Here's a great example of a segment that was meant to be sweet, but somehow took a painful turn.

Claiming that prairie dogs are the only animals besides people who kiss each other in greeting, Jarod Miller of 'Animal Exploration' gets two of the rodents to smooch on 'The Rachael Ray Show' (weekdays, syndicated).

This July CBS will be airing Greatest American Dog, a new reality competition show hosted by zoologist Jarod Miller. Twelve owner / dog teams will come from across the country to live together and participate in challenges that test the owner's ability to train his/her dog. Each week the judges, who include Wendy Diamond, Allan Reznick, and Victoria Sitwell, will eliminate one team. The last team will go home with the title and $250,000.

Greatest American Dog starts July 10th at 8 p.m. on CBS. Get to know the twelve teams after the jump.

So I was reading this press release about a new CBS reality show called Greatest American Dog (working title). The network has just named a host of the Greatest American Dog and his name is Jarod Miller. The show premieres on July 10. What caught my attention was this phrase, "Animated zoologist Jarod Miller." Now, maybe it was just me, but for a moment I envisioned Jarod Miller as Brian Griffin, the dog on Family Guy. You know, an animated cartoon creation. After all, on Family Guy, Brian is the most intelligent character, and he has co-hosted a radio talk show.

In fact, the only thing animated about Jarod is his enthusiasm for animals. He's a guy who really loves his job. He's been on talk shows galore, putting creepy crawlies on Rachael Ray and keeping snakes from slithering all over Jimmy Kimmel.