

Status
Ended
Release
2002 - 2005
Seasons / Eps
3 / 52
Storyline
Pet Star was a show on Animal Planet hosted by Mario Lopez. The show is a contest between owners and their trained pets who perform tricks. The tricks are graded by three celebrity judges on a scale of one to 10. In the end, the three pets with the highest score come out as finalists, and the audience votes on who is the episode's Pet Star. Then, at the end of the season, the winners compete to be the year's ULTIMATE PET STAR. The winner of a regular show gets $2,500, while the winner of the finals gets $25,000. There were many celebrity judges, including Gena Lee Nolin, Virginia Madsen, Will Estes, Lindsay Wagner, Matt Gallant, Mackenzie Phillips, Billy West, James Avery, George Wallace, Melissa Peterman, Christopher Rich, John O'Hurley, Vanessa Lengies, Dom Irrera, Carol Leifer, Andy Kindler, Melissa Rivers, Meshach Taylor, Kaley Cuoco, Rosa Blasi, Jeff Cesario, Karri Turner, Peter Scolari, Bruce Jenner, Fred Willard, Shari Belafonte, Josh Meyers, Lori Petty, Ben Stein, Richard Jeni, Ken Howard, Paul Gilmartin, Maria Menounos, Tempestt Bledsoe, David Brenner and Amy Davidson. Pet Star is based on the show Star Search. It is shown in the United Kingdom on Challenge.
Score Distribution
Details
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 3
- Episodes
- 52
- Runtime
- Not available
- Avg. Episode Runtime
- 1h
- Release Date
- Aug 9, 2002
- Last Air Date
- Mar 14, 2005
- Languages
- English
- Production Countries
- United States of America
Top Cast
55 Cast Members

Mario López
Self - Host
52 Episodes

'Weird Al' Yankovic
Self - Judge
6 Episodes

Ben Stein
Self - Judge
5 Episodes

Vanessa Lengies
Self - Judge
5 Episodes

Will Estes
Self - Judge
4 Episodes

Lori Petty
Self - Judge
4 Episodes

Peter Scolari
Self - Judge
4 Episodes

Richard Jeni
Self - Judge
3 Episodes

Amy Davidson
Self - Judge
3 Episodes

Frankie Muniz
Self - Judge
3 Episodes

Gena Lee Nolin
Self - Judge
3 Episodes

David Brenner
Self - Judge
3 Episodes

Christopher Rich
Self - Judge
3 Episodes

Tempestt Bledsoe
Self - Judge
3 Episodes
Matt Gallant
Self - Judge
2 Episodes

Carol Leifer
Self - Judge
2 Episodes

Kelly Packard
Self - Judge
2 Episodes

Mackenzie Phillips
Self - Judge
2 Episodes

Meshach Taylor
Self - Judge
2 Episodes

John Kricfalusi
Self - Judge
2 Episodes



