NEW YORK, Sept. 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Hearst Media Production Group (HMPG) introduced right this moment that Brandon McMillan will return to host the 11th season of Lucky Dog premiering October 7. The Emmy-winning present, sponsored by TurfMutt Foundation / Equip Exposition, will premiere as Lucky Dog: Reunions throughout the CBS Television Network weekend instructional/informational (E/I) programming block.
Popular animal coach Brandon McMillan returns to weekend TV with the October 7 launch of “Lucky Dog Reunions” on CBS
Lucky Dog attracts greater than 1.1 million complete weekly viewers. Since its inception, the present has helped to rescue, rehab, prepare and re-home greater than 200 dogs. McMillan, the animal coach who started with the present for its 2013 debut and went on to host greater than 180 episodes, will deliver his particular model of attraction and experience again to the sequence. For his earlier Lucky Dog work, McMillan was nominated for 5 Daytime Emmys and was honored twice with the Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Host in a Lifestyle/Travel/Children’s or Family Viewing Program.
For Season 11, McMillan returns to the Lucky Dog Ranch, the place he’ll revisit a few of the most heartwarming and illuminating episodes from his seven seasons as host. He’ll “watch alongside” with the viewers as he re-lives his expertise rescuing and coaching shelter dogs and pairing them with “ceaselessly” households. At the tip of every episode, McMillan will reunite with authentic households to learn how the adopted pets have made lasting impressions on every member.
In recognition of October’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the season-opening October 7 episode will function a pet reunion with a breast most cancers survivor, underscoring the therapeutic and life-enhancing impression of beloved pets on their human companions.
“Lucky Dog has developed a big and dependable following of pet lovers nationwide,” stated Bryan CurbHMPG government vp, schooling/info. “This season, we’re giving followers what they have been asking for with updates on the beforehand adopted pets and their households. Brandon’s return will make it a true ‘reunion.'”
Lucky Dog: Reunions is a part of HMPG’s present program portfolio which includes greater than 30 authentic sequence and lots of of hours of content material yearly on main broadcast networks and station teams and on linked TV and streaming platforms. It has a library of greater than 4,000 hours of programming and its content material could be present in 97 international locations.
About Hearst Media Production Group
Hearst Media Production Group (HMPG), a business unit of Hearst Television, is an unbiased producer and distributor of authentic programming for TV stations, broadcast and cable networks and streaming providers. HMPG produces lots of of hours of programming yearly throughout linear, streaming, digital and social media platforms for home and worldwide distribution in almost 100 international locations. Its well-liked exhibits embody the Emmy® Award-winning instructional/informational (E/I) programming blocks airing weekends nationwide together with “Weekend Adventure,” on ABC stations; “CBS WKND,” on the CBS Network; “The More You Know,” on the NBC Network; “One Magnificent Morning,” on The CW Network; “Mi Telemundo” on the Telemundo Network and “Go Time” on unbiased stations. HMPG additionally produces and/or distributes a various slate of different programming and content material together with Matter of Fact with Soledad O’BrienAmerica’s #1 nationally syndicated public affairs information journal; Consumer Reports TVand the corporate’s devoted FAST channels Xplore, The Jack Hanna Channel and Rovr Pets, available on a few of the hottest good TVs and streaming platforms. HMPG has workplaces in New York, The Angels, Washington, D.C. and Charlotte. HMPG is represented by United Talent Agency.
SOURCE Hearst Media Production Group, LLC
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