Snap Judgment: CBS’ ‘Greatest American Dog’ | PopWatch Blog | EW.com
Snap Judgment: CBS’ ‘Greatest American Dog’Jul 11, 2008, 11:38 AM | by Mandi Bierly
AI’m sure this show, which pits 12 pooches, pictured, against each other for the title of “Greatest American Dog,” sounded like a good idea to someone, at some point. Kinda like EW’s December 3, 1993 cover of Frasier’s dog, Eddie. (It’s true, y’all.) But somehow, it’s even less fun than you’d expect.
The canine competitors and their owners live and train at the “Canine Academy.” Each episode, they’ll duke it out in a Dog Bone Challenge to determine which pair gets to stay in puppy paradise, a private luxury suite. The winner also gets to decide which pair will rough it in an outdoor dog house (slightly larger in size than a tent). The rest of the contestants and their pets will share communal bedrooms, which producers clearly hope provides some drama. In the premiere, the challenge was musical doggy chairs. When the music stopped, the owners had to get their dogs to jump up on a tiny platform and sit. Why was I surprised that I was seeing this on a major network? Each episode, there will also be an elimination challenge in which the dogs and owners perform in front of three judges — including an editor-at-large of Dog World and Dog Fancy.
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