When "autoplay next episode" is off, the app still prevents screen from going off

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This is kind of a nuisance, because I occasionally fall asleep in front of my phone/tablet, and  ‏it stays ‏on until the morning. In phones that have AMOLED display  or similar  this can ruin the screen, but even without that it just needlessly discharges. Can this be fixed? 

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Of interest:
 https://play.google.com/store/search?q=auto off timer&c=apps&hl=en