Soap Spoilers contrbuting to declining viewers? (2024)

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• PunksNotDead Posts: 22,658

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  23/04/24 - 15:46 #2

  More channels + More content + More entertainment options.

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• pearlsandplums Posts: 32,025

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  23/04/24 - 15:47 #3

  I do think the in-depth spoilers are ridiculous.. there's just no need

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• Scrabbler Posts: 53,691

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  23/04/24 - 15:54 #4

  Retcons
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• Otis Hill Posts: 2,735

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  23/04/24 - 16:13 #5

  Probably depends on the person but for me I think it probably does contribute to my declining viewership. I'll sometimes look at spoilers and then skip the episode and do something else since there's no suspense for me. For example, I clicked on the spoiler for tonight's EE episode and instead of saying something like "What is Nadine hiding?", it literally spells out exactly what her secret is.

  I'm not complaining since it was my choice to click the spoiler but if the option to have it spoiled wasn't available to me or if it was just a tease that there was something wasn't what it seemed, I'd be more inclined to tune in. To be fair to EE the lead up to the Six kept me tuning in since they were able to keep it under wraps but it looks like since then they've leaked pretty much everything weeks in advance so there hasn't really been anything to keep me hooked and tuning in for consecutive episodes when I already have the gist of what's going to happen

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• monalisa62003 Posts: 57,658

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  23/04/24 - 16:14 #6

  Otis Hill wrote: »

  Probably depends on the person but for me I think it probably does contribute to my declining viewership. I'll sometimes look at spoilers and then skip the episode and do something else since there's no suspense for me. For example, I clicked on the spoiler for tonight's EE episode and instead of saying something like "What is Nadine hiding?", it literally spells out exactly what her secret is.

  I'm not complaining since it was my choice to click the spoiler but if the option to have it spoiled wasn't available to me or if it was just a tease that there was something wasn't what it seemed, I'd be more inclined to tune in. To be fair to EE the lead up to the Six kept me tuning in since they were able to keep it under wraps but it looks like since then they've leaked pretty much everything weeks in advance so there hasn't really been anything to keep me hooked and tuning in for consecutive episodes when I already have the gist of what's going to happen

  even if you dont click on a link, the title of a tweet and the picture gives it away

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• Sun Glasses Ron Posts: 20,079

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  23/04/24 - 16:22 #7

  Bit like Christmas

  Lets be honest all prefered the surprise/disappointment on opening presents

  Rather than knowing everything you getting

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• MJsDirtyDiana Posts: 396,292

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  23/04/24 - 17:35 #8

  I’m a big fan of spoilers

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• lufcfan1998 Posts: 22,721

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  23/04/24 - 17:36 #9

  Tbh I think it's the fact we're not living in an era of just 5 channels anymore.

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• Ancora Posts: 23,725

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  23/04/24 - 17:47 #10

  I like the spoilers. It's good to know what's coming up and even better to watch it. I don't understand why someone wouldn't watch just because of a synopsis. There'll be other stuff that they would miss if they didn't watch.

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• Reification Posts: 6,964

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  23/04/24 - 17:57 #11

  I dont care about spoilers. When it comes to things like soaps, i dont think most people are bothered enough to care about spoilers.
  They either watch the soaps in a way which is give or take, so its something nice and easy to pass the time for some light enjoyment, but if they disappeared tomorrow, they would not miss them. Therefore, they dont take the shows seriously enough to be concerned about Spoilers, compared to like if a movie gets spoiled.
  Or they dont care about soaps at all, and it has nothing to do with spoilers. More to do with them being a bit a dying form, they arent the big thing in our culture anymore like they used to be.

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• SteveHardy1985 Posts: 8,173

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  23/04/24 - 19:17 #12

  Possibly, but it might not necessarily be because people are ruining stories for themselves and more so because they get to see what's upcoming and decide "this sounds terrible, I don't care enough to watch."

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• monalisa62003 Posts: 57,658

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  23/04/24 - 20:23 #13

  Ancora wrote: »

  I like the spoilers. It's good to know what's coming up and even better to watch it. I don't understand why someone wouldn't watch just because of a synopsis. There'll be other stuff that they would miss if they didn't watch.

  I think the main issue is early release. They aren't really spoilers

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• rr22 Posts: 7,817

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  23/04/24 - 20:26 #14

  SteveHardy1985 wrote: »

  Possibly, but it might not necessarily be because people are ruining stories for themselves and more so because they get to see what's upcoming and decide "this sounds terrible, I don't care enough to watch."

  It certainly does persuade me to think this episode is not worth tuning in for. I say this is a good point.

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• Ancora Posts: 23,725

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  23/04/24 - 20:30 #15

  monalisa62003 wrote: »

  Ancora wrote: »

  I like the spoilers. It's good to know what's coming up and even better to watch it. I don't understand why someone wouldn't watch just because of a synopsis. There'll be other stuff that they would miss if they didn't watch.

  I think the main issue is early release. They aren't really spoilers

  Eh? What do you mean? Nobody is talking about early release on here.

