puppy bowl-related stories
Posted Feb 1st 2009 4:04PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Programming, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free
Disney has a Phineas & Ferb marathon all night.- TV Land is showing I Love Lucy all night.
- At 6, NBC has The Super Bowl, followed by a new episode of The Office.
- At 7, CBS has a new CBS Reports: Road To The White House.
- Animal Planet has Puppy Bowl V at 7.
- At 8, VH-1 has a new Confessions of a Teen Idol.
- ESPN has two new episodes of The World Series of Poker: Europe at 8.
- At 9, HBO has a new Big Love, then a new Flight of the Conchords.
- Showtime has a new episode of The L Word at 9, followed by new episodes of United States of Tara and Secret Diary of a Call Girl.
- At 10, ABC has Wipeout Bowl 1: Cheerleaders vs. Couch Potatoes.
- At 11:30, Cartoon Network has a new Robot Chicken.
- At 12:15am, Cartoon Network reruns the Drinky Crow Show pilot.
Check your
local TV listings for more.
Posted Feb 1st 2009 1:15PM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Comedy Shows, News, Programming, Animation, Adult Swim, Children, Game Show, Super Bowl
If you're like me (you have my deepest sympathy), you don't have a dog in this Sunday's hunt.
Thanks to the Arizona Cardinals' first appearance this weekend, my hometown team, the New Orleans Saints, will now be one of only five left in the NFL that have never made a Super Bowl appearance. Three if you don't count the expansion clubs.
So if you're a Cardinals fan and don't have the stomach to endure their slow, agonizing and inevitable defeat at the hands of the Pittsburgh Steelers, here are some alternative shows you can watch instead of the Super Bowl.
Continue reading Sick of the Super Bowl? Here's a sampler platter of what else you can watch
Posted Jan 11th 2009 9:56AM by Brad Trechak
Filed under: Programming, Pickups and Renewals, Reality-Free
Animal Planet has
once again slated the Puppy Bowl (this one is number 5) to take place on February 1st, the same day as the Super Bowl. The National Anthem will be sung by a parrot and there will be a half-time show involving kitties. Sometimes you just can't make this stuff up.
I was informed that there was some excitement last year when one of the puppies knocked down a dalmatian who was carrying the ball and was penalized as a result and taken out of the game. I don't know exactly how that works, but it sounds exciting.
It's a cute gimmick that the Animal Planet has developed. You can't get much cheaper and cuter than filming puppies playing in a faux football stadium and people that watch puppies are definitely a different niche than those that watch football.
Still, there is some room for improvement. Why not throw a few bunnies and hamsters in there to liven things up? How would you improve the Puppy Bowl?
Posted Feb 6th 2008 10:00AM by Jackie Schnoop
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Programming, Children, Documentary, TV Squad Lists
Growing up as a child of the television generation, I was always mesmerized by any shows having to do with nature or animals. I'd glue myself to the set as Marlin Perkins and Jacques Cousteau took me on fantastic adventures far removed from my own life of domesticated animals.
But I always loved the domestic animals as well. Dogs and cats have always been a part of my life and I'm enriched by their presence in our world. What I didn't have when I was growing up was an Animal Planet exploring the world of animals from pets to deadly predators. From sentimental to educational to outright odd and scary, Animal Planet explores both the worlds of the wilds and the inner cities -- as long as there are animals involved. And, it's not just for kids.
Continue reading Seven reasons I watch Animal Planet
Posted Feb 1st 2008 3:28PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Programming
I'm not into football, but I do watch the Super Bowl every single year. I watch it for the new expensive commercials (which we'll be covering here at TV Squad). But if you're the type of person who doesn't like the game or the commercials, here's what you can watch instead on Sunday (not just during the game at night but during the all-day pre-game show too). Puppies and Klingons and Beatles, oh my!
Continue reading What to watch on Sunday if you don't like football
Posted Feb 7th 2007 10:03AM by Julia Ward
Filed under: Cable, Programming, Discovery, Documentary
There are so many jobs I'd love to have. I'd love to ghostwrite
Melanie Griffith's blog "In 2 Me C." I'd love to join Jackie Chan's stunt team, but mostly, I'd love to produce
Puppy Bowl. Sadly, the job has already been taken by Discovery Productions' Molly Hermann. For those of you who turn a blind eye to Super Bowl counter programming, the
Puppy Bowl is the annual Animal Planet alternative to the blockbuster sporting event.
Puppy Bowl is the furry equivalent of those Yule Log or Aquarium DVDs that you pop in your player to create party time ambiance. It's like watching a traffic camera trained on one corner for three hours. Puppies come. Puppies go. Puppies drink water from a see-through bowl with a "water cam" attached to its underside. This year,
Puppy Bowl included a Puppy Tailgate party and a Kitty Halftime Show to spice things up, but mostly, it really is just puppies running around in front of a handful of still cameras for three hours. It's the most adorable Warhol film ever.
Washington Post readers were lucky enough to chat with Hermann online prior to
Puppy Bowl airtime. She provided some behind-the-scenes details to the annual pooch extravaganza. Among the shocking revelations:
Continue reading Behind the scenes at Puppy Bowl
Posted Feb 4th 2007 4:15PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Programming, What To Watch Tonight
The Super Bowl officially begins at 6:30, but CBS' pre-game coverage started at noon. After the game there's a new episode of Criminal Minds. - TBS has a My Boys marathon starting at 5.
- Animal Bowl has Puppy Bowl III all night (starts at 6).
- ABC, NBC, and FOX all have repeats all night (they don't want to compete with the game).
- At 10, HGTV has a new episode of Living With Ed.
- HBO has a new Rome at 10, followed by a new Extras.
- Also at 10: Showtime has a new episode of The L Word.
- At 11:30 (or after local news), CBS has a special Late, Late Show With Craig Ferguson, with Billy Bob Thornton, Hank Williams, Jr, Gloria Estefan, Dan Marino, and Mike Ditka.
Check your local TV listings for more.
Posted Feb 9th 2006 4:02PM by Adam Finley
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Web
Is it possible to be paralyzed by cuteness? Because I think that's what happened
while I watched these
highlights from Puppy Bowl II on Animal
Planet. Puppy Bowl was aired during the Super Bowl and consisted of three hours of different breeds of puppies
frolicking on a tiny football field. The show was then repeated for a total of twelve hours. How could even the most
jaded person not find this adorable? I think they should run this all the time. It would be the perfect respite from
the nightly news.
Oh yeah, and halftime featured kittens, of course.
[via Onion AV Club blog]
Posted Feb 5th 2006 11:03AM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Comedy Shows, Other Reality Shows, Sports, Food/Home/DIY, Cable, Programming, Monk
If you're not watching the Super Bowl
today, you don't have to go out and, like, do something outdoors. You can still veg out in front of the television with
a beer and some chips. Here are the five stand-out options for your television viewing pleasure:
5.
TBS: Yes, Dear marathon. It seems like an odd choice of show to be watching all day long, but TBS
thinks somebody will be interested. Sixteen episodes of
Yes, Dear begin at 7 pm ET.
Continue reading The Five: Things to watch instead of the Super Bowl
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