Nick Wechsler Talks Spoilers and Changes in the TV Industry [Video]
Spoiler alert! The way we watch television has changed pretty dramatically over the past several years.
When we caught up with Nick Wechsler last month at the ATX Television Festival, he shared a few of his thoughts on those changes, including how spoilers affect the viewing experience.
“One year I was here doing a Netflix spoiler alert panel,” Wechsler said. “And the point of the panel was essentially that Netflix has discovered through their research, I think, that spoilers don’t really spoil. It really just draws more people in.”
He also talked about spoilers on social media, as well as changes in the industry when it comes to things like how actors are paid for their roles.
Since Wechsler is an ambassador for the ATX Festival and a regular attendee, we also spoke with him about what makes the ATX Television Festival such a special event. Find out what he had to say about that here.
You can also check out all of our coverage of the ATX Television Festival (there is still more to come!)
Additional reporting by Christine Laskodi.
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Ashley Bissette Sumerel is a television and film critic living in Wilmington, North Carolina. She is editor-in-chief of Tell-Tale TV as well as Eulalie Magazine. Ashley has also written for outlets such as Rolling Stone, Paste Magazine, and Insider. Ashley has been a member of the Critics Choice Association since 2017 and is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic. In addition to her work as an editor and critic, Ashley teaches Entertainment Journalism, Composition, and Literature at the University of North Carolina Wilmington.