Duane Lee Chapman, II
| Dog the Bounty Hunter | |
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| Genre | Reality |
| Starring |
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| Theme music composer | Ozzy Osbourne |
| Opening theme | "Dog the Bounty Hunter" |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 8 |
| No. of episodes | 246 |
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| Camera setup | Multiple |
| Running time | 21 minutes (Seasons 1–5; 7–8) 42 minutes (Season 6) |
| Production company(s) | Hybrid Films |
| Distributor |
A+E Networks Trifecta Entertainment & Media |
| Release | |
| Original network | A&E |
| Picture format |
480i (SDTV) 720p (HDTV) |
| Original release | August 31, 2004 – June 23, 2012 |
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| Related shows | Dog and Beth: On the Hunt |
| External links | |
| Website | www |
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.
On May 21, 2012, A&E canceled the series after eight seasons. The series began airing in syndication on September 16, 2013. Dog and Beth then starred in another series, Dog and Beth: On the Hunt on CMT, before that series ended in August 2015.
The program spun off from Chapman's appearance on the show Take This Job, a program about people with unusual occupations.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.
Viewers are taken along as Chapman and his family/team locate and arrest people who have broken the terms of their bail agreements. 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. Rounding out most episodes are scenes featuring Dog, Beth and their large family of children, grandchildren and friends.
As 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.
Chapman and Beth freely invited viewers into their lives, sharing personal stories about Chapman's 1976 imprisonment; his ex-wives and custody battles;
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