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It’s time as soon as once more for the most important sporting occasion of the yr. The one which sees legs churning up and down the sector. Water sloshed as hydration is extra essential than ever. Occasional, erm, flags left on the sector.
It’s time for Pet Bowl XX.
The twentieth iteration of the annual occasion (that, no, isn’t really a part of Tremendous Bowl 2024, however it does assist increase discover pets new houses) is again and higher than ever. The three-hour occasion can have some 131 pups from 73 shelters throughout 36 states. And this yr will characteristic the smallest canine ever to “compete” — Sweetpea weighs in at simply 1.7 kilos. Hopefully, he’s not on the sector similtaneously Levi, although — that’d be a little bit of a mismatch with the 72-pound Nice Dane.
The Pet Bowl begins at 1 p.m. Jap (that’s 11 a.m. on the West Coast) and will probably be broadcast concurrently on Animal Planet, Discovery, TBS, and truTV. And that signifies that if in case you have an current cable or linear streaming subscription — like, say, to YouTube TV — then you definitely’re good to go. And it’ll all be over in time for the Tremendous Bowl itself. (Although we’d actually push for the Pet Bowl to take over for the Tremendous Bowl Halftime Present.)
In case you’re in search of the Pet Bowl on a streaming answer, it’ll be on Max and Discovery+.
Pet Bowl XX continues its push for inclusiveness. Six special-needs canines will probably be on the sector, together with Riddle, a pug terrier who suffers from the neurological situation cerebellar hypoplasia; Mr. Bean, a papillon who solely has his two hind legs; and 4 pups who don’t let their deafness gradual them down.
This yr’s occasion goes to be much more wild because the puppies are (by some means) taking on the manufacturing of the present. You’ll see them working the cameras and lighting, directing from the management room, and managing the studio ground. They’re even teaching the groups.
Pet Bowl referee Dan Schachner is again for his thirteenth yr, too, and this time, he’ll have an assistant — Whistle, after all — serving to with the calls.
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