Emmys Tribute Angers Viewers for Spoiling TV Show Endings

Spoiler alert: The Internet is outraged again! Last night, the 2015 Emmy Awards aired a tribute to TV series that ended this year, including brief clips from "Mad Men," "Boardwalk Empire," and "Sons of Anarchy," among others. Right on cue, viewers cried TMI at the spoiler footage.

Even Ellen DeGeneres got in on the act, joining the many famous and not famous names to lash out:

Thanks #Emmys. I had DVRed all of those shows.

- Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) September 21, 2015

Hey #Emmys, we aren't all @AndySamberg! Not everyone can lock themselves in a bunker and watch ALL the shows. #spoilers

- Donna Dickens (@MildlyAmused) September 21, 2015

The #Emmys spoiled the endings to basically every show this year... http://pic.twitter.com/LQkaPhb5eg

- Josh Hill (@jdavhill) September 21, 2015

They showed major spoilers for all of the shows that ended this past season... #Emmys http://pic.twitter.com/zTVs69QKQK

- Courtney (@CourtneyCymone) September 21, 2015

Thank you #Emmys for just ruining half of the series finale endings of shows still unwatched on my DVR.

- Mick Lee (@micklee) September 21, 2015

Kind of astounding that given the new business model of TV, #Emmys would run a spoiler-a-bration. Ok now I won't binge order [Fill in blank]

- Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) September 21, 2015

To be fair, there were also tribute defenders who argued that it's not a "spoiler" once the series has already aired. As they noted, most of the TV shows in the clips have been over for months now, and you have to expect a show honoring TV series to show clips from those series.

Where do you stand on it? Did the Emmys make a boo boo for spoiling series that many viewers had yet to watch or was the burden on the audience to prepare for footage from shows they may not have seen?

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