by Admin on February 21, 2008
I think this has to be one of the happiest days yet! Dog the Bounty Hunter is going to be back on the air at A&E.
On February 19th, 2008 TMZ got word that Dog the Bounty Hunter is going to be back on the air. According to TMZ, a network offical confirmed that the show is going back into production! Starting as soon as possible, in Hawaii the crew is gearing up for a new season.
In case you’ve not heard, A&E had suspended the show indefinitely due to the racial slurs that were recorded by Duane’s son Tucker about Tucker’s girlfriend, who happened to be black.
“We’re told network execs were “very pleased” with Dog’s attempt to make amends and his reaching out to members of the African American community.”
After the tape surfaced Duane Chapman immediately began a tour of forgiveness, working with CORE and other groups to promote racial equality.
“A&E isn’t just making this decision out of the goodness of their hearts either. The show was insanely popular for the network, here and internationally — airing in over 20 countries.”
Well they’ve definitely got the last part right - we love Dog the Bounty Hunter and I think that because they’re so popular, that’s what’s brought them back. Sure it was Duane’s tour of forgiveness. That was pretty stand up of him to do - because he was wrong (the whole Tucker thing… is for another rant). But I think with the petitions, the love we share for them, and the good that they do - they should bring them back.
I’m so happy that they did!
by Admin on February 3, 2008
Over at FoxNews they’ve got an interview between Greta Van Susteren and Duane “Dog” Chapman. As of this post, the edit for the transcript was a bit rushed. So it may still not be in it’s final form and updates will occur.
The interview was about the manhunt to Mexico to apprehend Marine Cesar Laurean. They wanted Duane’s views on how to capture Marine, since Dog got into a lot of hot water with his manhunt in 2003.
by Admin on February 2, 2008
E!Online reports a bit more about the Mexican judicial system coming down with their ruling on not extraditing Duane Chapman to Mexico to face charges about the 2003 case with Andrew Luster.
You can read their article here.
A little snippet of what Duane had to say when he heard the ruling in his favor:
“We are ecstatic that this nightmare is finally over and happy to see the Mexican justice system works,” the 54-year-old Dog the Bounty Hunter star and his wife, Beth, said in a statement. “We can all now move forward.”
Seriously I have to say - with everything that’s been happening to the Chapmans since everything fell apart last year, it’s nice to hear. I can’t say that enough.
by Admin on January 31, 2008
… Duane Chapman will not and can not be extradited to Mexico to face criminal charges in his the case about the serial rapist and fugitive Andrew Luster in 2003, according to a three-judge panel in Mexico
… Where was I? I thought this was a done deal months ago?
Well, apparently I’ve been napping, over at Incase you didn’t know they’ve reported the following:
The unanimous ruling was handed down Tuesday. The TV bounty hunter, his son Leland Chapman and associate Tim Chapman faced being sent to the resort town of Puerto Vallarta, where they captured Luster, who had jumped a $1 million bond on charges that he drugged and raped three women.“He’s a free man,” Chapman’s San Francisco-based attorney, James A. Quadra, said in a telephone interview late Tuesday. “They can’t reinstate any criminal charges and as a result of that, there’s no basis for them to then seek extradition.”
… a glimmer of happy news for the Chapman family.
by Admin on January 11, 2008
It looks like Dog is getting in touch with his Native American roots. Duane Chapman and his family took part in the American Indian Pow Wow Association’s 33rd Annual Intertribal Pow Wow at Thomas Square in Honolulu. The event, hosted by Jason Good Striker, took place on October 6 and 7, kicking off at 10am and concluding at 5pm. This year, the Pow Wow’s theme was “Honoring Our Native Veterans,” and featured dancing, drumming, singing, arts and crafts and food. Additionally, the non-competition Pow Wow was open to anyone who wanted to participate.
At the Pow Wow, the Young Grey Horse provided some of the major singing for the dance and special segments of the celebration. Duane Chapman’s youngest son, Garry, borrowed a chicken dance outfit from one of the singers and danced along with Native American performers from the island. Not to be outdone, Chapman himself joined and helped to sing a song with the Young Grey Horse as they sang an inter-tribal dance tune. Chapman’s wife, Beth, who also appears in A&E’s Dog the Bounty Hunter, and the family provided back-up vocals for the patriarch and the drumming group.
It’s something to see this happening. We’ve been seeing and hearing so much bad press with their family it’s about time we see something good come out in the news about Duane Chapman and his bounty hunting family.
… what is also interesting to see in this article is that there is the mad rumour that the show is coming back for it’s 5th season.
Do you think it will?
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