Animal Bowls

Everyone knows that the Seahawks wrecked the Broncos in the Super Bowl on Sunday. But, the real competition was between not two, but THREE species of animal bowls.

First, on Animal Planet, longtime running Puppy Bowl had its 10th bowl, with penguin cheerleaders and kitten halftime shows with guest appearance by Keyboard Cat (not the original one, he died sometime in the 90's). The event is the first running of the animal bowls, with many various breeds of puppies tackling and running around each other. All puppies shown on TV have been adopted, thanks to the shelters they came from.

Second, on the Hallmark Channel, newcomers Kitten Bowl air to compete with the Puppy Bowl. Where the Puppy Bowl has mainly puppies, with penguins and kitten half-times, the Kitten Bowl is 100% pure kitten. Coincidentally, this was the Puppy Bowl’s 10th year running. Just like its puppy counterpart, all kittens have been adopted weeks before running, making it more than ‘puppy-kitten rivalry’ for kits and giggles.

Third, a more sarcastic airing comes on Nat Geo, which is the Fish Bowl. It’s literally just a fish, swimming around in a bowl. No piranhas jumping into the bowl, no other fish plopped in, just four hours of a fish swimming. It’s mainly for those that really don’t want to watch football or furry animals. Just like the Bowls, there are "countdowns." Spoiler alerts: The bowl gets cleaned two minutes before it ends.

-Catherine Cober