Harry Potter Weekend on ABC Family This Weekend
This weekend, March 6 through March 8, 2009, ABC Family is having another Harry Potter weekend. I am not really sure whether there will be any new sneak peeks, but I believe at least the ones from the Harry Potter weekend in December 2008 will be shown if there are not new ones. Either way it can be fun to watch the movies on television because they usually show mostly the Director’s Cut versions with the deleted scenes included in movie rather than just as separate special features on the DVDs.
The line up includes Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone on Friday, March 6, 2009, at 7:30pm Eastern Time and mini marathons on Saturday, March 7, 2009, and Sunday, March 8, 2009. The Saturday marathon includes Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone at 12:30pm, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets at 4pm, and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban at 8pm. The Sunday marathon includes Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets at 12:30pm, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban at 4:30pm, and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire at 7:30pm.
You may be wondering why the marathon does not include Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. The inclusion of the fifth movie would make the marathons more complete and make a good lead up to the upcoming sixth movie. I do not think they are intentionally leaving it out to do another marathon closer to the release date, as I have heard some suggest. I think the reason is that ABC Family does not have the rights to show it, yet, as I believe HBO still has the cable television rights to the fifth movie.
March 3rd, 2009 at 4:01 pm
What a wonderful gift for us Muggles suffering from the “Voldemort-like economic news” and other real world tragedies. Well worth the read.