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J.K. Rowling: A Year in the Life – 8/7c on ABC
Talk about multitasking! In the year leading up to the publication of her last Harry Potter novel, the usually private Rowling allowed a camera crew to follow her around. She lives a pretty normal life — ya know, except for being more famous and wealthy than the Queen.
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Fashion Show – 10/9c on Bravo
This was Bravo’s replacement for Project Runway (which bolted for Lifetime)? And this was actually on for the past 11 weeks?! For the relatively few who have tuned in, tonight is your payoff — well, sorta: It’s the first part of the season finale, with part II airing next week. The winning designer scores a $125,000 check and … anonymity?
Discovering the Real World of Harry Potter – 10/9c on Travel
For a nothing-but-Potter night of TV, you can watch this geography-centric special as a quasi-companion piece to the aforementioned Rowling spectacular over on ABC. If you’re wondering, like I was, why these Potter shows didn’t air on the eve or night of Half-Blood Prince’s release, remember that anyone in the world who cared about the boy wizard was busy seeing the movie!
