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Pet Star

2002–2005 · 3 seasons

A cheerful, low-stakes talent show where adorable pets and their owners compete, easy to watch and smile along with.

Genres
Documentary, Family
Overview
Pet Star was a show on Animal Planet hosted by Mario Lopez. The show is a contest between owners and their trained pets who perform tricks. The tricks are graded by three celebrity judges on a scale of one to 10. In the end, the three pets with the highest score come out as finalists, and the audience votes on who is the episode's Pet Star. Then, at the end of the season, the winners compete to be the year's ULTIMATE PET STAR. The winner of a regular show gets $2,500, while the winner of the finals gets $25,000. There were many celebrity judges, including Gena Lee Nolin, Virginia Madsen, Will Estes, Lindsay Wagner, Matt Gallant, Mackenzie Phillips, Billy West, James Avery, George Wallace, Melissa Peterman, Christopher Rich, John O'Hurley, Vanessa Lengies, Dom Irrera, Carol Leifer, Andy Kindler, Melissa Rivers, Meshach Taylor, Kaley Cuoco, Rosa Blasi, Jeff Cesario, Karri Turner, Peter Scolari, Bruce Jenner, Fred Willard, Shari Belafonte, Josh Meyers, Lori Petty, Ben Stein, Richard Jeni, Ken Howard, Paul Gilmartin, Maria Menounos, Tempestt Bledsoe, David Brenner and Amy Davidson. Pet Star is based on the show Star Search. It is shown in the United Kingdom on Challenge.
How it feels
Light, warm and whimsical. Brisk and fine in the background.
About
Friendship, family, sport, media
Content
No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
Note
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
  • lightstrength 3 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
background-friendly, 1 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Places
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour4
Realism7
Romance0
Tension1
Darkness0
Complexity1
Emotional weight1

Cast

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Details

Genres
documentary, family
Starring
Mario López, Matt Gallant, Ben Stein, Lauren Tom, Ringo Starr, Carol Leifer, Danny Bonaduce, Kelly Packard
Length
3 seasons, 52 episodes, 60 min each
Network
Animal Planet
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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