While most American TVs on Sunday will be tuned to the Patriots-Giants/Madonna/allegedly funny commercials extravaganza, there actually are other, hairier, cuter options available for your boob-tubing pleasure ...
Chief among them will be Animal Planet's Puppy Bowl VIII—yep, there have been eight of these—and it's a huge ratings smash. According to its Wikipedia page (which seriously has waaay more Puppy Bowl info than you can possibly imagine), last year's Puppy Bowl sucked in a whopping 9.2 million viewers.
Other fascinating furry factoids:
- You didn't think it was live, did you? The Puppy Bowl is usually taped in the fall.
- All puppies in the Puppy Bowl are picked from animal shelters in several states. After the show, they're shipped back home to (hopefully) be adopted.
- 58 puppies will be used in this year's bowl. Each pup is only allowed to play for a half-hour because of the hot studio lights.
- The bunny and chicken cheerleaders of PBs past have been replaced this year by the Piggy Pep Squad. Oink, there it isssssss!
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