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Dog Returns to TV… Again

And you thought cats were the only ones who had nine lives… Bounty hunter Duane “Dog” Chapman is proving that he has as much staying power as his feline friends. The reality TV show star has been given yet another chance from execs at A&E, the cable network that broadcasts his show “Dog the Bounty Hunter” following his boot from its lineup last year. Network execs just confirmed that “Dog” will return to the air this summer, months after his show was pulled because of the reality star’s brouhaha featuring his use of a racial slur in a profanity-laced tirade. … Continue reading →

Dog’s Apology–Too Little Too Late?

Can you really teach old dogs new tricks? Bounty hunter Duane “Dog” Chapman says yes, and he’s starting with this one: eliminating the N-word from his vocabulary. For those of you who haven’t been following Dog’s latest drama, the 54-year-old has been walking around with his tail between his legs ever since a private phone conservation of him using the racial slur (more than a dozen times) was released by his son to The National Enquirer. The recorded conversation in which Chapman uses the N-word to describe his son’s girlfriend led A&E to pull Dog’s reality show from its schedule. … Continue reading →

Celebrity Update: Dog Gets Dumped

A little more than 24 hours after his profanity-laced private phone conversation was posted online, TV’s bounty hunter Duane “Dog” Chapman’s show has been dumped from the air indefinitely. Executives at A&E, the network that broadcasts “Dog The Bounty Hunter,” just announced it has “evaluated the circumstances” surrounding Chapman’s private phone conversation in which the reality star continually used a racial slur and has decided to take the popular show off the network’s schedule for the “foreseeable future.” “We hope that Mr. Chapman continues the healing process that he has begun,” the network said in a public statement released late … Continue reading →

“Dog” Back in the Doghouse

Duane “Dog” Chapman is going to have a hard time getting out of the doghouse this time… The TV bounty hunter put his foot in his mouth and is now putting his tail between his legs as he desperately tries to apologize for using the N-word repeatedly in a profanity-laced tirade during a private phone conversation with his son that was recorded and posted online. If being caught (by the National Enquirer of all publications) wasn’t bad enough, reports now say that A&E, the network that airs Chapman’s hit reality series, has suspended production of “Dog the Bounty Hunter” despite … Continue reading →

Bad News For “Dog”

It may not have as many twists and turns as the Anna Nicole Smith saga, but the legal wranglings popular Hawaii-based bounty hunter Duane “Dog” Chapman currently faces is enough to make anyone’s head spin. Chapman is the star of TV’s reality series “Dog the Bounty Hunter,” however his star status may be in jeopardy now that a federal court cleared the way for him to be extradited to Mexico to face charges that he illegally arrested Max Factor makeup heir and convicted rapist Andrew Luster in 2003. According to a Honolulu newspaper, the decision can still be appealed, but … Continue reading →

Is TV Bounty Hunter Headed To The “Dog” House?

TV’s “Dog the Bounty Hunter” is making headlines again. The reality television star known for upholding the law is now being accused of breaking it. According to a Honolulu (the city “Dog” resides and films his show) newspaper, a woman has filed a lawsuit against Duane “Dog” Chapman, alleging the TV bounty hunter and his crew threw her down a flight of stairs and broke her back while apprehending her boyfriend. The paper says the contents of the lawsuit do not list specific damages, though it does accuse Chapman and his fellow bounty hunters of injuring the woman at her … Continue reading →

“Dog” Out Of Jail, But On Tight Leash

I’m not a HUGE fan of Duane “Dog” Chapman who stars on his own cable reality show–“Dog The Bounty Hunter,” but since I am from Hawaii (Chapman resides on the island of Oahu) and once covered courts for a local television station there, “Dog’s” recent arrest is something I felt compelled to blog about (that and the fact that the guy has a ton of rabid fans who follow his every move). To get you up to speed, Chapman is a bounty hunter who made headlines in 2003 for capturing Max Factor cosmetics heir Andrew Luster in Mexico (“Dog” was … Continue reading →