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Dog the Bounty Hunter
Directed byMarion Akar word
StarringDuane "Dog" Chapman

Beth Smith Chapman
Leland Chapman
Duane Lee Chapman II

Lyssa Chapman
Country of originUSA
No. of seasons7
No. of episodes200
Production
Running time30 minutes (season 1–5 & 7)
60 minutes (season 6)
Original release
NetworkA&E Network
ReleaseAugust 31, 2004 (2004-08-31) –
present

Dog the Bounty Hunter is a reality television show on A&E which chronicles Duane "Dog" Chapman's operations at his job as a bounty hunter, at Da Kine Bail Bonds in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Dog is joined by his wife and business partner, Beth Smith Chapman, his children Leland Chapman, Duane Lee Chapman II, and "Baby" Lyssa Chapman-Galanti. In season one, the team was joined by Dog's nephew Justin Bihag. Dog's brother Tim "Youngblood" Chapman starred in seasons one to four and made brief appearances in season six; he retired from bounty hunting after season four. Dog refers to Tim as his blood brother – despite having the same last name, they aren't biologically related. Episodes have been filmed in Hawaii, Dog's home state of Colorado, and the city of San Francisco.

Production history

The program spun off from Chapman's appearance in the show Take This Job, a program about people with unusual occupations. Both shows are produced for A&E by Hybrid Films, a New York-based production company. The concept of the program was to follow a family of bounty hunters as they capture fugitives. The television show follows the family's adventures in bounty hunting, Da kine Bail Bonds, which has locations in Oahu, in Kona on the Big Island and also on the mainland in Denver, Colorado.

The television series led to a 2007 autobiographical book You Can Run But You Can't Hide chronicles his years before becoming a bounty hunter and also some of his more infamous hunts including the more controversial hunt that took him and his team to Mexico to capture serial rapist Andrew Luster.[1]

Production of and airing of the show was halted by A&E on November 2, 2007, after a disturbing audio tape, containing Duane Chapman using the word, "nigger," repeatedly in a rant directed towards his son's African-American girlfriend, was released. It was first reported by the National Enquirer which then exploded onto every media outlet on television and print, leading Duane to make a teary apology on CNN's Larry King Live for his lack of sensitivity on the matter, vowing to make amends; he soon received support from fans and leaders of the African-American community. On February 19, 2008, A&E announced that the show would return.[2] Reruns of Dog the Bounty Hunter, along with never before seen episodes from season 4, began airing on June 25, 2008.

New episodes (the show's fifth season) began airing on July 16, 2008 and season 6 started in February 2009. The seventh season of Dog the Bounty Hunter began airing on A&E on October 6, 2010.

Notable events

On April 21, 2009, Dog was allegedly shot at with a handgun while his crew, along with bail bondsman Bobby Brown, were attempting to arrest a fugitive named Hoang Nguyen in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The suspect escaped on a motorcycle and was captured by Dog about 6 hours later. This is contrary to evidence shown on the A&E airing of this episode on March 24, 2010. According to Dog's website and TMZ, Nguyen was arrested and charged with attempted homicide related to the shooting attempt of Dog and the Chapman family. On May 15, 2009, the El Paso County Assistant District attorney dropped the attempted murder charge against the alleged shooter due to lack of evidence and conflicting statements by Dog, his son Leland and Bobby Brown. The Prosecutors also state that they have not received the requested video footage from the incident which was allegedly filmed by the television crew.[citation needed]

Cast

Other family members and friends have also been featured during the course of the series.

Family & Friends Appearances

  • Cecily Barmore-Chapman (Beth's Daughter)
  • Dominic Davis (Beth's Son)
  • Bonnie Joanne Chapman (Duane & Beth's Daughter)
  • Garry Chapman (Duane & Beth's Son)
  • Tucker Chapman (Duane's son)
  • Teresa Chapman (Duane Lee's Ex-Wife)
  • Maui Chapman (Leland's Ex-wife)
  • Jodi Chapman (Duane Lee's daughter)
  • Dylan Chapman (Duane Lee's Son)
  • Dakota Chapman (Leland's Son)
  • Cobie Chapman (Leland's Son)
  • Wesley Chapman (Duane's son)
  • Brahman "Bo" Galanti (Lyssa's Husband)
  • Abbie Mae Chapman (Lyssa's Daughter)
  • Serena Galanti (Bo's Daughter)
  • Madalynn Grace Galanti (Lyssa and Bo's Daughter)
  • Travis Mimms (Duane & Beth's son-in-law/ Travis Chapman Mimms father)
  • Travis Chapman Mimms (Duane & Beth's grandson/ Barbara Katie & Travis Mimms' Son)
  • Davina Chapman (Tim's Ex-Wife)
  • Tim Chapman (Tim's Son)
  • Summer Rain Chapman (Tim's Daughter)
  • Autumn Sky Chapman (Tim's Daughter)
  • Garry Smith (Beth's Late Father)
  • Jamie Hackett (Bondsmen)
  • Mary Ellen Pollack (Bondsmen)
  • Fred Pollack (Bondsmen)
  • Chris Pollack (Bondsmen)
  • Sherrie Pollack (Bondsmen)
  • Bobby Brown (Bondsmen)

