Systems and methods for enhancing group media consumption sessions

A system comprising:

• a communication port;
• a memory storing instructions;
• and
• control circuitry communicably coupled to the memory and the communication port and configured to execute instructions to:
• identify a user profile;
• generate for output, at a first computing device and via the communication port, a media content item;
• identify, based on the user profile and the media content item, a contact with whom a first portion of the media content item has previously been consumed;
• determine that the user profile and a profile of the contact both indicate consumption of episodes of a same series at a similar schedule;
• identify, based on the similar schedule, a first typical time associated with the user profile for consuming episodes of the series, and a second typical time associated with the contact for consuming episodes of the series;
• identify that a difference between the first typical time and the second typical time is within a threshold amount;
• identify, based on the first typical time and the second typical time, a first time;
• generate, based on the media content item and the identified contact, an invitation to join a media content item group session at the identified first time and to consume a second portion of the media content item that has not previously been consumed;
• transmit, to a second computing device associated with the contact, the invitation;
• receive a first request to delay the first time for the media content item group session;
• generate, for output, a first user interface element associated with the first request to delay the first time to a second time;
• identify, based on the first time and the second time, a delay period;
• generate, for output, a second user interface element associated with a second request to generate a preview of the second portion of the media content item during the delay period;
• receive a first input, via the first user interface element, for accepting the first request to delay the first time;
• receive a second input, via the second user interface element, for starting output of the second portion of the media content item;
• generate a second invitation, wherein the second invitation comprises the second time for the media content item group session;
• transmit, to the second computing device, the second invitation;
• identify a restriction associated with the preview of the second portion of the media content item;
• generate, for output and with the restriction, the preview of the second portion of the media content item;
• receive an indication that the second invitation has been accepted;
• stop the output of the preview of the second portion of the media content item;
• initiate, between the first computing device and the second computing device and at the second start time, the media content item group session;
• and
• generate for output, at the first computing device and the second computing device, the second portion of the media content item.