Lucas Hoge to appear on Anaimal Planet's "Last Chance Highway"

Country artist Lucas Hoge adds yet another accolade to his growing resume of accomplishments. This summer, Hoge will make his national TV debut on Animal Planet's new reality show Last Chance Highway. The rising star wrote the theme song for the new show, which is produced by Al Roker Entertainment.

“Last Chance Highway is spectacular! What a heartfelt song!” Roker says of the show’s theme. “I can tell he has a special feeling for the project and we are excited to have him on board!”

Last Chance Highway is an eight-part series that focuses on the monumental mission of a dedicated handful of animal rescuers. Each week, they organize a band of volunteers to take part in a unique mobile adoption campaign in an effort to find homes for strays and unclaimed shelter dogs. Every week Hoge provides entertainment and companionship to cast member Kyle Peterson as they climb aboard Animal Planet’s big rig to transport more than 150 dogs thousands of miles to meet their new families.

“It’s an exhausting ritual but one that finds homes for more than 6,000 pets every year,” says Hoge. “For me to be able to contribute to even a fraction of that number is greater in its true sense, than any number of miles I’ll ever drive.”

Last Chance Highway will broadcast on Discovery Network’s Animal Planet every Saturday beginning June 19, 2010 at 8 pm EST.

Prior to the show’s premiere, Lucas will be participating in CMA Music Fest before joining his cast members for a national media blitz in support of Last Chance Highway.

While this is Lucas’s first time to be cast in a television show, his music has most recently been featured on the WB’s Smallville, an HBO TV series and a Lipton Tea commercial.

For more information on Lucas Hoge please visit www.lucashoge.com.