“Dog the Bounty Hunter” Gets the Axe

Say buh-bye to Dog the Bounty Hunter. After eight seasons, A&E is pulling the plug on the reality show.

Say buh-bye to Dog the Bounty Hunter. After eight seasons, A&E is pulling the plug on the reality show.


Nicolas Cage is a free man this evening — and he owes it all to con-trackin’ reality star Duane Chapman.
It was the star of A&E’s Dog the Bounty Hunter, himself no stranger to controversy (Does the N-bomb scandal ring a bell?) who swooped to the rescue, plopping down $11,000 bond to secure Nic’s release after a night of drinking and ranting left the cash-strapped Oscar winner killing time in a New Orleans jail cell for much of the day on Saturday.

Duane “Dog” Chapman — best known for hunting down law dodgers on the A&E reality series Dog the Bounty Hunter — was rushed to a Los Angeles hospital on Saturday after developing symptoms consistent with a blood clot.
Duane Chapman just dodged a bullet. Literally.
The star of A&E’s Dog The Bounty Hunter was shot at while trying to apprehend a man wanted for second degree murder in Colorado Springs on Tuesday.
Doug and bail bondsman Bobby Brown were armed with paintball guns while trying to capture Hoang Nguyen, 35. Nguyen was later apprehended at a local Toys R Us.
No one was injured.

Dog The Bounty Hunter will return to the air on A&E this summer, the network said in a statement late Wednesday. The move comes several months after the hit series was pulled when reality star Duane “Dog” Chapman repeatedly used the racial slur “nigger” in a secretly record profanity-laced tirade that was later sold to The National Enquirer-by Chapman’s own son. Read the rest of this entry »