The wizarding world is coming to the small screen before the end of the 2026 TV schedule, with the arrival of HBO’s Harry Potter TV show in time for the holiday season this year. The first teaser was full of all the nostalgia and magic that longtime fans of Harry and Co. could wish for, and it came with confirmation that the first season will be stylized as Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. The two-minute release also may have confirmed when exactly the series will be set, and the choice could be more faithful to the source material and a nice departure from the film franchise.
The seven-book saga penned by J.K. Rowling was set between 1991 - 1998, while the eight-movie franchise seemingly took place more or less in real time with the releases between 2001-2011. That’s not to say that each film opened with a calendar to show the precise dates, but the glimpses of the non-magical Muggle world definitely tracked with the early aughts more than the early ‘90s. Based on the looks at the Muggle world in the Harry Potter teaser, Harry’s first trip to Hogwarts will happen in the ‘90s.
