User blog comment:Sprinklemist/Survivor: One World Rankings/@comment-1153194-20120223024318/@comment-1153194-20120224000807

The previews for the next week also reveal a lot. Very rarely does any reality show put focus on the eliminated contestant in teh preview for next week. They mostly want to make the viewer think that something crazy will go down, or someone unexpected will go. They pretty much will never say 'so and so is in danger' or show something that will make people think they're in trouble, unless it's incredibly extreme/shocking, that's about the only time they use that kind of thing to promote the show when it involves the next one to go.

With all that said, it also tends to reveal what team will lose, especially when it suggests that a particular team will win, or a particular person from the safe team will be a target. When those types of previews stop, and that person is actually in a minority on the show, then that's a good indication that they actually are in trouble. The same rules do not apply in midweek promos. I find those to be pretty general in the information they share, and who they focus on. The previews directly after an episode are usually the ones to watch, unless you try to see things like who is wearing the immunity necklace (which Survivor has spoiled before, unintentionally, by showing everyone else without it at an elimination, or a little glimpse of the person wearing it).

Haha, I love talking about reality editing. I've watched a lot of reality shows, since I'm a reality junkie. XD