Simon Cowell is not a happy man right now. NBC just announced that "The Voice" Season 3 premiere will be extended to three nights, Monday through Wednesday while "X Factor" Season 2 premiere will be aired on Fox. Reality show are in melt down mode. The biggest meltdown of all comes courtesy of "The X Factor's" own Simon Cowell, who is taking NBC's programming decision very personally, calling it "a cynical, cold-hearted, unprofessional way of doing business."  

Simon claims that Fox and NBC had "gentleman's agreement" that their shows would air on separate nights --Mondays and Tuesdays for "The Voice," Wednesdays and Thursdays for "The X Factor" to allow fans to easily watch both. Simon believes that this is a retaliatory move on "The Voice's" part, after one of Simon's other TV shows, "Britain's Got Talent," totally trounced "The Voice U.K" in an overseas ratings war earlier this year. "These guys have really got it in for us.  It's nothing short of dirty tricks...I can't bear it that the network is playing political games and playing with the audience," he says.  

Moreover, Simon fears that someone else is going to be even more distraught: his new co-star, Britney Spears, who just happens to be the longtime frenemy of "Voice" coach Christina Aguilera. "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," he gripes. "She's going to be devastated because she's put her heart and soul into this."