Puppy Bowl

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Puppy Bowl

A TV program that airs on Animal Planet on the afternoon of Super Bowl Sunday. Puppies play on a mock football field, and kittens take the field for the "Kitten Halftime Show." The animals shown are usually available for adoption. Who cares about the Super Bowl—when is Puppy Bowl on?

See also: bowl, puppy

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Super Bowl 53 also means it's time for another Puppy Bowl. Animal Planet is bringing back the beloved TV special for 2019.

Where To Watch The Puppy Bowl During Super Bowl 53

For those with pregame fatigue, the Puppy Bowl kicks off on Animal Planet at 3 p.m.

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Attendees will watch a game of puppy bowl, and the canine players are available for adoption.

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For evidence of Americans' preoccupation with their pets, look no further than Super Bowl Sunday, when Animal Planet's Puppy Bowl XII (in VR, no less) and Hallmark Channel's Kitten Bowl III filled the hours leading up to the main gridiron event.

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Pets already took the limelight at the World Dog Awards, the Puppy Bowl and Kitten Bowl on Super Bowl Sunday, and the Westminster dog show.

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What was more exciting on Super Bowl Sunday, the actual football game or Ihe Puppy Bowl? For many viewers it was an easy call as pels are becoming more important in peoples' lives.

Promoting pet: retailers that create a destination for consumers in the pet aisle will be rewarded with strong sales and loyal consumers

29 ( ANI ): First lady Michelle Obama - along with presidential pets Bo and Sunny - hosted a training camp at the White House for this year's Puppy Bowl's competitors.

White House hosts training camp for Puppy Bowl pooches

Summary: Here's a behind the scenes look at the making of Puppy Bowl.

Puppy Bowl behind the scenes

Now, the network is doubling down on one of its flagship shows, namely Puppy Bowl, which runs Super Bowl Sunday, starting at 3 p.m.

Puppy Bowl now mastiff-sized: Animal Planet's ratings success means the cable net can leverage its dog-tastic counterprogramming event with new advertisers

Citing popular voting initiatives that allowed online audiences to choose winners for Discovery Channel's "American Chopper Live" and Animal Planet's "Puppy Bowl," he adds that "this special episode of 'What Not to Wear' may serve as a model for future social integrations on TLC and beyond."

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Puppy Bowl star "Miss Brie" will lead an official infield dog parade at 6:20 p.m.

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The Hallmark Channel hosts the feline counterpoint to the beloved Puppy Bowl. Both are cute contests over athletic competition, with young pets romping across tiny turf fields, pushing around toy balls and pawing one another rather than scoring touchdowns.

Special-effects master creates ad for cause

* Also in January, Discovery Communications and The Joester-Loria Group signed Gramercy Products for a line of pet items for dogs tied to Animal Planet's "Puppy Bowl," an annual one-off special that serves as counterprogramming to the Super Bowl.

Riding the licensing coattails of a television event

Animal Planet will be airing its annual Puppy Bowl on Super Bowl Sunday.

Puppy Bowl 2018: When, Where To Watch

"Fish Bowl II'' is on the Nat Geo WILD channel at 6 p.m., and there's Animal Planet's "Puppy Bowl'' at 3 p.m., which kicked off the trend and is in its 11th year.