Hunt is on in 'Dog' Chapman show
By Wayne Harada
Advertiser Staff Writer
Back-to-back episodes tonight, will introduce Duane "Dog" Chapman and his wife and business partner, Beth, and show how they round up the bad guys in the filmed-in-Hawai'i reality series, "Dog the Bounty Hunter."
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Chapman, 51, and Beth, 34, seek out real-life criminals on the lam — to date, he says they've corralled about 6,000 — and "Bounty Hunter" attempts to depict their roller-coaster livelihood.
A new reality show built around bounty hunter Duane "Dog" Chapman debuts tonight.
The first episode, "To be a Bounty Hunter," introduces Dog's team and includes footage of Dog and Beth involved in a fight between two cars, culminating in Beth passing a file (along with a few choice expletives) from her vehicle to Dog's while traveling at 40 mph.
Those in recurring roles include Dog's son Leland Chapman, 27, also a bondsman and bounty hunter; Tim Chapman (no relation), a friend who also chases law-breakers; Dog's 21-year-old nephew Justin Bihag, an apprentice bounty hunter; office manager Wesley Yoon; and Chapman children Cecily, 11, Bonnie Jo, 5, and Garry, 3.
• 7 and 7:30 tonight, A&E
The second show, "The Competition," zooms in on Dog and Beth pursuing one fugitive while Leland and Justin chase another; the team that catches its fugitive first wins — though there's a trick element to this episosde.
'DOG THE BOUNTY HUNTER'
Dog's tumultuous relationship with Beth and his 12 children (not all are in the family business) provides some of the tension. He is depicted as a quintessential American macho man who wants to make the world a better place to live — with the pursuit of redemption also on his agenda, since Dog himself served time in a Texas penitentiary.
