Go Ahead, Try and Deny the Puppy Bowl

The Puppy Bowl, which began as a joke between network executives, has blossomed into a counter-programming success garnering more 9.2 million viewers for Animal Planet last year despite going up against the Super Bowl. It's a relatively simple feel-good success right? Cute puppies playing around on a set have captured American hearts their Nielsen ratings?

Puppy Bowl 2012: Video Highlights From Game Day

Humans aren't the only ones playing football this Sunday. Puppies were getting in on the action, too. Animal Planet's 8th annual Puppy Bowl took place over the weekend and in this game, everyone came out a winner.

Behind the scenes of the Puppy Bowl, Animal Planet’s irresistible Super Bowl counterprogramming

The Puppy Bowl, Animal Planet's furry fit of Super Bowl counterprogramming, returns for its eighth year of tail-wagging and terrier touchdowns on Sunday afternoon. It began as a joke in a network ideas meeting, like some stoner intern's dream: Dude, what if we, like, just put a camera on a bunch of puppies playing in [...]

Developmentally Disabled Shelter Volunteer Beats Puppies

Shelter says he didn't know what he was doing A developmentally disabled volunteer at an animal shelter beat two puppies so badly that they had to be put down.

2 puppies killed in accident at Stanislaus shelter

An incident at the Stanislaus Animal Services Agency involving a developmentally disabled man resulted in the death of two puppies Wednesday.