Spoilers

I read an article on when Spoilers 'expire'

The first part I took issue with was “If the ending is really atrocious, like ‘Lost,’ then you’re probably doing people a favour by letting them know.”

I have no idea if Lost was any good but who is the critic to judge for the viewer? It's a tad arrogant. Or snobbish.

As for when the time should be up, 48 hours? Nope.

There's a TV channel in Newfoundland that routinely shows episodes of different series a week behind the rest of Canada. Recording to watch later is common.

But if the critic's review is to avoid spoilers and it's decided the rule is 48 hours, does this mean the critic's review will appear 48 hours later rather than the next day?

But what about movie reviews? Movies are at the cinema for weeks after release. A good reviewer can critique the movie without spoilers. Perhaps TV critics are not that good.

About a week seems reasonable; after all the next episode is on then and people will likely have caught up.

At the same time, it can be frustrating not seeing a review or blog when one has seen the episode and would like to discuss or read a review.

The obvious answer would be to have the review soon after but keep any 'reveals' out of the headings.

That shouldn't be hard.