So long Dog the Bounty Hunter...
A&E announces that Dog the Bounty Hunter TV show has been cancelled. No details were released about why, but TMZ claims negotiations broke down and the plug was pulled.
I am a fan of the TV show and a fan of Duane Dog Chapman. My viewing of the show slowed after the episode of Baby Lyssa being arrested for public intoxication aired. Not because of her arrest, just because I felt the show was taking a turn towards becoming like every other "scripted drama show". Honestly I felt that the show has piddled on catching fugitives and was migrating to a more personal life drama series. The reason I watched Dog the Bounty Hunter was for the chases and the "fix em' before you leave em" approach, I wasn't feeling the drama twist that followed the baby Lyssa episode.
The show began featuring the feud between Dog, Leland, and Duane Lee, with the climax of Duane Lee being fired from the team, then being coached back. But ending in Leland and Duane Lee leaving the business and the show. Then the onset of Dogs younger daughter Leslie coming into the picture I knew at that time the show has ran its course.
It seems to me that maybe some suit and tie in NewYork decided that catching fugitives alone was no longer enough, there was no drama in that. So, said person stuck their nose and devised a scripted divide between the family. It clearly didn't work. Unfortunately Dog and his family are now the only ones being effected by this idiot producer who has a piece of paper in a frame on a wall somewhere still drawing a check and moving on to the next A&E show he/she can destroy.
This was a good show and I feel that A&E has made a mistake and left us with Duck Dynasty... really A&E, you've lost touch with your audience.
Knowing Dog and what he stands for he will continue his quest in catching, fixing and releasing. And do not be surprised to find Dog and his full crew, including young Blood, out on the streets of Hawaii. God speed Dog, if its in your heart like you've said it is, cameras or no cameras - where mercy is shown, mercy is given.
