What will those Muggles come up with next?

This just in, from Publisher's Weekly:

"Hogwarts is a fictional school, right? Perhaps not everyone thinks so. Later this year the BBC in Britain is launching a reality TV series called The Sorcerer's Apprentice, set in a Hogwarts-like boarding school. The cast was chosen from an open call for 9-13-year-olds in the U.K. Children on the show will learn card tricks, Latin spells and illusions that they will perform each week for a panel of 'magic mentors,' who will decide which child is expelled (well, eliminated from competition) and must leave. Perhaps Simon Cowell has powers we don't know about?"

Can you say, AWESOME?

(Btw, I guess I should reveal that my love for Harry Potter is one of the very few things in this world that rivals my passion for TV. Basically, it's food, Harry Potter, and TV. The trifecta.)

For more HP news, here's the full PW article:
http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6414520.html?nid=2788