Poll: Previously on.... Next time on....

[Hazzard]

Do you like these in a series? Where it recaps what happened in the previous episode of a series and tells you what will happen in the next one.
I personally don't mind the Previously on's because it's easier to tell at the start if I'm watching the right episode of a series and I haven't missed one.
Next time on's to me are a waste of time because it can ruin surprises of a next episode and it's not going to change my mind about if I want to continue on if I'm not sure.

 

[Timotei]

I'm fine with recaps when they're less than 30 seconds and can segue in seamlessly into the episode. If it clunks however, or they don't recap information important to the current episode, then do away with them.

I'm not so keen on previews, and just tend to skip them over (Lost was probably one of the biggest perpetrators of this). However I don't mind the previews if they're done in a manner to fuck with people like the end of Evangelion 2.22. Boy, 3.0 was a LOT different from what was advertised.

 

[madwarper]

All I can say is it depends... If done in an amusing way, such as the bookends on each chapter of Disgaea, then they can be enjoyable. Else, I'm most likely just skip them. Given how binge watching has gotten more and more popular, they're becoming obsolete. I'd generally skip the recap, and stop before the spoiler.

 

[Queen Michael]

I like weird previews like the ones in Paranoia Agent, but usually I don't want them to reveal anything about the next episode. Too often, they spoil way too much.

 

[IceForce]

I have a terrible memory, so the 'previously' recaps are useful to me.

The 'next time' ones, that usually play over the credits (or in ads or whatever), those are of no interest to me.

 

[SonicWaffle]

Do you like these in a series? Where it recaps what happened in the previous episode of a series and tells you what will happen in the next one.
I personally don't mind the Previously on's because it's easier to tell at the start if I'm watching the right episode of a series and I haven't missed one.
Next time on's to me are a waste of time because it can ruin surprises of a next episode and it's not going to change my mind about if I want to continue on if I'm not sure.

They tend to annoy me because I don't watch much TV. Too much effort, checking times and making sure other people aren't using the TV and blah blah blah. I'll just buy a DVD box set instead. It's a fond wish of mine that, for box set releases, there were an option to turn off not only the previously/next blather but the credits too. Watch the same show for a few days and you get really tired of the theme music, however good it might be.

 

[Legion]

If they have reached an important part in the story and think it is a good idea for a quick recap I don't mind "Previously on...", but in some cases they can do it far too much. Attack on Titan for example has the same intro explaining how the current world reached the state it was in for around the first ten episodes, it started to get irritating very quickly.

"Next time on..." I don't even normally bother watching because I prefer to find out when I see the episode, so I guess I'd say I don't like them but then again they are much simpler to ignore.

 

[Johnny Novgorod]

I guess I don't mind Previously in... and I don't mine Next on... either. But I like to be reminded of the important stuff that happened previously, especially if they're pulling something out of early seasons/episodes. If it's done well it feels very organic.