<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Website </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Production website </Td> </Tr> <P> The Puppy Bowl is an annual television program on Animal Planet that mimics an American football game similar to the Super Bowl, using puppies . Shown each year on Super Bowl Sunday, the show consists of footage of a batch of puppies at play inside a model stadium, with commentary on their actions . The first Puppy Bowl was shown on February 6, 2005, opposite Super Bowl XXXIX . The puppies featured in the Puppy Bowl are from shelters . </P> <P> According to the show's producers, the inspiration for Puppy Bowl as Super Bowl counterprogramming came from the popular Yule Log Christmas program . </P>

Where do the puppies for the puppy bowl come from