What Is A 'Spoiler'...How Do Some People See The Show Before Others?

Question

I don't understand how some people see a program before other people do.

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Answer 1

A "SPOILER" is any advanced knowledge that might spoil a person's viewing or reading pleasure and it is normally bad form to give a person a SPOILER if he/she specifies no SPOILERS. It would be like two people meeting and having sex to figure how their date would end up. It spoils the surprise.

I am a notorious spoiler because I access lots of information before others do and then tell them what they want to know.

This is the reality television section, (how apropo), so i spoil these people rotten because there are ways to get access to things that they want to know that they do not want to spend the time looking for, (lazy).

I like spoiling people. It is one of my manipulations.

It is also fun, though lately people are spoiling themselves more and more in this section, and being spoiled they are beginning to argue more and more.

Anyway, enjoy your TELEVISION question.

Answer 2

Networks do sneak previews sometimes

Most cases it's just a time zone issue. Eastern Time zone will see the show before the West coast

Example, 7 pm on the east coast is 4pm on the West coast

So when 7 pm on the west coast comes around, it's now 11pm on the East Coast.

Some cases like with Big Brother, the show isn't synced to the actual dates of the events. For example, Sunday's show is what happened on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Friday being the nomination ceremony. Saturday is the Power of Veto (which I think we don't see until the Tuesday airing). Monday (after Sunday's show) being the Food Competition (which shows up on Tuesday's Show too). People with live feeds, can post onto blogs, or websites, what happened, and then they know what happened already.

Make sense? It's a little confusing even to me sometimes - but is that the information you were looking for?

Answer 3

As noted in the previous answer, spoilers involve shows that are not broadcast live (or at least not live to the entire country). A spoiler is divulging information from someone who has seen part of the show to someone who has not seen the show -- in effect, spoiling the surprise. Spoilers can primarily occur in three situations.

The first is from viewers on the east coast (and central U.S.) posting "spoilers" for the western part of the country.

The second involves series like Big Brother that use video feeds (and late night broadcasts) and then do summary episodes. On Big Brother, the Sunday episode mostly shows events from Thursday (after the live broadcast) and Friday (mostly the food competition and the nomination ceremony -- both Friday events), the Tuesday episode mostly shows events from Saturday, Sunday, and Monday (mostly the POV from Saturday and the Veto ceremony from Monday), and the Thursday live episode fills in from the rest of Monday through the HOH competition. Those who watch the live feeds (or the Showtime live broadcast each night) can then post information that they glean from those feeds. While BB blacks out the actual competition from the feed, the competitors tend to talk about the results once back in the house.

The third involves shows that tape in front of a studio audience for broadcast later. A classic example of this would be Rockstar which taped the competition show on Sunday for Tuesday broadcast, and the elimination show around noon on Wednesday (PDT) for broadcast at 5 pm PDT that evening. Those who attended the tapings were able to post information about the show prior to its airing.

Answer 4

In addition to all that, some people who work at the networks risk their jobs by getting money from websites to spill the beans, or spend a lot of money on reality show betting websites when they know who is going to win (this is strictly prohibited by the networks). An example of this is Season 3 of Hell's Kitchen. Someone from FOX networks "supposedly" leaked to a website that Rock would win.