Production[edit]

The program spun off from Chapman's appearance on the show Take This Job, a program about people with unusual occupations.^[1] 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.^[1]
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

Dog the Bounty Hunter

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Dog the Bounty Hunter
Genre	Reality
Starring	Duane "Dog" Chapman Beth Chapman Leland Chapman Lachlan Bowe Justin Bihag Duane Lee Chapman Jr. Lyssa Chapman
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
Production
Executive producer(s)	Daniel Elias David Houts David McKillop Neil A. Cohen
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 (2004-08-31) – June 23, 2012 (2012-06-23)
Chronology
Related shows	Dog and Beth: On the Hunt
External links
Website	www.aetv.com/dog-the-bounty-hunter

Duane "Dog" Chapman

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.^[1] The series began airing in syndication on September 16, 2013.^[2] Dog and Beth then starred in another series, Dog and Beth: On the Hunt on CMT, before that series ended in August 2015.