Puppies and Cupcakes

What's better than puppies and cupcakes? I say not much, and luckily for the Washington Animal Rescue League, 1.16 million people agree. The League was featured on the second episode of TLC's newest show, DC Cupcakes. Our episode, Cupcakes and Puppies, had the highest amount of viewers of any of the episodes thus far- 1.158 million! The show follows Georgetown Cupcake sisters, Sophie LaMontagne and Katherine Kallinis, as they bake up different cupcake arrangements for events throughout DC. The series premiere, which opened with back-to-back episodes on July 16, garnered more viewers than the CW network held for the entire evening. And since I work in communications at the Washington Animal Rescue League, I couldn't be happier. Well, maybe if I had eaten a red velvet cupcake while I watched.

The TLC production company approached us (the League) earlier this year with interest about incorporating our work into an episode. After several days of filming somewhat awkward "reality" scenes, we wrapped up filming at the League, and production moved to our Gala. The Georgetown Cupcake sisteers wanted to unveil a massive sheepdog made entirely of cupcakes at our annual Rescue Me Gala (the district's most enjoyable dog-friendly black tie affair). Even better, they bake hundreds of dog-friendly 'pupcakes', which pleased our 4-legged companions immensely. I even took one home to my dog, Lion, who was quite thankful.

It was an awesome experience for the Washington Animal Rescue League to be featured on national television--let alone TLC, one of my favorite networks. And the League's episode had 34,000 more viewers than the series premiere! It was exciting to see two things that I love, puppies and cupcakes, come together on television, and to be a part of it all.

Want to watch the show? Tune in to DC Cupcakes on TLC Fridays at 10 p.m. this summer. For a clip of our episode, Cupcakes and Puppies, see this page. For an article by the Washington Post about the show, visit this link.