In popular culture

Dog appeared as himself in the season two finale "The Trial" of the NBC show My Name Is Earl capturing Joy Darville in Mexico. He also appeared in an episode of The George Lopez Show, where George goes to his mom's neighborhood to pick up her pet dog and meets Dog instead. He has appeared on Detroit's popular radio show Dave and Chuck "The Freak". Dog appeared with his wife Beth on the one hour special of Criss Angel Mindfreak. Dog tied Criss up to a chair and lowered him into a hot tub. After four minutes Criss loosened himself but could not fully free himself. Beth and Dog also appeared in the Corner Gas episode "Coming Distractions", in which during a daydream they show up to arrest Brent.

On Cartoon Network's Show MAD, they did a parody of the show called Frog The Bounty Hunter.

Dog has also been parodied in live action productions. In the second episode of the fifth season of Reno 911! the Dog parody, "Tommy Hawk", was portrayed by Diedrich Bader. On Psych, in the second season episode "Bounty Hunters!", the parody character's name was Byrd Tatums, and he was played by Kevin Sorbo.

In Season 3, Episode 13 of Boston Legal, "Dumping Bella", Dog is referred to, perhaps satirically, by Alan as one of the only two people he truly admires, and as such the only candidate besides Shirly herself to be his costume for the party.

Dog has also been parodied in both animation and print. On The Simpsons, a character called Wolf was used. In the tenth season South Park episode "Miss Teacher Bangs a Boy". Eric Cartman portrayed Dog, but was a hall monitor rather than a bounty hunter. In the American Dad! episode "Joint Custody". Roger dresses up as Dog, and tries to hunt down Jeff Fischer. In the Family Guy episode "Something, Something, Something, Dark Side", Stewie calls a Bounty Hunter meeting and Dog is briefly seen. Dog, his crew, and the TV show were all parodied in an issue of Mad magazine.

Heavy metal artist Ozzy Osbourne sings "Dog the Bounty Hunter", used as the show's theme song. The song can be heard on Ozzy's Prince of Darkness box set (CD #3). Several episodes in season three and four have music from NYC-based dub reggae group Subatomic Sound System's On All Frequencies album as featured songs: "Ghetto Champion", "Criminal", and "Doin' It". An impersonation of 'Dog' appears in Soulja Boy's music video for "Yahhh!".

Duane Chapman's book You Can Run But You Can't Hide was set for a February 2007 release[citation needed], but after his arrest and extradition case, release was delayed until August 7, 2007.[3]

In Italy, starting in 2007, a special adaptation of "Dog the Bounty Hunter" was aired on the GXT satellite channel. Characters were dubbed into a heavy Roman dialect; dialogues, while mostly faithful to the original, were changed to include references to the popular culture of Rome.

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International syndication

Country Broadcasters Time Slot Notes
 Australia FOX8 Thursday , 9:30pm
 Australia Go! Monday, 8:30pm, Friday, 1:30pm
 Canada A&E Wednesday, 10:00 pm ET
 Canada OLN Everyday, 5:00/4:00am ET Re-runs
 Germany RTL II Monday, 11:15/11:45pm
 New Zealand Prime TV Monday-Wednesday, 10:30pm
 Norway Max Everyday, 12:00pm&4:15pm
 Sweden Kanal 5
 UK Ireland Bravo Monday, 9:00pm Closed down 1/1/2011
 UK Ireland Channel One Fridays, 8:00pm Closed down 31/1/2011
 US A&E Wednesday, 9:30 pm ET Premiere Broadcaster

DVD releases

DVD name Ep # Release date Additional information
The Best of Season 1 7 January 25, 2005 Features Dog's episode of Take This Job, cast biographies, and promos.
The Best of Season 2 7 March 29, 2006 Features cast biographies and a pop-up dog hunting quiz.
The Best of Season 3 8 February 27, 2007 Features a photo gallery.
The Best of Season 4 8 August 26, 2008
The Best of Season 5 8 September 8, 2009
The Wedding Special 1 December 12, 2006 Features 5 featurettes titled:
  • The Drama of Dog's Wedding Ring,
  • Dance Lessons,
  • Shopping with Beth,
  • The Bow Wow Vow, and
  • A Tribute to Dog & Beth.
The Arrest 1 September 25, 2007
  • Features additional scenes.
  • Also Features The Special Double Episode Year of the Dog.
Crime is on the Run
To Seize and Protect
Special Edition- Previously unreleased

References

  1. ^ http://www.dogthebountyhunterbook.com/
  2. ^ "Bounty Hunter "Dog" to return to the air". Reuters. February 20, 2008.
  3. ^ Hank, Melissa (July 10, 2004). "Dog: The Bounty Hunter, unleashed". TV Guide. Archived from the original on October 12, 2007. Retrieved May 27, 2007.

External links

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