FAMILY AFFAIR
Dog the Bounty Hunter reveals new show Dog’s Dirty Dozen will feature ALL of his kids and two bounty-hunting grandsons
REALITY star Duane “Dog” Chapman is making his return to TV with a brand new show.
The 67-year-old father of 12 revealed he’s working on his next Dog the Bounty Hunter spinoff series, and “all” of his family is coming back for it.
While on the on Tuesday, revealed he’s hard at work on anew reality show, called Dog’s Dirty Dozen, focused on family and bounty-hunting.
His WGN spinoff series Dog's Most Wanted last aired in November 2019, but the network has no plans to air this new program as it’s switching to a prime-time three-hour national news show come September 1.
On the podcast, Dog, whose wife Beth died last year from cancer, revealed: “The last network was Dog’s Most Wanted with WGN. We broke all records. I’m not just saying, ‘Dog! Dog!’ Not me, the family.
“It was about Beth and her final days. Now, we have the show. We’re all back together.
“Because when a tragedy like that happens in your family, you gotta pull together. So, it’s called Dog’s Dirty Dozen.”
He continued: “We can barely do arrests with the virus right now, so Hollywood’s shut down.
“Once it opens up, we’re coming back.”
The TV personality hinted that this will be the “last” time will all get together to film a reality show, but that he really just wanted to “do one more.”
How many kids does Dog the Bounty Hunter have and what are their names?
DOG The Bounty Hunter has fathered a bountiful brood.
The reality television star has been married five times and is a father to 12 children.
His first child, Christopher Michael Hecht, was born after Duane's teenage relationship with a woman named Debbie White.
The reality television star has two sons - Duane Lee Chapman, II (born January 21, 1973) and Leland Blane Chapman (born December 14, 1976) — with his first ex-wife, La Fonda Sue Darnell.
Both Duane Jr and Leland are bail bondsmen and appeared on his A&E Network reality show.
With second ex-wife Ann Tegnell, Dog welcomed three children.
Zebadiah Chapman was born on January 1st 1980 and tragically died 30 days later on January 31st.
They went on to welcome two further sons - Wesley Chapman on November 14, 1980, and James Robert Chapman on March 2, 1982.
With third ex-wife, Lyssa Rae Brittain (née Greene), he welcomed his first daughter - Barbara Katie Chapman, on June 8, 1982. She passed away on May 19, 2006 from a car crash.
Dog welcomed two more children with late wife Beth.
They shared Bonnie Joanne Chapman, who was born December 16, 1998 and Garry Chapman, who was born on February 7, 2001.
They share two further children, son Tucker Dee Chapman (born September 8, 1983), and Lyssa Rae Chapman (born June 10, 1987).
Dog also became the adopted father of Cecily Barmore-Chapman (born June 19, 1993), whom was Beth's daughter by her ex-husband.
His A&E series Dog the Bounty Hunter premiered in 2004 before getting canceled in 2012.
Its first spinoff, Dog and Beth: On the Hunt, ran on CMT from 2013 to 2015 and followed Duane, his late wife Beth, their son Leland, and Leland's son Dakota as they helped catch criminals.
A&E’s film, Dog and Beth: Fight of Their Lives, aired in 2017 and profiled the Chapman family patriarch and his wife as she battled throat cancer.
Last year, Dog’s Most Wanted, during the filming for which Beth passed away, aired season 1 on WGN America.
Now, the 67-year-old is starting on his next show, which will include “all” of his family, including “two grandkids in their 20s who are in bounty hunting,” as well.
He also boasted about the amazing camera equipment they’re using this time around.
Dog said: “We arrested a guy the other day, we have all this different stuff.
“You can hear him breathe. And he goes, ‘Dog, you’re cheating.’ Because I’m using too much technology.”
Over the weekend, was featured on Dog’s Instagram, as well as supervising producer Nick Walker’s page.
One photo had a car getting rigged out with cameras, and a video showed the producer using a 360-degree camera.
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This next chapter comes a year after and a few months after to his new girlfriend .
His son Garry Chapman recently suffered a concussion and tailbone fracture from a , but he still has more time to recover before filming fully gets underway because the coronavirus pandemic is ongoing.
This show also comes after Dog recently worked on with his daughter Lyssa Chapman, who previously voiced concerns about his relationship with ex girlfriend Moon Angell but who now likes Francie.
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