Harry Potter Scribe Gives NBC Exclusive Debriefing

J.K. Rowling by Eamonn McCormack/WireImage.com

In her only television interview after Saturday's highly anticipated release of the seventh and final installment in the Harry Potter series, author J.K. Rowling will sit down with NBC's Meredith Vieira in Edinburgh, Scotland. This exclusive interview marks the first time Rowling will talk about the worldwide reaction to the series' much-anticipated and speculated-about finale, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. (Spoiler alert) Voldemort is a sled.

The interview will air on Today on Thursday, July 26, and Friday, July 27 (before day camp), and during a one-hour Dateline special airing Sunday, July 29. (Parents, cut some slack on bedtimes.)

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Matt Webb Mitovich

Jul 18, 2007 1:51 PM

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As a Harry Potter nerd, who also has a life. I'd rather the interview be delayed a week or two so she can also talk about why she ended the series the way she did. I think it's a little unrealistic to expect that the "childhood" audience for these books to have read the last and reported longest book by that point!
Posted by anothercrazycanuck Jul 18, 2007 1:55 PM Report Abuse

i truly hope that you were not so thoughtless as to spoil the actual ending to a hotly anticipated book and that was simply an attempt to be humorous. if you were so disrespectful as to give away the ending, then i assure you you've just lost one reader.
Posted by trojanjew Jul 18, 2007 2:01 PM Report Abuse

"Spoileralert! Voldemort is a sled." LOL!
Posted by polar Jul 18, 2007 2:16 PM Report Abuse

Relax. The so-called "spoiler" is joking referral to a classic movie (which I won't name because, by the way, some newscast spoiled for me, thinking I suppose because the movie is decades old everyone must have seen it -- booo!)
Posted by Meowmix Jul 18, 2007 2:17 PM Report Abuse

Thanks for the interview heads up Matt, now I'll just have to remember to tape them all.
Posted by TrishTheDish Jul 18, 2007 2:39 PM Report Abuse

Once again, Matt, you crack me up! A sled! Ha!
Posted by cpreynolds Jul 18, 2007 3:16 PM Report Abuse

Wow, Trojanjew, go find your sense of humor. It got lost somewhere.
Posted by Katcon Jul 18, 2007 3:18 PM Report Abuse

Matt, what's going on with all these people with short fuses and no sense of humour these past couples of days! Ever time I come on someone has their knickers in a knot over a picture, a harmless (but funny joke)! Don't they get you and your sarcasm! Don't take it personally, it's them not you!
Posted by anothercrazycanuck Jul 18, 2007 4:21 PM Report Abuse

Voldemort's a sled? Now how come I didn't figure that one out? lol But seriously, is it normal for me as an adult to be so excited about this book?
Posted by Anna Jul 19, 2007 7:44 AM Report Abuse

I have been trying to figure out how I can email her to suggest it would be wonderful if she would write a series of books about the life of Dumbledore, after she rested for a while. I would love to read about him in his prime. They hinted at a lot of little things in the Harry Potter books.
Posted by jcdj0525 Jul 19, 2007 8:07 AM Report Abuse

awesome CK reference lol
Posted by sharkey28 Jul 19, 2007 8:41 AM Report Abuse

Nice one, MWM! Even funnier that you preceded it with a spoiler alert! I suppose you could've gone with Umbridge is actually a man....
Posted by Famin Jul 19, 2007 10:22 AM Report Abuse

I hope Harry Potter dies.
Posted by WalkThruFire Jul 19, 2007 11:10 AM Report Abuse

I'm sooooo excited!! I'll be at our local store (open 24 hours a day) before the stoke of midnight on Friday.
Posted by ferretmom2004 Jul 19, 2007 1:09 PM Report Abuse

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