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madhatterm
Newbie
3 years ago
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Paramount Plus-how to restart an episode on Roku

I just signed up for paramont plus and have watched some episodes on my tv. I want to rewatch them on my tv but I can't seem to do that. There doesn't seem to be a rewatch option and when I click Wat...
  • Tardawgdee's avatar
    Tardawgdee
    3 years ago

    I figured out a work around.  If you have the APP on your phone (add it if not) you can go to the show and start the episode you want to rewatch.  Then go back (make sure you restart it if not closed) to Paramount Plus on your TV and it is in your Continue Watching list. Then just rewind back to the beginning and Poof!  There you go!!

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togara
Reel Rookie
3 years ago

That method would work for me until the show would get ALL the way to the end of the credits. The method I described was the only way I could get the episode to restart once it made it all the way to the end. They really should have a restart episode option.

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Frappa
Newbie
3 years ago

I don’t know what the heck I’m doing on this forum exactly, I’m new to all of this, but I have found a viable workaround for the Paramount Plus rewatch issue.

If you use the phone app it is much more forgiving. Select the episode you want to watch and it  should reset the episode on your Roku simultaneously or nearly so. You can shut down the app once the TV restarts it’s program from the beginning.

I had turned off auto play but I really don’t think it matters with this particular issue.

This is by no means a fix, Paramount Plus has some work to do but hopefully this will work for the time being. Rock on friends!

  • RSFeathers's avatar
    RSFeathers
    Reel Rookie
    3 years ago

    I never have a problem with my phone app. I can re-watch a Paramount+ episode as many times as I like on my Android device. This makes me wonder if it is more a Roku issue, not Paramount, since Paramount+ works just fine on a device other than Roku. *shrug*

    Your solution usually works for me, too, but a couple of times recently not even that helped. Ugh. So frustrating.

    • mharber2's avatar
      mharber2
      Binge Watcher
      3 years ago

      Its not a roku issue. The app on roku is different from the android version as confirmed by paramount when they forwarded my suggestion for a restart button on the roku version to the developers

       

    • mharber2's avatar
      mharber2
      Binge Watcher
      3 years ago

      You are very welcome

  • bluewood4321's avatar
    bluewood4321
    Newbie
    3 years ago

    Thanks, this worked for me using the pc app as well. Needed to do this procedure on all the old episodes so I could binge the night away :)

    p.s. sent feedback to Paramount + as well

    • mharber2's avatar
      mharber2
      Binge Watcher
      3 years ago

      You are more than welcome and great maybe that will increase the chances of getting a restart button

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    marciem
    Channel Surfer
    3 years ago

    Frappa.... You have saved my sanity plus my TV from getting thrown out a window :D :D ...

     

    Also works playing the episode at Paramountplus.com, now that I looked at that.

     

    My problem with other solutions was 1. It had played to the very end (0) time left. and

    2. It was the pilot episode so no going back to prior episode.

     

    Again, Thanks