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A&E releases ‘Dog’ Chapman from the pound
Niger Innis of the Congress of Racial Equality, left, joined Dog and Beth Chapman and their children, Leland, Lissa and Duane Lee Chapman, yesterday to announce that “Dog the Bounty Hunter” would be back on the air in June.
Dog the Bounty Hunter has been given another chance with A&E and will be returning to TV for a fifth season this summer. The show was canceled last November when Duane “Dog” Chapman was caught making racial slurs in a heated conversation with his son who happened to record the call and later sent it to a tabloid. Dog’s comments were aimed at his son’s black girlfriend.
Yesterday, surrounded by his family and civil rights organization representatives, A&E announced the return of the show. Michael Feeney, a spokesman for the cable network had this to say:
It’s not about ratings…We know his heart. We know him and know he’s not a racist.”
Because the show was canceled before all of the 4th season was aired, they will show previously taped episodes in July before the fifth season begins. Filming has already begun on the fifth season, according to executives with A&E, the cable network that broadcast “Dog the Bounty Hunter.”
What do you think, does “The Dog” deserve another chance?
IT’S ABOUT DAMNED TIME! A/E HAD NO B USINESS CENSORING DOG OR KIEFTER SUTHERLAND. STARS HAVE RAGGED LIVES, THAT IS WHY WE LOVE THEM AND THEIR STUFF THEY DO. IT IS NOT UP TO NETWORKS OR ADVERTISERS TO TELL US WHO WE SHOULD LIKE OR NOT, WHO WE SHOULD WATCH OR NOT. DOG AND FAMILY ARE A GREAT BUNCH OF FOLKS AND I LIVE VERY CLOSE TO WHERE THEY WORK IN COLORADO. I AM PRAYING I GET TO MEE T THEM ALL BEFORE I DIE . THEY HAD BETTER HURRY UP, I AM 67. SUE PULSIFER, PUEBLO WEST, CO
WHY IN THE HELL SHOULD DOG BE GIVEN A SECOND CHANCE? DID ANYONE GIVE THAT SECOND CHANCE TO ISIAH WASHINGTON? MAYBE ISIAH SHOULD’VE SAID “CRACKER” INSTEAD OF fAGGOT”! HE’D PROBABLY STILL HAVE A JOB ON GREY’S ANATOMY! SINCE WHEN DID IT BECOME OK FOR A WHITE MAN TO SAY NIGGER!!!????
Read between the lines….. by filming new episodes tell you that it’s Okay for a white man to call a person a nigger on air is okay. It’s a shame African Americans are still treated as inhuman. I am very disappointed with A&E for bringing the show back to air, which says it’s all about ratings. However, A&E will not receive any support from me regarding any of their programs. I have removed them from my channel lineup and I think we all should do that to let they know it’s not acceptable supporting racism.
Why is it that a white man cannot say the word “nigger”? Black people use it every day in their normal conversations, musical lyrics and to each other and even white people. This was a private conversation between a father and son that was illegally recorded. Get over it and if you are so worried about the use of the word, go after all of the rap stars that use it every day, all day.