refusing 'X Factor' before signing up to be a part of 'The Voice', maybe he wouldn't be so bruised and bemused. Instead of playing the blame game and pitting past female rivals against each other, maybe he could do something useful and shut up for once? That would be a real testament to his character but it's probably not going to happen anyway.

If anyone in this scenario is playing political games and playing with the audience, it's Mr. Cowell. People in glass houses, should not throw stones.

Source: TMZ
Writing Credits: Joel Horton