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Are soaps 'forced' to reveal spoilers?

attitude99attitude99 Posts: 14,848
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Are they forced to reveal spoilers/upcoming disaster plots?

Look what happened when EE revealed that Shirley was Micks Mother, it was kept a secret & no one expected it!

Just imagine the shock factor if Corrie hadn't had leaked that there would have been a tram crash, you definitely wouldn't have expected it to happen!

But are soaps 'forced' to reveal plots?

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    BanglaRoadBanglaRoad Posts: 57,595
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    Suppose they see it as a form of advertising
    Cannot see how anybody could" force" a soap to reveal what it did not want to
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    soap-leasoap-lea Posts: 23,851
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    well they have to generate a certain level of interest to get people to watch and keep watching. plus im sure they must have contracts to give certain info to the media such as tv/soap mags.

    if they didnt they probably wouldnt be able to film anything on location due to being harrassed by paps and you would probably find the low end rags paying family members/friends for titbits.
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    Face Of JackFace Of Jack Posts: 7,181
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    Emmerdale are doing this at the moment! This week 'someone will die' - but there has been no publicity or leaks - we'll have to wait until Thursday!!

    I agree though, that if there is going to be a BIG disaster (tram-crash), it's worth publicising to get the build-up of ratings!!
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 996
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    Emmerdale are doing this at the moment! This week 'someone will die' - but there has been no publicity or leaks - we'll have to wait until Thursday!!

    I agree though, that if there is going to be a BIG disaster (tram-crash), it's worth publicising to get the build-up of ratings!!

    There was a major leak about ED when it said in the press release who died.
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    lady_xanaxlady_xanax Posts: 5,662
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    I suppose they are forced to give something in the way of spoilers, such as for the weeklies, and they want the coverage for their particular soap.
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    dd68dd68 Posts: 17,841
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    I like the teaser approach
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    Face Of JackFace Of Jack Posts: 7,181
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    dd68 wrote: »
    I like the teaser approach

    Me too! Emmerdale has done well on this Charity/Declan scenario - and it has all built up to tomorrows (Thursday) grand finale as to who dies.
    No promos on ITV every ad-break - nothing! Who will it be? There have been leaks about certain people - but are they red herrings??
    Emmerdale are pretty cool about keeping secrets now and again!
    Maybe Edna The Hat pops her clogs!! (only joking - I love Edna!):)
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 996
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    Me too! Emmerdale has done well on this Charity/Declan scenario - and it has all built up to tomorrows (Thursday) grand finale as to who dies.
    No promos on ITV every ad-break - nothing! Who will it be? There have been leaks about certain people - but are they red herrings??
    Emmerdale are pretty cool about keeping secrets now and again!
    Maybe Edna The Hat pops her clogs!! (only joking - I love Edna!):)

    Everybody knows who dies.
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    srhgtssrhgts Posts: 8,939
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    Everybody knows who dies.

    I don't. I know who I think it's likely to be but haven't seen anything that confirms it one way or the other.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 996
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    srhgts wrote: »
    I don't. I know who I think it's likely to be but haven't seen anything that confirms it one way or the other.

    ITV press centre gave it away with the spoilers. They changed it after 2 hours though.
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    srhgtssrhgts Posts: 8,939
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    ITV press centre gave it away with the spoilers. They changed it after 2 hours though.

    Could you spoiler tag who it is?
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 996
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    srhgts wrote: »
    Could you spoiler tag who it is?

    There you go.
    Megan grieves for Robbie at his funeral
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    srhgtssrhgts Posts: 8,939
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    Thanks!
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