When are US broadcasters who enter into co-production/broadcast agreements with the BBC going to learn that when these productions are delayed being shown in the US, they are "spoiled" for the US audience via inescapable social media and internet news and blogs? Or are they so cynical to think that, "Oh, well, so what if the US audience already knows what's going to happen, they'll tune in anyway"?

I for one will not. After PBS's Series 1 broadcast of "Sherlock" when it was discovered (with the release of the Series 1 DVDs) that the US-aired episodes were cut, I refused to watch PBS's Series 2 broadcast and waited to buy the DVDs. Now with HBO reportedly delaying the broadcast of "Parade's End" for several months, I also will not watch this but will wait for the mini-series to be available on DVD. In fact, I may just cancel HBO altogether. I may not be able to escape all the press and internet spoilers for "Parade's End," but I'll be damned if I will continue to support wrong-headed business ventures that unfairly discriminate against their own subscribers. Oh, and the same goes for PBS. If they're going to cut programming to fit their format because they have to make room for their "corporate sponsorships" (i.e., commercials), they obviously don't need my hard-earned money.