The Week contest - Dog sitcoms

Welcome to The Week's "What Next?" contest, an invitation to test your powers of imagination with challenges inspired by current events.

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Last week's question: A national cable network is unveiling a new channel of programming exclusively for dogs. We asked you to come up with the name of the first hit sitcom from that network.

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RESULTS:

THE WINNER: The Real Bitches of The Jersey Shore

Karen Lang, Ocean, NJ

SECOND PLACE: Squirrels Gone Wild

Mark Pleimann, Colorado Springs, CO

THIRD PLACE: What Not to Chew

Teresa Toole, Nokomis, FL

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

Rex and the City

Lauri Pavlik, Selbyville, DE

The Big Bone Theory

Marsha Einhorn, New York, NY

Game of Bones

Kelli Newby, North Adams, MA

Gimme Kibble Live

Nicole Barens, San Francisco, CA

I Love Lassie

Doug Capers, Millbrook, NY

Mail Carriers of New Jersey

Kristen Woodward, Reading, PA

The New Adventures of Old Yeller

Patricia Michel, Northport, ME

Everybody Sniffs Raymond

Dan Polster, Parma, OH

I Dream of Wienie

John Clark, Eaton, OH

Welcome Back, Owner

Pamela Traylor, Bloomington, MN

K90210

Heather Manone, Denver, CO

How I Bit Your Mother

Ron Levovitz, Fresh Meadows, NY

Keeping Up with the Pomeranians

Mike Schneider, North Aurora, IL

Marmadukes of Hazard

Catherine Butler, El Dorado, AR

My Mother the Cur

Jeffrey Contompasis, Ashburn, VA

How I Sniffed Your Mother

Andy Miller, Encino, CA

M.U.S.H.

Larry Laughren, Spring Green, WI

Leave it to Retriever

Kristal Serna, Ann Arbor, MI

Doggie Houser, VMD

Louis Kleinerman, Audubon, NJ

The Westminster People Show

Paul Binder, Bellevue, WA

Shih Tzu My Dad Says

Tor Anderson, Overland Park, KS

Who Wants to Bite Their Owner?

Kenneth R. Updegrove, Cedaredge, CO

Yappy Days

Larry Schaffer, Chino Hills, CA

Law & Order: ASPCA

Joe Duax, New York, NY

So You Think You Can Bark

Cindy Huffman, Newark, DE

Everybody Loves Rover

Lisa Mayer, Las Vegas, NV

Desperate House Cats

David Katz, New York, NY

Terriers and Tiaras

Brenda Letts, Nashua, NH

Mad About Doo

J. Silverstein, Melrose, MA

Up All Night Barking

Tom Federico, Lyndhurst, OH

Fido Knows Best

Pamella Capitanini, Chicago, IL

Sabrina, The Teen-Age Bitch

John Brophy, Corvallis, OR

I'm a Dog – Get Me Out of This Apartment!

Eunice Allen, Pittsburgh, PA

"King"…from Queens

Carol Mayer, Casper, WY

Pimp My Hydrant

Alexandra Hunt, Seattle, WA

Curb Your Rottweiler

Cott C. Straw, Wilmington, DE

Three's a Menagerie

Pat Westby, Paradise, CA

Are You Smarter than a Malamute?

Bill Hays, Oklahoma City, OK