Saturday Night Live (SNL) took a moment to acknowledge the popularity of the romantic-sports series Heated Rivalry and added a playful wizardry-themed twist in one of the skits during the January 17, 2026 episode. It starred Finn Wolfhard, the Stranger Things star who made his SNL hosting debut on Saturday.

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-to-lovers trope this time around as friends Harry and Ron turn Hermione (played by Chloe Fineman) into a third wheel.

With the success of Heated Rivalry, Saturday Night Live announced a parody of the Harry Potter franchise featuring a gay Harry played by Finn Wolfhard.

Saturday Night Live returned from its winter break on January 18 with a Harry Potter sketch that parodied the hit hockey romance show, Heated Rivalry, sparking debate among viewers