Murphy had it pretty lucky, even, considering American Horror Story doesn’t carry over entire storylines that allow for pre-season spoilers.
Plus, no one was expecting it to be a clandestine production, so no one was looking out for it ahead of time like they do when Game of Thrones and Walking Dead start filming their respective seasons.
No one is judgmental of the powers that be for being so anal about things floating around the office – Falchuk said anything with “Roanoke” written on it got crossed out, according to EW – since that’s exactly what people have to do to keep secrets in the TV industry these days.