Dog the Bounty Hunter
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. With a few exceptions, the series took place in Hawaii or Dog's home state of Colorado.
This article is about original television show. For the person, see Duane Chapman. For the spin-off series, see Dog and Beth: On the Hunt and Dog's Most Wanted.Dog the Bounty Hunter
- Duane "Dog" Chapman
- Beth Chapman
- Leland Chapman
- Duane Lee Chapman Jr.
- Lyssa Chapman
"Dog the Bounty Hunter"
United States
English
9
246
- Daniel Elias
- David Houts
- David McKillop
- Neil A. Cohen
21 minutes
(Seasons 1–5;8)
42 minutes
(Season 6; 7)
Hybrid Films
August 31, 2004 –
June 23, 2012
On May 21, 2012, A&E canceled the series after eight seasons.[1] The series began airing in syndication on September 16, 2013.[2] 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. On November 14, 2017, A&E announced that they would be airing a two-hour special called Dog and Beth: Fight of Their Lives. The special aired two weeks later, on November 27, documenting Beth Chapman and her family as she was fighting Stage 4 throat cancer. At the age of 51, she died on June 26, 2019, about a week after having lost consciousness and subsequently being placed in a medically induced coma.[3][4]
A second spin-off series, entitled Dog's Most Wanted, premiered in September 2019 on WGN America. A third spin-off series entitled Dog's Unleashed, was in production and was set to premiere sometime in 2022 on the streaming service Unleashed, but it was canceled due to a breach of contract.[5]
Books[edit]
The television series led to a 2007 autobiographical book, You Can Run But You Can't Hide, which chronicles Chapman's years before becoming a bounty hunter and some of his more infamous hunts, including the controversial hunt that took him and his team to Mexico to capture serial rapist Andrew Luster. It also delves into his criminal past as well as his family background, imprisonment in Texas, marriages and children.[17][18] A second book, Where Mercy Is Shown, Mercy Is Given, was published in 2009. Its title reflects Chapman's overriding philosophy of second chances, which he writes about at length as he asks the public for a second chance of his own. The book largely deals with the fallout from two factors: the federal marshals' arrest and the scandal over his use of the word "nigger".
Chapman has been referenced in live action productions:
Chapman has also been parodied in both animation and print: