Why I hate American documentaries

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They all go like this:

Hey, coming up next, we show you THIS THING. And now… here is THIS THING. Look at THIS THING. Isn’t THIS THING swell/bad? Well, we just showed you THIS THING. But coming after the break we’ll show you THAT THING.

And now here is THAT THING. Remember when we showed you THIS THING? Wasn’t THIS THING great/bad? Well, THAT THING is better/worse! To recap, we showed you THAT THING, but not before showing you THIS THING, after which you saw THAT THING. Coming up next, ANOTHER THING…

See also: Mythbusters. It’s worse when THIS THING and THAT THING are actually pretty cool and interesting and just frustratingly obscured by ALL THE FUCKING RECAPPING AND PREVIEWING.