[discostu]

Didn't used to be nearly as popular, until some desperate programmer said "dogshows! we can show dogshows!", I don't remember if ESPN actually showed Westminster but I know they started the boom in popularity by shoing one of the shows during the February duldrums.

[Veto!]

Some of us were going to dog shows before ESPN existed. Come to think of it, dogs were invented before football players. They're more popular than football players too--who the heck wants a hulking halfback in their living room?