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I got such a kick out of my 7 year old at my grandparents. We turned on some random movie that was half way through and she said: "Oh, let's watch this, start it from the beginning." When I told her that's not how cable TV works, she looked at me like I was telling her some kind of stupid dad joke.

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My 6 year old thinks that the screen goes black in some shows because that's when the exciting part is about to happen. Of course, it's actually where the program would normally break for ads . On Netflix/Disney+ this doesn't happen (yet!) so he's come to the conclusion that it's just a signal of impending excitement :)

This is normal in the UK because BBC never had ads. I remember foreign cartoons would often actually cut back in time slightly. It could be quite confusing but I just accepted it as some weird characteristic of TV.

For example Scooby Doo would be falling to his death... Fade to black... Fade back in... and he's higher up (?!)... Shaggy swings in and saves him.

That is how modern cable TV works though. With the now fairly standard IPTV boxes the linear programming can be rewatched straight from the on screen guide and there is a "start from beginning" button on live shows.

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