Follow the first season title, book coverage, episode count, story timeline, and what HBO has not yet announced.
Dossier board
01 / Book
Philosopher's Stone
02 / Episodes
8
03 / Story
Harry's first year
04 / Status
Episode titles pending
HBO Series Overview
Release date, cast, trailer, Season 1, and comparison guide
Release Date
Christmas 2026 premiere window and schedule updates
Cast
Confirmed actors and roles for the HBO series
Trailer
Watch and break down the official teaser
Season 1
Philosopher's Stone story, episodes, and timeline
Series vs Movies
How the HBO reboot differs from the films
Harry Potter HBO Season 1 adapts Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. WBD identifies the first season as eight episodes, with detailed episode titles and schedule still pending.
Privet Drive and Harry's childhood.
Hagrid, the letter, Diagon Alley, and the gateway into magic.
Hogwarts Express, Sorting, first classes, and first friendships.
The Philosopher's Stone mystery and confrontation with danger from Harry's past.
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Chapter 01
Season 1 is the entry point for the new television adaptation. The official title is Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, and the first season is described as eight episodes.
For US readers, Philosopher's Stone is the original UK title of the first book, which was published in the United States as Sorcerer's Stone.
Chapter 02
Season 1 adapts the first Harry Potter book, beginning with Harry's life with the Dursleys and moving through his first year at Hogwarts.
Chapter 03
The expected story path includes Privet Drive, Hogwarts letters, Hagrid's arrival, Diagon Alley, Platform 9 3/4, the Hogwarts Express, Sorting, classes, Quidditch, Halloween, Christmas, the Forbidden Forest, and the Stone mystery.
Chapter 04
Eight episodes are confirmed, but public pages should not invent episode titles, runtimes, or release dates before HBO announces them.
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It follows Harry's first year, from life with the Dursleys to Hogwarts and the Philosopher's Stone mystery.
Season 1 is described as an eight-episode season.
No. Public pages should treat episode titles and weekly dates as pending until HBO announces them.
This page prioritizes official WBD and Wizarding World updates. When a detail is reported but not final, the copy says so directly.