Brandon McMillan was the host of the CBS show "Lucky Dog" since its inception in 2013. He rescued "unadoptable" dogs from animal shelters across the U.S. and rehabilitated them into the perfect companions at his training facility, the Lucky Dog Ranch). However, in October 2020, Brandon announced that he had finished his 182nd episode of Lucky Dog, and it would be his last. He left the show because of clashes between himself and the network over the direction in which the show was heading. The eighth season of Lucky Dog premiered in January 2021 with two new hosts, Eric Wiese and Rashi Khanna Wiese. However, in September 2023, Hearst Media Production Group announced that Brandon McMillan would return to host the 11th season of Lucky Dog, which premiered on October 7, 2023.