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When did Spoliers become a thing
...... roughly what year or decade? As it used to be a surprise what happened in soaps
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...... roughly what year or decade? As it used to be a surprise what happened in soaps
There seems to be a row back now thankfully. Ridiculous to reveal the stories before they happen |
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I guess it was with the rise in popularity of social media.
I try desperately to avoid spoilers. I like to be surprise (or disappointed, in some cases) when the "action" takes place and I am not just waiting for what I've read about to happen |
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I guess it was with the rise in popularity of social media.
I try desperately to avoid spoilers. I like to be surprise (or disappointed, in some cases) when the "action" takes place and I am not just waiting for what I've read about to happen I remember spoilers existing on forums in the early 00s. |
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Since newspapers and soap magazines existed.
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Since newspapers and soap magazines existed.
I was a regular buyer and reader of Inside Soap for a few years, then I stumbled across a web site that I cannot remember the name of, which gave detailed descriptions of eastenders episodes quite far in advance, and from that found my way to various forums and sites and all of a sudden a weekly magazine was well out of date by the time it hit the shops I wish I could avoid spoilers, one of the reason why I have enjoyed EastEnders this year is because of the unexpected returns such as Jane's first re arrival, then Anthony Trueman was a total surprise, and Kathy on the live episode, I think they have done well this year to keep as much as they have a secret |
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Under Colllinson Corrie just seemed to start giving away every aspect of a storyline in advance.
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They started to exist by the mid 90s in newspapers and by the early 00s they were mainstream in newspapers, tv magazines / guides etc. Then in the mid 00s spoilers were common on websites like DS.
Early 00s (possibly late 90s) was also the beginning of the celeb culture in soaps from what I remember this is when the media started to take an interest in the personal life of actors. |
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...... roughly what year or decade? As it used to be a surprise what happened in soaps
As an example, every single Sunday when EE started, the News of the world would have articles about EE, including upcoming plots. Allegedly they did things like going through actors bins for scripts. Allegedly, Julia Smith would put out dalse info in scripts in a bid to discover where the 'leak' was and whether it was innocent or a member of the cast or crew was actually selling spoilers. |
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Since newspapers and soap magazines existed.
UIt then became more 'centralised' and 'organised' in the early 90s when the soap mags started - i think inside Soap started in 1992. |
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Yes, Whilst i do remember it in the late 70s (who shot JR as one prime example) I think it did intensify after Mike/Ken/Deirdre
As for Ken/Deirdre/Mike, I don't remember it being common knowledge that Deirdre was going to go back to Ken (although common sense would have said she would because "good" always "wins"), so that at least was a surprise to me when it happened. |
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Growing up in the 90s one of my favourite things was when the new TVTimes came out.
Skip straight to the Soap page to see all the spoilers for the week. Spoilers aren't an internet thing. |
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Way before Social Media or the Internet. It all started with the soap magazines, then Newspapers picking up stories from the Magazines.
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I can remember them from the late 90s/early 00s, especially when Brookie started the 'sensationalist storyline' trend.
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June 2nd 2001, if I recall correctly. Mid-afternoon, there was a light South-westerly breeze, and the humidity was about 37%. Might have been 38, I can't be expected to remember the facts exactly, you'd be asking too much of me. I was probably drunk at the time.
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Growing up in the 90s one of my favourite things was when the new TVTimes came out.
Skip straight to the Soap page to see all the spoilers for the week. |
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Isn't that just the billings for the week though? I take "spoilers" to refer more to information released far longer in advance than that.
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