If football isn't your thing, don't worry: there's a much more fun option (admittedly, earlier in the day) for Super Bowl Sunday, February 11.

The third annual Great American Rescue Bowl airs that day at 12:00 p.m. ET on Great American Family. It will feature a tail-biter of a competition pitting The Adorables and The Cuddlers against each other, plus a halftime show that will melt hearts. TV Insider has an exclusive first look at the trading cards featuring those adorable kittens and puppies.

Produced in partnership with North Shore Animal League America, the two-hour program is a fun and interactive way to raise awareness of the vast number of wonderful animals in local shelters across the country and has proven to be highly successful in increasing adoption rates by a factor of one during Super Bowl weekend. Animal activist, best-selling author, and Animal League America board member Beth Stern returns as host, alongside TV personality and producer Brian Balthazar and Pix11 morning news anchor Dan Mannarino.

“Adoption gives wonderful and deserving animals a second chance at life. Seeing love and gratitude reflected back at them by an adopted pet who has had a heartbreaking start or experience creates one of the most beautiful bonds life has to offer,” Bill Abbott, President & CEO, Great American Media, said in a statement. “Our company is proud to partner with North Shore Animal League America, pioneers of the no-kill movement and architects of happy endings for more than one million deserving shelter animals over 80 years.”