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. The series began airing in syndication on September 16, 2013. 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. On November 14, 2017, A&E announced that they would be airing a two-hour special called Dog and Beth: Fight of Their Lives. The special aired two weeks later, on November 27, documenting Beth Chapman and her family as she was fighting Stage 4 throat cancer. At the age of 51, she died on June 26, 2019, about a week after having lost consciousness and subsequently being placed in a medically induced coma. A second spin-off series, entitled Dog's Most Wanted, premiered in September 2019 on WGN America. A third spin-off series entitled Dog's Unleashed, is currently in production and set to premiere sometime in 2022 on the streaming service Unleashed. Cast Duane "Dog" Chapman Beth Chapman, Dog's wife Leland Chapman, Dog's son Tim "Youngblood" Chapman, Dog's "brother" (not related) "Baby" Lyssa Rae Chapman, Dog's daughter (seasons 2–8) Duane Lee Chapman Jr., Dog's son (season 2–8) Cecily Barmore-Chapman, Beth's daughter Justin Bihag (seasons 1–6), Dog's "nephew" (not related) Garry Chapman, Beth and Dog's son Bonnie Chapman, Beth and Dog's daughter Supporting cast Sonny, bounty hunter Wesley, office manager Moon, Beth's best friend, Justin's mother Richie, bounty hunter Kaleo, bounty hunter T, office worker Production The program spun off from Chapman's appearance on the show Take This Job, a program about people with unusual occupations. 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. 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