The Super Bowl is in two weeks, and if you also enjoy sporting events with tail-wagging, toy-tugging and miniature limbs, you can watch good boys and girls face off in the 22nd Puppy Bowl.
Puppy Bowl XXII will showcase 150 pooches from 72 shelters — the biggest canine cohort yet — before the Super Bowl airs on Sunday, Feb. 8 at 6:30 p.m. ET/3:30 p.m. PT. The aggressively cute competitors will vie for the Lombarky trophy as part of either Team Ruff or Team Fluff. If the details of this dog-palooza have won you over, here’s how to watch the 2026 Puppy Bowl.
How to watch Puppy Bowl 2026
Puppy Bowl 2026 will begin at 2 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT on Sunday, Feb. 8 and will be simulcast across HBO Max, Discovery Plus, Discovery, Animal Planet, TBS and TruTV. A Puppy Combine pregame show will air at 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT.
What to expect during Puppy Bowl 2026
The three-hour spectacle will include play-by-play commentary from sportscasters Steve Levy and Taylor Rooks, puppy cheer squads, adoptable animals and a halftime event focused on senior dogs. Team Oldies and Team Goldies will lend their paws to a first-ever exhibition game centered on older canines.
The 2026 Bowl will include 15 special needs pups. It will also highlight some furry athlete backstories, which includes a segment with Buffalo Bills wide receiver Khalil Shakir and Button, a Boston terrier-beagle included in the Puppy Bowl. Like last year, there will be a Puppy Combine pregame show, where 10 dogs will take part in practice drills in hopes of being the top pick in the Puppy Bowl draft.