Production and airing of the show was halted by A&E on November 2, 2007, after the release of an audio tape that featured Duane Chapman using the word " nigger" repeatedly in a discussion about the word itself with son Tucker regarding Tucker's black girlfriend's probable sensitivity to the word. Inspired by his tackle, Chapman decided to pursue becoming a bounty hunter once released. This, in addition to Chapman’s overall good behavior, led to him being paroled after only 18 months. When an inmate was attempting to escape, Chapman tackled him, which prevented the escapee from being shot at by guards. Chapman did field work for the prison, in addition to serving as the warden’s barber. Rounding out most episodes are scenes featuring Dog, Beth and their large family of children, grandchildren and friends.Īs the show progressed, viewers were taken further behind the scenes during Baby Lyssa's training as a licensed bail bondswoman and bounty hunter Dog's capture of Andrew Luster and the ensuing arrests of Chapman, Tim and Leland in Mexico the deaths of Beth's father (Garry Smith) and Dog's oldest daughter (Barbara Katie Chapman) Chapman and Beth's 2006 wedding Baby Lyssa's wedding and the birth of her second child and the shock and fear of the family after Dog, Tim and Leland were arrested by federal marshals in Hawaii to await possible extradition to Mexico.Ĭhapman and Beth freely invited viewers into their lives, sharing personal stories about Chapman's 1976 imprisonment his ex-wives and custody battles While Chapman was serving his sentence, his first wife LaFonda filed for divorce, and married his best friend. Bounty hunts and arrests segue into the rides to jail, during which Chapman and his team show compassion and strongly counsel the fugitives to start over, leaving behind drugs and/or crime to become dependable members of their families and society. Viewers are taken along as Chapman and his family/team locate and arrest people who have broken the terms of their bail agreements. Dog the Bounty Hunter captured an audience immediately by drawing viewers into the interaction of Chapman and his family/team, mixing street smarts, romance, arguments, teamwork, adrenaline-laced arrests and a philosophy of hope and second chances.
The program spun off from Chapman's appearance on the show Take This Job, a program about people with unusual occupations.
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Dog and his wife, Beth Chapman, then starred in a spin-off series, Dog and Beth: On the Hunt on CMT, before that series ended in August 2015. The series began airing in syndication on September 16, 2013.
On May 21, 2012, A&E canceled the series after eight seasons.
With a few exceptions, the series took place in Hawaii or Dog's home state of Colorado. Dog the Bounty Hunter is an American reality television series which aired on A&E and chronicled Duane "Dog" Chapman's experiences as a bounty hunter.