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. Viewers are taken along as Chapman and his family/team locate and arrest people who have broken the terms of their bail agreements. 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.
The program spun off from Chapman's appearance on the show Take This Job, a program about people with unusual occupations.
On November 14, 2017, A&E announced that they would be airing a two-hour special called Dog and Beth: Fight of Their Lives.
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Dog and his wife, Beth Chapman, then starred in a spin-off series, Dog and Beth: On the Hunt on CMT, before that series ended in August 2015. The series began airing in syndication on September 16, 2013. On May 21, 2012, A&E canceled the series after eight seasons. With a few exceptions, the series took place in Hawaii or Dog's home state of Colorado. 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.