Background: Cinemax didn't have a Next on Cinemax ID until 1980.
1980-1984[]
ID: On a white-black gradient background, the 1980 Cinemax logo and the title of the next movie fade in.
Variant: In 1983, the text was changed and a selected actor appeared underneath.
FX/SFX: TBA
Music/Sounds/Voiceover: TBA
Availability: Long extinct.
Editor's Note: TBA
1984-1985[]
ID: On a blue background, the Cinemax logo is shown, and the name of the next program (along with selected actors) fades in.
Variant: TBA
FX/SFX: Early CGI.
Music/Sounds/Voiceover: Same as the "Tonight On" bumper, except for an announcer (either male or female) describing the next program.
Music/Sounds Variants: On the "Battle for the Bonds" variant, a 007-like piece is heard.
Availability: Same as the previous bumper. The "Battle for the Bonds" version turned up right before an October 5, 1984 showing of Never Say Never Again.
Editor's Note: TBA
1985-1987[]
Nicknames: "Cheesy Square Cinemax", "The Squares", "Cheesy Cursive Writer"
ID: We see some shapes in the background while the old Cinemax logo fades in with letter by letter of forming the words "Cinemax", and a cheesy cursive writer says "Next on", making "Next on Cinemax". A movie/show/session name fades in at the bottom. After the announcer is finished, the Cinemax logo comes out and zooms in until it's uncomfortably very close to the screen (kind of like in-your-face animation).
Variants: TBA
FX/SFX: The squares moving.
Music/Sounds/Voiceover: A 80s rock tune, a writing sound, a jazz sounder and then another 80s rock tune when the Cinemax logo zooms in. And whoever is the announcer is announcing the movie's name, plot, and starring cast.
Music/Sounds/Voiceover Variants: TBA
Availability: Same as the previous bumpers.
Editor's Note: TBA
1987-1991[]
Nicknames: "The Squares II"
ID: TBA
Variant: TBA
FX/SFX: TBA
Music/Sounds/Voiceover: TBA
Availability: Same as the previous bumpers.
Editor's Note: TBA
1991-1993[]
Nicknames: "The Squares III"
ID: TBA
Variant: TBA
FX/SFX: TBA
Music/Sounds/Voiceover: TBA
Availability: Same as the previous bumpers.
Editor's Note: TBA
1993-1997[]
Nicknames: "The Animated Filmstrip", "The Squares IV"
ID: We see a filmstrip with scrambled/mixed up versions of the word "Next", and then a mixed-up version of the Cinemax logo appears. Then, "Next on" and the Cinemax logo fly over onto the center, and then the "Next on" words vanish. Whatever movie or show they are showing fades in at the bottom. After the announcer is finished, the Cinemax logo appears close to the screen just flops around until we fade to black.
Variants: TBA
FX/SFX: TBA
Music/Sounds/Voiceover: A twinkling sound, and then a '90s rock tune.
Availability: Same as the previous bumpers.
Editor's Note: TBA
1997-2001[]
Nicknames: TBA
ID: We see "next on" and the new Cinemax logo appear on the left top side. On the right is the genre (like Suspense), and the movie name (like Evita), and the date (like 1995), and it stays there until the feature presentation, or a preview shows up.
Variants: TBA
FX/SFX: TBA
Music/Sounds: A sly acid jazz tune.
Music/Sounds Variants: TBA
Availability: Same as the previous bumpers.
Editor's Note: TBA
2001-2003[]
Nicknames: TBA
ID: TBA
Variants: TBA
FX/SFX: TBA
Music/Sounds: A very nice electro-rock theme.
Availability: Same as the previous bumpers.
Editor's Note: TBA
2003-2008[]
Nickname: "Dark Cinemax"
ID: We see a dark black background, with an unknown floor (which looks like liquid floor), and the then-current Cinemax logo with "max" replaced by "next". The name of the next feature appears, with its release year, genre, and runtime below that. Shown below that is three of the actors. The same Cinemax logo reappears, making a white flash that changes the word "next" to "max".
FX/SFX: TBA
Music/Sounds: Same as before.
Availability: Same as the previous bumpers.
Editor's Note: The "waaaa-waaaaa"s in the music and the dark atmosphere could get to some, but overall it's a great logo with nice animation and good music.
2008-2011[]
Nickname: "Boring Cinemax"
ID: On a pale blue background, the name of the next feature in white is shown, with three of the actors in black underneath. After a while, "next" and the MaxHD logo cut in.
Variant: Before showings of some more recent movies, a special variant was used, which shows a scene from the movie in place of the usual background and the actor names in white.
- A sub-variant was used promoting Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem, where there are no actor names and "NEXT" (now in all-caps) and the MaxHD logo cut in at the same time.
FX/SFX: Simple animation. The movie footage on the variants.
Music/Sounds: An acoustic guitar tune.
Music/Sounds Variants:
- On rare occasions, one of two different music cues was used, one of which is a gong banging.
- The variant features whatever audio plays in the scene.
Availability: Same as the previous bumpers.
2011-2016[]
Nicknames: "Simple Cinemax", "Boring Cinemax II", "Uglemax"
ID: TBA
Variants: TBA
FX/SFX: TBA
Music/Sounds: TBA
Availability: Same as the previous bumpers.
Editor's Note: TBA
2016-present[]
Nicknames: TBA
ID: TBA
Variants: TBA
FX/SFX: TBA
Music/Sounds: TBA
Availability: Current.
Editor's Note: TBA