As Harry Potter fans know, during a game of Quidditch the player known as the Seeker desperately tries to capture a small flying ball called the Golden Snitch. When the Seeker succeeds, he scores a whopping 150 points for his team and the game ends.

Meanwhile, there’s all this other frenetic and suspiciously pointless Quidditch-related activity going on. Aside from the Seekers, each team has six others players (dubbed Chasers, Beaters and a Keeper) who fight over an entirely different ball (the Quaffle) and try to get that ball through small hoops at ends of the field.

If they succeed, they score a mere 10 points and the game continues.

Author J.K. Rowling established these wildly unpractical rules for her alleged team sport in her first Potter book and she likely has no regrets. Since the Seeker has the awesome power to (A) end the game and (B) effectively score 15 goals at once, Rowling’s narrative would have to bend over backwards to allow any character to ever take center stage during a Quidditch match except the Seeker – which, naturally, is the position played by her story’s protagonist Harry Potter.

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Yup, more spandex and cameltoes coming soon to NBC.

The renewal, for an unknown number of episodes, expands NBC’s stock of “Gladiators” beyond the initial nine hours ordered by the network.

All eyes will be on tonight’s airing to see if their initial huge ratings hold up for a second week.

At least the muscled up performers have tested negative for steroids — but what do you want to bet they tested positive for a ton of cranberry juice and goldenseal?

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