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As in the following sentence:

When I have the time, I will watch a new episode of one of the aforementioned Netflix shows, though rarely I will watch one of the shows below:

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When I have the time, I will watch a new episode of one of the aforementioned Netflix shows, though rarely will I watch one of the shows below:

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    Subject-auxiliary inversion (which is the technical term for changing I will to will I) is required in yes-no questions, and is optional in several situations. This is one; when a negative adverb (like rarely) is moved to the beginning of the sentence, it is possible (but not necessary) to invert the subject and the first auxiliary. But this only works with negative adverbs that negate the whole sentence; try it with often instead of rarely to see what happens when the rule is violated. Aug 11, 2015 at 2:05

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When I have the time, I will watch a new episode of one of the aforementioned Netflix shows, though rarely will I watch one of the shows below

Is the one I would choose, though in this particular sentence each is acceptable.

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