I'm really aging myself here but I remember when TV Guide got blasted for spoiling an episode of Hill Street Blues. Thursday night, one character, despondent over I-can't-even-remember-what, put a gun to his head and pulled the trigger. Episode ends there. Aghast, everyone is waiting with baited breath until TVG, which came out on Monday, I think, blithely reveals all. (Another character, fearing a possible suicide, unloaded said gun.) TVG is raked over the coals by both fans and show runners for spoiling storyline.
I got spoiled over another British show I watched and couldn't enjoy the ep because I kept waiting for character X to get killed.
I don't know how you can avoid spoilers. I was live-tweeting an episode of NCIS when I was chastised, and rightly so, by Australian fans who are like a week behind. So I just bitch to myself and keep my mouth shut online.
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Date: 2013-03-02 06:37 pm (UTC)I got spoiled over another British show I watched and couldn't enjoy the ep because I kept waiting for character X to get killed.
I don't know how you can avoid spoilers. I was live-tweeting an episode of NCIS when I was chastised, and rightly so, by Australian fans who are like a week behind. So I just bitch to myself and keep my mouth shut online.