Clyde and I rarely watch live television anymore. Instead, we watch Tivo, which allows us to speed through commercials and watch what we want, when we want.
We can’t do that with Survivor. Each week, we have to watch the show on the night it airs. Why? Because the following morning, the folks at USA TODAY will spoil it for us if we don’t.
I’m not surprised or offended that the paper runs a paragraph or two about the show’s outcome. In fact, that’s fine with me. Make the headline something like, “The Tribe Has Spoken – Survivor Boots Fifth Contestant.” A headline like that tells me a spoiler is on the way, and I can skip the article.
Consistently, however, the crew at USA TODAY runs a headline like this one: “Ethan Voted Off Survivor.” You can’t miss that; you can’t stop yourself from reading it. The first word tells you everything there is to know.
My personal plea, then, to the folks at USA TODAY: Stop spoiling Survivor. In the digital age, not everyone watches the same thing at the same time.
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