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Beth Chapman on Baby Lyssa and Duane Lee’s absence from CMT’s Dog and Beth On The Hunt: “You can’t force your kids to stay with you forever”

January 11, 2013 | By Lori Acken
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When I sat down with Leland, Dog and Beth Chapman to talk about their upcoming new CMT reality series Dog and Beth: On The Hunt and told them that my own family loved watching theirs on A&E’s smash Dog the Bounty Hunter, Beth wanted to know what I liked best about the show. I told her it was her family’s bond. Much to my surprise — and with Dog and Leland looking on — she offered candid insight into what the Twittersphere has been discussing since plans for the show were announced in the summer: the absence of Baby Lyssa and Duane Lee [...]

Dog and Beth Chapman returning to reality television on CMT

September 25, 2012 | By Jeff Pfeiffer
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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 [...]

Leland Chapman launches new fan forum

April 13, 2012 | By Lori Acken
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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 [...]

“Dog The Bounty Hunter” scorecard: Leland’s out

January 30, 2012 | By Lori Acken
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Following the reappearance of his big brother Duane Lee Chapman in the series’ Jan. 18 episode, it looks Leland — the long-running A&E series’ resident heartthrob — is the latest to go AWOL. And this time it looks like it could be for good.

Duane Lee Chapman returns to “Dog The Bounty Hunter”

January 20, 2012 | By Lori Acken
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• 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 [...]

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

October 5, 2010 | By Lori Acken
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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 [...]

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

February 10, 2010 | By Lori Acken
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• 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 [...]

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

September 1, 2009 | By Lori Acken
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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 [...]

Dog The Bounty Hunter: The Dog Gets Muzzled.

November 5, 2007 | By Lori Acken
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Posted by ButtonKnows 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 [...]