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'SNL' Delivers Spoof of 'Heated Rivalry' with a 'Harry Potter' Twist

SNL's parody ages Harry Potter characters to 18+ and transforms Quidditch into a steamy sport, satirizing HBO's effort to ride Heated Rivalry's queer romance viewership boost.

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“Heated Rivalry” took a magical turn this weekend courtesy of “Saturday Night Live.” The sketch show returned from its winter break with its host, “Stranger Things” star Finn Wolfhard, playing Harry Potter in “Heated Wizardry,” a spoof of the buzzy new hockey show. Harry and Ron (played by Ben Marshall) are back, a voiceover proclaims, for a new TV adaptation “hastily rewritten after the success of a certain other HBO show.” There’s no enemies-t…

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Consequence broke the news in on Sunday, January 18, 2026.
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