Puppy Bowl - Episode Guide

Silky chicken cheerleaders and a very special halftime performance add to the pageantry of the 12th Annual Puppy Bowl.

TeamRuff and TeamFluff compete for the coveted Lom-bark-i Trophy once again in the thirteenth Animal Planet Puppy Bowl.

This year's program will feature Bleacher Report host Taylor Rooks, sports commentator Steve Levy, Egypt Sherrod and Mike Jackson ("Married to Real Estate"), Faruq Tauheed ("Battlebots"), Zak Bagans ("Ghost Adventures"), Alex Guarnaschelli ("Supermarket Stakeout") along with talent from Discovery Channel's "Street Outlaws" franchise, New Line Cinema's upcoming film "Shazam! Fury of the Gods," and some of the biggest sports personalities from Warner Bros. Discovery Sports.

The three-hour television matchup will be the biggest yet, featuring 131 puppies, 73 shelters and rescues across 36 states and territories – including the all-time smallest pup, Sweetpea, at 1.7 lbs and the biggest, Levi the Great Dane at 72 lbs. Inspiring adoption stories will highlight the dedication and incredible work of rescues and shelters, as puppies from Team Ruff and Team Fluff take to the gridiron in the Puppy Bowl XX stadium to win the WAYFAIR® "Lombarky" trophy and find their forever homes. To celebrate 20 years of the game, four previous Puppy Bowl players return to be inducted into the all-new Puppy Bowl Hall of Fame.  

The annual three-hour television event will feature 142 rescue puppies from 80 shelters across 40 states – and two countries – as they compete in the cutest competition of the year. With more puppies than ever before, Puppy Bowl XXI will highlight their inspiring journeys from birth to adoption, as well as the tremendous dedication of the rescues and shelters that help find animals their forever homes. 

The game kicks off when Puppy Bowl referee Dan Schachner blows the whistle, and the PEDIGREE® Starting Lineup players take the field at PROGRESSIVE® Stadium. Julep, the first-ever St. Bernard-mix, and smoosh, the only Pekingese to compete in the games, will head up Team Fluff while Mr. Pickles, a Pug-Chihuahua from Dallas, and Tuani, a Chihuahua-German shepherd who traveled all the way from Nicaragua, will look to bring Team Ruff to victory. The two teams will go head-to-head on the gridiron in hopes of bringing home the Walmart® "Lombarky" trophy and see which puppy player has what it takes to be named the MVP (Most Valuable Puppy) and win the SUBARU OF AMERICA, INC. Underdog Award.  

Eleven inspiring special needs dogs, including Jolene, an American Pit bull terrier-mix competing in a wheelchair, and Sprinkle, a blind and hearing-impaired Australian shepherd-mix, will take the field, giving it their all and not letting their disabilities slow them down.  

Hosts James Hound, Rodt Weiller and Sheena Inu introduce us to this year's two teams.

For the second straight year, Team Ruff faces off against Team Fluff in a battle of cuteness in the 12th annual Puppy Bowl from Animal Planet's GEICO Stadium.

After a grueling battle, America finally votes on the championship puppy.

We're recounting the greatest moments from all the furry-ious years of puppies at play. this is Puppy Bowl: Inside the Bowl!

Find out what your favorite K-9 contenders from over a decade of competition have been up to since their football fame.

A humorous look at all the cute, fluffy, cuddly and naughty things that make up man's best friend.

Hosts James Hound, Rodt Weiller and Terri Yorkshire break down the two teams, Ruff and Fluff.

Once again, TeamRuff faces off against TeamFluff for the coveted Lom-bark-i Trophy in the thirteenth Animal Planet Puppy Bowl.

Rescue puppies play their hardest and cutest to win the coveted Lom-bark-i Trophy in the thirteenth Animal Planet Puppy Bowl.

Puppy Bowl XX begins with the annual pre-game show on the Animal Planet, going behind-the-scenes on the Puppy Bowl draft with exclusive interviews with coaches and players. Puppy Bowl fans will also learn more about each player's breed mix and other unique traits from the Wisdom Panel™ pet DNA test that could help determine who will have a furry leg-up on the field. The pre-game show will check in with the BISSELL® Pet Foundation to see how they are continuing to make an impact with their rescue mission efforts and will also provide a first-look at the Kitty Halftime Show presented by ARM & HAMMER™ SLIDE™. 

Ten puppy prospects from across the country will engage in practice drills and show off their moves in the first ever Puppy Combine. Each pup will compete to be selected as the top pick in the Puppy Bowl Draft and join the Team Ruff and Team Fluff rosters. The show will also check in with BISSELL® and the BISSELL Pet Foundation® to see how they are continuing to make an impact with their lifesaving efforts and as they prepare to send Trixie from their partner shelter, Little Traverse Bay Humane Society, to compete in Puppy Bowl XXI.