“Harry Potter: Wizards of Baking” has been acquired by Prime Video for the U.K.
The show, which features pairs of bakers whipping up magical Potter-inspired creations in a contest format, is about to air within the U.S. on Food Network and Warner Bros. Discovery’s streaming platform Max from Nov. 14. Recent episodes will drop weekly.
It is going to be available on Prime Video within the U.K. from December, with an actual transmission date still being kept under wraps.
Internationally, “Wizards of Baking” might be on Max in territories where the streamer is offered.
Nonetheless, with Max not yet available within the U.K., partially as a consequence of WBD’s longrunning and lucrative output cope with Comcast-owned broadcaster Sky, it seemed likely the show would land on Sky and its streaming platform Now.
Currently all WBD “Harry Potter” content is offered on Now, including all eight feature movies and two unscripted series, “Harry Potter twentieth Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts” and “Harry Potter: Hogwarts Tournament of Houses.” Other WBD content can also be available on the platform, including “House of the Dragon” and “The Penguin.”
But with WBD desirous to roll out Max within the U.K., there was mystery over whether the deal might be renewed when it expires at the tip of 2025 and what it should appear to be.
Tensions between the businesses now look like increasing, particularly over the Potter franchise, after Sky filed a lawsuit in October alleging that WBD had breached their content agreement by refusing to partner on HBO’s upcoming “Harry Potter” series adaptation.
“Warner’s reason for refusing to honor its obligations to Sky couldn’t be more clear,” Sky allege of their lawsuit. “Warner has chosen to maintain the Harry Potter Series for itself and make the blockbuster Series the cornerstone of its own Max rollout in Europe.”
“Wizards of Baking” is hosted by James and Oliver Phelps, who played the Weasley twins within the film adaptations, with judges Carla Hall and Jozef Youssef joined each week by one other former “Potter” solid member to help them in deciding which contestants will progress to the following round and which can have to apparate him.
Reps for Sky and Warner Bros. Discover didn’t respond by press time.
