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Dog and Beth Chapman returning to reality television on CMT

Today, CMT announced that it has greenlighted Dog (working title), a new unscripted series that marks the TV return of Duane Chapman (a.k.a. “Dog the Bounty Hunter”) and his wife, Beth Chapman. The show will follow the two as they help fellow bail bondsmen and bounty hunters struggling to catch fugitives on the lam. CMT says it has ordered 10, one-hour episodes. Dog and Beth will star in and executive-produce the series, which is set to begin production early next year and premiere spring/summer 2013 on CMT. Following the end of their hit series Dog the Bounty Hunter earlier this […]

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“Dog the Bounty Hunter” cancelled by A&E

Well, it looks like all of the “Will they or won’t they return” drama surrounding various members of the Chapman family has come to a “Nobody will” conclusion. Though the network has yet to make an official statement, Variety is reporting that A&E will not order additional new episodes of its long-running Dog the Bounty Hunter, which launched the mullet-embracing, shirt-eschewing Duane “Dog” Chapman and his fugitive-hunting family to stardom over 8 seasons and nearly 250 episodes beginning in 2004. In a family statement  issued by the Chapmans’ attorney Marty Singer and Tweeted out by Chapman’s daughter Baby Lyssa Chapman, Dog and […]

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Leland Chapman launches new fan forum

Former Dog The Bounty Hunter star Leland Chapman has launched a new Fan Forum on his official web site. The forum features five areas of discussion including general topics, fan stories about Leland, news and updates, and a spot for visitors to share what they like best about the bounty hunter/heartthrob, who continues to operate his own bail bond business on the Big Island of Hawaii while developing bounty hunting classes and a “Bounty Hunter Tactical Supply” company. The site also addresses his departure — “A family that hunts together stays together…yeah whatever” — from the longtime A&E reality smash that made […]

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Duane Lee Chapman returns to “Dog The Bounty Hunter”

  • UPDATE: A&E cancels Dog the Bounty Hunter It’s been the talk the Dog The Bounty Hunter fan base and Twitter-verse for months: Has Dog’s eldest son, Duane Lee Chapman, finally abandoned the family, the bounty-hunting business and the much-loved A&E series for good, after a previous close call two years ago? • RELATED: Leland Chapman launches new fan forum In case you missed Wednesday night’s episode, Greed Is Good, the answer is no. Without fanfare or explanation, Duane Lee’s back like he never left — a big relief, especially for fans who never quite got over the abrupt departure of […]

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You may KISS the bride: Gene Simmons and Shannon Tweed tie the knot in two nights of A&E specials

By Lori Acken Follow @ChannelGuideLLA When I was a kid, he was the scariest guy in the scariest band my Starland-Vocal-Band-loving heart could imagine. When I got to college and snapped out of it, he was my favorite actor in my favorite film (KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park; my roommate and I split the cost of the VHS tape). In 2006, he became the most endearingly warped Ward Cleaver-in-monster-boots reality dad on TV, courtesy of A&E’s docu-series Gene Simmons Family Jewels that spotlighted the home life and adventures of the surprisingly sage Simmons, his long-looooong-time girlfriend former Playboy Playmate Shannon Tweed, […]

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A&E’s Dog The Bounty Hunter bows Season Seven with a mother of a premiere

By Lori Acken The seventh season opener of Dog The Bounty Hunter, premiering tomorrow at 9pm ET/PT on A&E, is — believe it or not — all about the mamas. In fact, it’s so about the mamas that, in one portion, Chapman brothers Leland and Duane Lee don’t even show up until a fugitive-free goose chase through a field of Colorado scrub pine (thanks to a camera-loving goofball named Leo) is almost over. The premise of “The Ice Man” is reassuringly familiar: Clan Chapman is back in Denver helping their ol’ gold-jewelry-loving pal Bobby Brown chase down Mark Burk, a […]

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Have Leland and Duane Lee Chapman left “Dog The Bounty Hunter?”

• UPDATE: A&E cancels Dog the Bounty Hunter Sigh. If this is true, my insomnia-nights On Demand go-to of choice is in horrible peril. Multiple sources are reporting that Duane “Dog” Chapman’s two bounty-hunting man-pups have fled the pound to devote all their time to a new web-app and t-shirt venture called ChapBros. Also involved in the endeavor is straight-laced computer whiz Chapman brother Wesley who recently made a memorable appearance on an episode of Dog The Bounty Hunter in which big brother Duane Lee convinced him to taste mace. Depending on whom you choose to believe, the boys’ ball-busting blonde-bombshell stepmama […]

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“Dog the Bounty Hunter”: Baby Lyssa becomes a bride

A&E’s Dog The Bounty Hunter requests your presence at his daughter Lyssa’s wedding — or the special episode spotlighting the actual February ’09 nuptials, anyway — which will air Wednesday, Sept. 9 at 9pm ET/PT. Tune in as Duane “Dog” Chapman, wife Beth and their crime-fighting posse try to take a break from capturing fugitives on the run to celebrate the marriage of their youngest daughter, Baby Lyssa. If you’re a loyal fan of the show and remember just how smoothly that plan went for Dog and Beth’s own wedding, you can pretty much guess what goes down in the one-hour […]

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Dog The Bounty Hunter: The Dog Gets Muzzled.

I’m about the biggest fan of Dog The Bounty Hunter, ever. Well I was, anyway. I mean, I still love the show and what now appears to be the character Duane Chapman played when the cameras were rolling. But the man, himself? I’m not sure what to think. For Dog’s detractors, it seems pretty simple: the man is a red-neck, grammar-be-damned, dictatorial racist. Period. Maybe you have it in you to feel for him a little that it was his own son who sold a private conversation for personal gain. Possibly for love. Possibly because he was denied a spot […]