NBC Expands ‘The Voice’ To Three Nights During Election Week

COMMENTS (12)

• Well I would normally watch NBC on a Thursday but as I don’t watch televised karaoke I won’t be watching it those nights

  Comment by xolitz — Monday October 22, 2012 @ 9:43am PDT  Reply to this post

  • too bad for you…..

    Comment by kristin — Monday October 22, 2012 @ 4:02pm PDT  Reply to this post

• I’m sure Simon Cowell will be upset by this. Another ratings loss to the already under-performing X-Factor is not what he wants to see.

  Comment by JJ — Monday October 22, 2012 @ 9:44am PDT  Reply to this post

• Bold move by NBC but it could be good for them. I don’t think it will have trouble beating the X-Factor although Modern Family and TBBT will obviously take away some viewers. Thursday’s the important one as it could do some great things for The Office and Parks & Rec.

  Comment by Prax — Monday October 22, 2012 @ 9:50am PDT  Reply to this post

• NBC is just going to “Millionaire” their top show into the ground. This is not a smart move. This is more short-term thinking on the part of NBC. No strategy. Just more “Voice”.

  Comment by Terrence — Monday October 22, 2012 @ 10:07am PDT  Reply to this post

• Doesn’t anyone remember Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
  What exactly can they do for The Office and Parks & Rec, being that they are two lame-duck series?

  Comment by Sommers — Monday October 22, 2012 @ 10:08am PDT  Reply to this post

• Is NBC testing new waters for midseason? I mean, it would help it’s Thursday shows. But let this not become a habit and then expand it to 5 nights!!!!
  Well FOX did the same with Idol and at times aired it 3 nights a week. The new programming head is really doing his best to kill X Factor.

  Comment by Sam — Monday October 22, 2012 @ 10:09am PDT  Reply to this post

• After a decade of FOX using AMERICAN IDOL to annihilate all the competition on ABC, NBC and CBS, it’s refreshing to see FOX get a taste of what it’s like to have a rival network show eat into their ratings. I’m still pissed that they canceled TERRA NOVA in favor of MOB DOCTOR???? ZING!

  Comment by sean — Monday October 22, 2012 @ 10:27am PDT  Reply to this post

  • Terra Nova got canceled because it cost too much per episode for the ratings it was pulling in. Mob Doctor had nothing to do with it. And no I’m not a fan of that show either.

    Comment by puredieselbc — Monday October 22, 2012 @ 1:13pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Moves like this are why I’ve given up most of these shows. Too much time commitment.

  Comment by TL — Monday October 22, 2012 @ 11:51am PDT  Reply to this post

• A shot in the foot. So busy trying to kill off X FACTOR (which it has failed to do) NBC will only hurt itself.

  Comment by EK — Monday October 22, 2012 @ 1:13pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Although politicians would have been upset, what if NBC had decided to run “The Voice” on Election Night between 8 and 10 P.M. EST and reduced election night coverage of updates during “Voice”, an hour from 10 to 11 P.M. EST, and breaking into regular late-night programming for the loser’s concession speech and the winner’s acceptance speech??

  I think the Peacock would have ran away with the ratings.

  Comment by Joseph — Monday October 22, 2012 @ 2:11pm PDT  Reply to this post