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Glee - Fox to punish leaks after "Glee" Prom Spoiler

20 Apr 2011

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LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - The fallout from a "Glee" extra's revelation of key plot developments via Twitter could impact the way some TV contracts are drafted.

Nicole Crowther, a day player on the hit Fox musical, came under fire this week for sharing the names of the prom king and queen in an upcoming episode. In response, Glee co-creator Brad Falchuk quickly took to Twitter to slam Crowther, writing "hope you're qualified to do something besides work in entertainment ... Who are you to spoil something talented people have spent months to create?"

But according to a source close to the show, the standard SAG day-player union contracts "Glee" uses don't contain "NDA" (non-disclosure agreement) language providing for punishment when plot secrets are revealed. So while the studio and network might never hire a leaking extra again, the legal ramifications of spilling secrets are probably less serious.

An insider at "Glee" producer 20th Century Fox Television said the studio is considering amending all of its talent deals -- from series regulars to day players like Crowther -- to include strict punishments for blabbing online.

If so, it wouldn't be the only Hollywood studio to crack down on leaks via social networks. A growing number of studio deals contain new language aimed at plugging leaks of disparaging or confidential information about productions via Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and the rest.

In October 2009, a Disney contract came to light with a clause forbidding confidentiality breaches via "interactive media such as Facebook, Twitter, or any other interactive social network or personal blog." At the time, ABC had recently issued guidelines for tweeting while working on network shows, rules that included seven prohibited actions (including revealing spoilers).

Fox will likely add a liquidated damages provisions to its "Glee" deals, meaning the studio could collect a pre-set amount of money from an offending leaker (and, more likely, prevent them from leaking in the first place out of fear).

Hollywood is getting wise to the power of online media. The prom king on "Glee" might not impact national security, but it makes sense for studios to enact consequences for spoiling its heavily-guarded plot secrets.

Source: Reuters
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15 comments:

  1. Rosalind20 April 2011 at 09:54

    Meh, Falchuk needs to get over himself. There are no circumstances where the revealing of a prom king and queen before time is big enough to threaten someone's employment, whether in real life or in drama. Its just not that important....

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  2. min aviendha20 April 2011 at 10:19

    OMG they're sooooooooo exaggerated!!!!

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  3. darq20 April 2011 at 11:04

    I am stil ltrying to figure out exactly which "talented people" he is referring to....

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  4. Bob20 April 2011 at 11:48

    I understand where he's coming from, imagine if (if you haven't watched Dexter Season 4 yet don't read this) an extra spoiled Rita's death, I think everyone would have been pissed, even if this isn't as important (and I do love Glee, but to be honest, who really cares), if it carries on, it would be annoying

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  5. Mark Johnson20 April 2011 at 13:08

    The only people who are spoiled are the people who come to sites like this to be spoiled. I mean, maybe there's some splash damage, but it's minimal.

    The execs who HATE spoilers really need to get over it. You're still surprising most of the viewing audience.

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  6. Jenny20 April 2011 at 16:02

    I like Glee, but they act like Glee is outstanding television that keeps us on the edge of our seats... it's not.

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  7. Amanda Saunders20 April 2011 at 17:34

    It's a pretty major thing in the episode though, and it's a major spoiler as far as glee spoilers go. I'd say he has a right to be fairly pissed, as do the glee fans that stumbled upon it by accident.

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  8. darq20 April 2011 at 19:42

    If any TV show wants to keep some "big secret" that they consider uber-important, they only have themselves to blame if they did not film multiple scenes to "fake out" spoiler junkies. I don't think that is too important a plot or that shocking anyway. With this season being so Kurtcentric, and the inevitable move back to McKinley... he was bound to end up either HK or HQ. Soon as I read the spoiler title I knew it involved Kurt.

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  9. darq20 April 2011 at 19:44

    How does one stumble upon something marked in the title "spoiler" and then noted "read no further if you don't want spoilers" in the article and continue reading the article not thinking that you may get spoiler info? No sane person that does NOT want spoilers would continue reading the article.

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  10. Chanelle Montpetit21 April 2011 at 01:12

    She posted of twitter... any fans folowing her saw it and maybe they didnt want to be spoiled. Like me *cries* *cough* yeah right.... HAHAHAH

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  11. Chanelle Montpetit21 April 2011 at 01:13

    I know right! Just cause a lot of people hate glee doesnt make this a small spoiler, its the big thing of the prom night, im a fan and I dont care knowing it cause i live for spoilers and cant wait but this is HUGE!

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  12. Chanelle Montpetit21 April 2011 at 01:15

    dont know what you are talking about. I find the Finn/rachel/quinn SO ... okay sorry i cant. ahhaha

    but I still thinks its unprofessional (?) of her to say something like that. It, their job she is messing with, your baby of course you get pissed if something is linked (leaked... omg brain not here0

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  13. Rand Miller21 April 2011 at 07:18

    No offense but its not like they had leaked the end of LOST.
    I mean come on now. It's prom king and queen of GLEE

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  14. 24fan21 April 2011 at 21:16

    Not being a viewer I can say it's ^No big deal for me, but I understand it from the producers viewpoint and fans who don't want to be spoiled as well.

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  15. Marissa Ritchie25 April 2011 at 17:20

    In any other case, I would agree. But when you actually consider who the prom queen and king are, it's a pretty big spoiler. And so I agree with whatever punishment the creators would want to implement.

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