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Dog the Bounty Hunter

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  • Genre: Culture & Society
  • Movie Type: Candid Reality Show, Law & Crime
  • Themes: Bounty Hunters
  • Release Year: 2004
  • Country: US
  • Run Time: 30 minutes

Plot

A&E's Dog the Bounty Hunter adopted a fascinating docudrama approach for a weekly reality series centered around real-life bounty hunter Duane "Dog" Chapman. Headquartered in the Hawaiian Islands, the series followed Dog and his family (or, as they were known professionally, the staff of Da Kine Bail Bonds) as they relentlessly tracked down fugitives and other missing persons for a price. Although Chapman was tough as nails and grimly uncompromising on the job, he was also shown to be a warm and loving family man, fiercely protective of his wife, his daughter, and his two sons, and ever concerned for their wellbeing. Even so, the other Chapmans proved to be worthy of their heritage, fulfilling their assignments with swift, almost intimidating professionalism. Also seen from time to time were fellow bounty hunters Justin Bihag and Beth Smith; and, for a change of pace, the Dog team was shown on location jaunts to such stateside locales as Denver and L.A. Originating as a segment of the A&E series Take This Job..., and equipped with a theme song performed by no less than Ozzy Osbourne, Dog the Bounty Hunter made its series debut on August 31, 2004. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Credit

Daniel Elias - Executive Producer, David Houts - Executive Producer

Episodes

Dog the Bounty Hunter: The Arrest
Dog the Bounty Hunter: The Wedding Special
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Dog the Bounty Hunter
Starring Duane "Dog" Chapman
No. of seasons 6
No. of episodes 159
Production
Running time 30 minutes (Season 1-5)
60 minutes (Season 6-present)
Broadcast
Original run August 31, 2004 – present
External links
Official website

Dog the Bounty Hunter is a pre-scripted 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 sons Leland and Duane Lee, Tim Chapman, his "brother" and his daughter 'Baby' Lyssa Chapman. In season one, the team was joined by Dog's nephew Justin Bihag. In addition to Hawaii episodes, episodes have been filmed in Dog Chapman's home state of Colorado and the city of San Francisco.

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Production history

The program spun off from Chapman's appearance in the show A&E Network's 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 show has been running for six seasons to date.

The television show follows the family's bail bond business, 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, which 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 Dog Chapman was recorded uttering racial slurs. After Chapman's public repentance and vow to make amends, and after a show of support from fans and from black leaders including Roy Innis, 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 aired on A&E December 2nd.

Notable events

On April 21, 2009, Dog was allegedly shot at in Colorado Springs, Colorado with a handgun while attempting to arrest a fugitive, Hoang Nguyen, along with his crew and bail bondsman Bobby Brown. The suspect escaped on a motorcycle and was captured by Dog about 6 hours later. According to Dog's website and TMZ, Nguyen was arrested and charged with attempted homicide related to this shooting attempt of Dog and the Chapman family. On May 15, 2009, El Paso County, Colorado El Paso County Assistant DA 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 claim that they have not received any footage from the incident which was allegedly filmed by the crew even though it has been requested.

Starring

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

Family appearances

  • Cecily Barmore (Beth's Daughter)
  • Dominic (Beth's Son)
  • Bonnie Jo Chapman (Beth & Duane's Daughter)
  • Garry Chapman (Beth & Duane's Son)
  • Abbie Mae Chapman (Lyssa's Daughter)
  • Travis Chapman (Beth & Duane's grandson)
  • Dakota Chapman (Leland's Son)
  • Cobie Chapman (Leland's Son)
  • Dylan Chapman (Duane Lee's Son)
  • Teresa R Chapman (Duane Lee's Ex-Wife)
  • Maui R Chapman (Leland's Ex-wife)
  • Davina Chapman (Tim's Ex-Wife)
  • Tucker Chapman (Duane's son)
  • Summer Rain (Tim's Daughter)
  • Autumn Sky Chapman (Tim's Daughter)
  • Garry Smith (Beth's Late Father)
  • Brahman "Bo" Galanti (Lyssa's Husband)
  • Jamie Hackett (Bondsmen)

In popular culture

  • Dog, his crew, and the TV show were all parodied in an issue of Mad magazine.
  • Duane Chapman's book You Can Run But You Can't Hide was to be set for a February 2007 release[citation needed], but after his arrest and extradition case, his book was released on August 7, 2007.[3].
  • A parody of Dog appeared on The Simpsons, but instead of Dog, he was called Wolf.
  • Dog was parodied in the tenth season South Park episode "Miss Teacher Bangs a Boy". Cartman portrayed Dog, but was a hall monitor rather than a bounty hunter.
  • Dog was parodied in the American Dad! episode "Joint Custody". Roger dresses up as Dog, and tries to hunt down Jeff Fischer.
  • Dog appeared as himself in the season two finale "The Trial" of the NBC show My Name Is Earl capturing Joy Darville in Mexico.
  • 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.
  • Heavy metal artist Ozzy Osbourne sings "Dog, the Bounty Hunter" 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".
  • Dog was also parodied in the second episode of the fifth season of Reno 911. The character, "Tommy Hawk", was portrayed by Diedrich Bader.
  • Another Dog parody appears on Psych, in the second season episode "Bounty Hunters!" The character's name was Byrd Tatums, and he was played by Kevin Sorbo.
  • An impersonation of 'Dog' appears in Soulja Boy Tell 'Em's music video for "Yahhh!".
  • Dog 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.
  • Dog appeared with Beth in the Corner Gas episode "Coming Distractions", in which during a daydream they showed up to arrest Brent.
  • In Italy, starting in 2007, a special adaptation 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.

International syndication

Country Broadcasters Time Slot Notes
 Australia FOX8
 Australia Go! Monday, 8:30pm
 Canada OLN Weekdays, 8:00pm
 Germany RTL 2 Monday, 11:15pm
 New Zealand Prime Television Thursday, 9:30pm
 Sweden KANAL 5
 UK Bravo Monday-Friday, 10:00am Repeats
 UK Virgin1 Tuesday, 10:00pm New Episodes
 US A&E Wednesday, 9/8:00pm 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
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.

References

  1. ^ http://www.dogthebountyhunterbook.com/
  2. ^ http://www.reuters.com/article/televisionNews/idUSSP8436520080220
  3. ^ Hank, Melissa (2004-07-10). "Dog: The Bounty Hunter, unleashed". TV Guide. http://entertainment1.sympatico.msn.ca/TV_Guide/Interviews/Features/Articles/070410_dogthebountyhunter_MH. Retrieved 2007-05-27. 

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