Should soaps do away with end-of-episode previews?

[y&r_fan]

Do you think soaps should scrap the previews at the end of episodes? I think B&B is the only one that still doesn't have them (they put theirs on the official website instead). I think previews kill the mood after a powerful cliffhanger and waste 20 seconds or so that could be used to expand the episode.

Thoughts?

[allmc2008]

I think they should if that would mean they would bring back the recap. I miss the "Previously on [insert Soap]"

[All My Shadows]

To be honest, I never missed them when AMC got rid of them. It didn't really make a difference to me.

[YRBB]

Yes. Especially since, most of the time, they are done so idiotically that they reveal the resolution to that day's cliffhanger.

[frequentsoapfan]

Usually I'm not even paying attention when they flash by. When everyone was so excited that the GH ones were back I could care less though sometimes I catch certain oens and see that tomorrow is gonna eb some crap I don't wanna tune in for.

ITA to the ones who said show the previously on [insert Soap name] instead. And for certain soaps maybe that would give them reason to stop recapping through dialogue instead.

[allmc2008]

The next day preview is point less if they are really trying to get viewers because they are spoiling everything. A recap, however, will draw in new viewer's because they will have an idea about the story.

[Antoyne]

I personally prefer them. Most of the time the remaining Soaps don't do good cliffhangers anyway so it doesn't kill anything for me.

[Eric83]

It really doesn't matter. There are only 2 soaps doing them anyway.

DAYS doesn't do them anymore.

[Cheap21]

B&B does them but its exclusive to their online site

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCrrR-TsfOo

[marceline]

It was nice to know whether or not I needed to bother watching most of the next day's episode but it's not like I couldn't make that decision after the first five minutes of an episode. I agree that "previouslies" are probably more valuable. I like them on primetime shows.

[jcar03]

If they did scrap them it wouldn't expand the episode since they would still roll the end credits and like NBC is would be used as promotion for other network programs.

[Khan]

There are a great many things (daytime) soaps should do away, including recaps and previews.

[frequentsoapfan]

I like that guy who does the recaps on B&B's site. I don't watch them often but when I do they are hilarious. They need to put those in the beginning of Monday's epi

[Nate4]

I hate next day previews. They ruin the cliffhanger for me, mostly on GH.

[Gray Bunny]

GH's preview sometimes spoils the cliffhanger. Like if you think a secret is going to be revealed or a character may or may not pop up, and 2 seconds after the cliffhanger ending you find out in the next day's preview.