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It’s time again to name the Best in Show canine for 2020 when the 144th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show airs live in prime time Monday, February 10 and Tuesday, February 11 on Fox Sports 1, running from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. ET.
If you don’t have cable, you can watch a live stream of Fox Sports 1 and the Westminster Dog Show on your computer, phone, Roku, Fire TV Stick or other streaming device via one of the following cable-free, live-TV streaming services:
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FuboTV
Fox Sports 1 is one of the 95-plus live TV channels included in the main FuboTV bundle, which comes with a free seven-day trial:
Once signed up for FuboTV, you can watch a live stream of the Westminster Dog Show on your computer via the FuboTV website, or on your phone (Android and iPhone supported), tablet, Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Chromecast, or other supported device via the FuboTV app.
If you can’t watch live, FuboTV comes with 30 hours of cloud DVR space, as well as a 72-hour look-back feature, which will allow you to watch most episodes and events on-demand within three days of their conclusion, even if you don’t record them.
AT&T TV Now
AT&T TV Now (formerly DirecTV Now) offers six different channel bundles. They range from 45 to 125 live TV channels, and they all include Fox Sports 1. The “Plus” and “Max” packages come with a free seven-day trial:
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Once signed up for AT&T TV Now, you can watch a live stream of the Westminster Dog Show on your computer via the AT&T TV Now website, or on your phone (Android and iPhone supported), tablet Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Chromecast, or other compatible streaming device via the AT&T TV app.
If you can’t watch live, AT&T TV Now — no matter what channel package you choose — comes with included cloud DVR.
Sling TV
Sling TV’s “Sling Blue” package comes with 47 channels, including Fox Sports 1. It costs $20 for the first month ($30 per month after that), which makes Sling the cheapest streaming service with FS1 if you plan on keeping it long term:
Or, as part of a special deal that Sling is currently offering, you can get a free Amazon Fire TV Stick if you prepay for two months:
Once signed up for Sling TV, you can watch the Westminster Dog Show live on your computer via the Sling TV website, or on your phone (Android and iPhone supported), tablet, Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Chromecast, Xbox One, or other streaming device via the Sling TV app.
If you can’t watch live, Sling TV comes included with 10 hours of cloud DVR.
Hulu With Live TV
Fox Sports 1 is included in Hulu With Live TV, which comes with 60-plus live TV channels and Hulu’s extensive on-demand library of TV shows and movies:
Once signed up for Hulu With Live TV, you can watch a live stream of the Westminster Dog Show on your computer via the Hulu website, or on your phone (Android and iPhone supported), tablet, Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Chromecast, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Echo Show or other streaming device via the Hulu app.
If you can’t watch live, “Hulu with Live TV” comes with both its extensive on-demand library (which has most new shows and specials available after they air) and 50 hours of Cloud DVR storage (with the ability to upgrade to “Enhanced Cloud DVR,” which gives you 200 hours of DVR space and the ability to fast forward through commercials).
2020 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show Preview
There are so many dogs judged every year for the Westminster Kennel Club dog show that the festivities actually started on Saturday, February 8 with the ability championship. Then the “Best in Breed” competition began on Sunday, February 9 with the hound and herding groups. This is where judges chose the best dog to represent each individual breed before they advance on to be judged as part of their groups.
The breed judging continued on Monday with the terrier, non-sporting and toy breeds. Monday night in prime time is when the hound, toy, non-sporting and herding groups will take center stage. A judge will name the Best in Group, which is the dog that will continue on to the Best in Show competition Tuesday night.
Tuesday’s prime time lineup will feature the sporting, working and terrier groups, followed by the Best in Show competition. The winner in 2019 was King, a wire fox terrier, which is the breed that has won Best in Show the most times out of all breeds. King was the 15th wire fox terrier to take home the title.
In fact, terriers as a group tend to dominate the Best in Show category. Over the years there have been 47 winners from the terrier group, followed by sporting (18), working (15), toy (11), non-sporting (11), hound (6) and herding at just three wins, in 2017, 1987 and 1929.
The newly-recognized breed for 2020 is the Azawakh, a hunting hound from the Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso area of West Africa. This sighthound is also called The “Tuareg Sloughi” and is known for hunting gazelle in the Sahara. The club describes the Azawakh as “a slender sighthound and ancient companion of desert-roaming nomads.”
For the 144th competition, there will be over 2,600 dogs in attendance from throughout the United States and around the world. There are 204 breeds represented.
The 144th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Shows airs Monday, February 10 and Tuesday, February 11 from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. ET on Fox Sports 1.
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