There are some similarities. A user might wish to avoid a particular score prior to watching highlights or even the full match. In this case they'd be an utter buffoon to click on a match thread. Likewise only a semi-moron would use the View Latest Posts facility for a show if they didn't want to see up to date comments.
For long-running shows like GoT, those of us unaffected by moronic traits will start at the beginning of a thread and stop reading when the Dates of Posts become close to the present date or the original air dates.
Basic problem solving skills, people.