The main Puppy Bowl broadcast is typically 3 hours long , including commercials.

Most recent schedules list:

  • Pre-game / kickoff show: starts at 1 p.m. ET and runs about 1 hour.
  • Puppy Bowl game: runs from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. ET, for a total duration of 3 hours.

So if you watch the whole thing from pre-show through the end of the game, you’re looking at around 4 hours total , but the actual “Puppy Bowl” slot is about 3 hours. Information gathered from public data available on the internet and portrayed here.