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• Soap Spy Posts: 4,289

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  23/04/24 - 20:43 #16

  monalisa62003 wrote: »

  Ancora wrote: »

  I like the spoilers. It's good to know what's coming up and even better to watch it. I don't understand why someone wouldn't watch just because of a synopsis. There'll be other stuff that they would miss if they didn't watch.

  I think the main issue is early release. They aren't really spoilers

  That's not the issue we only get the episode on the day of broadcast. It's not like weekly box-set lol. Spoilers are everywhere for next week episodes before the early releases. I do agree partly it's to do with spoilers but what others have said there is more choice these days that people can pick from.

• monalisa62003 Posts: 57,658

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  23/04/24 - 20:47 #17

  Ancora wrote: »

  monalisa62003 wrote: »

  Ancora wrote: »

  I like the spoilers. It's good to know what's coming up and even better to watch it. I don't understand why someone wouldn't watch just because of a synopsis. There'll be other stuff that they would miss if they didn't watch.

  I think the main issue is early release. They aren't really spoilers

  Eh? What do you mean? Nobody is talking about early release on here.

  They still classed as spoilers

• Ancora Posts: 23,725

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  23/04/24 - 20:50 #18

  monalisa62003 wrote: »

  Ancora wrote: »

  monalisa62003 wrote: »

  Ancora wrote: »

  I like the spoilers. It's good to know what's coming up and even better to watch it. I don't understand why someone wouldn't watch just because of a synopsis. There'll be other stuff that they would miss if they didn't watch.

  I think the main issue is early release. They aren't really spoilers

  Eh? What do you mean? Nobody is talking about early release on here.

  They still classed as spoilers

  You've lost me now.

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• Ianjones2023 Posts: 5,451

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  23/04/24 - 21:35 #19

  With classic emmerdale, classic eastenders and classic coronation st, even though i often recall what happened or if i never its all online to see i still enjoy them and thats down to quality production, acting and writing. Spoilers sure dont stop me watching neighbours. Spoilers maybe put folk off the soaps now like coronation st as folk will know what dross they are getting so switch off

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• nemesisis Posts: 6,293

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  23/04/24 - 21:41 #20

  Sun Glasses Ron wrote: »

  From memory unless you read next weeks TV Guide there was very little in way of spoilers

  Nowadays you can almost read the scripts

  So with these spoilers everywhere

  Rather than attracting viewers people switch off ?

  Agree - I have seen a few spoilers (or future storylines) for Corrie and will not bother to watch for a few weeks

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• Joe_H11 Posts: 5,907

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  24/04/24 - 00:28 #21

  I don't mind the teasy stuff

  But sometimes i feel like having too much is just...too much

  But then its fairly hard for them to market without revealing what's actually happening

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• Liz The Biz Posts: 928

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  24/04/24 - 06:37 #22

  Scrabbler wrote: »

  Retcons
  Repetitive storylines
  Unnecessary deaths
  Unpopular characters dominating lots of episodes
  Too much boring filler
  Sick and twisted storylines
  Too much sensationalism

  Spot on. These days they just can't wait to get the content out there for fear of other soaps trying to outdo them first. Compared to the classic episodes, when the writing was better and they were slower paced and the storylines much more grounded, soaps can be exhausting to watch now with one sensationalist story after another. Spoilers have become run of the mill. Viewers know what's going to happen long before it happens so they might think it's not worth watching.

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• Cassie01 Posts: 2,554

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  24/04/24 - 07:20 edited 24/04/24 - 07:20 #23

  It's the Corrie spoilers that I find excessive. The ones on DS read like short stories. Maybe it's because it's essentially two episodes rolled into one but I still think that the huge wall of text that they release is too much. The other soaps are not as bad in comparison. EastEnders often seems to have unspoiled twists.

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• Scrabbler Posts: 53,691

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  24/04/24 - 07:31 #24

  Cassie01 wrote: »

  It's the Corrie spoilers that I find excessive. The ones on DS read like short stories. Maybe it's because it's essentially two episodes rolled into one but I still think that the huge wall of text that they release is too much. The other soaps are not as bad in comparison. EastEnders often seems to have unspoiled twists.

  Yes just this week we didn't know that Honey would propose to Billy, that Sonia was pregnant or that Nadine had faked her pregnancy.

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• Sun Glasses Ron Posts: 20,079

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  24/04/24 - 09:12 #25

  nemesisis wrote: »

  Sun Glasses Ron wrote: »

  From memory unless you read next weeks TV Guide there was very little in way of spoilers

  Nowadays you can almost read the scripts

  So with these spoilers everywhere

  Rather than attracting viewers people switch off ?

  Agree - I have seen a few spoilers (or future storylines) for Corrie and will not bother to watch for a few weeks

  Im Sure its Emmerdale
  Where they announce about 6 months in advance
  Belle learns about Tom
  Young Arthur has to tell everyone his secret

  Maybe not quite like that
  But doesnt take mastermind to work it out whats happening

  Its almost like they are begging viewers to watch

• Sun Glasses Ron Posts: 20,079

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  24/04/24 - 09:12 #26

  Those yearly disasters advertised & plugged for months in advance.....

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