Posted on 11/02/2007 6:06:23 PM PDT by Rb ver. 2.0
Duane "Dog" Chapman's tape-recorded tirade has cost him his TV show.
"Dog the Bounty Hunter" has been pulled off the air by A&E, the cable network announced Friday. The network stopped short of saying the show was canceled, apparently leaving open the possibility of a return with new episodes or reruns.
"In evaluating the circumstances of the last few days, A&E has decided to take Dog The Bounty Hunter off the network's schedule for the foreseeable future," A&E said in prepared statement. "We hope that Mr. Chapman continues the healing process that he has begun."
The Wall Street Journal reported Friday that Yum Brands, which advertised Taco Bell, KFC and Pizza Hut on "Dog the Bounty Hunter," had pulled all of its ads, calling Chapman's comments "despicable."
Production of the Hawaii-based reality show was suspended earlier this week after it was reported that Chapman made repeated racial slurs in a tape-recorded phone conversation with his son, Tucker.
"Dog the Bounty Hunter" went on the air in 2004 and was one of A&E's highest rated shows, averaging 1.2 million viewers in primetime.
Chapman, who owns Da Kine Bail Bonds in downtown Honolulu, has apologized for repeatedly using a racial slur to refer to his son's girlfriend, who is African American.
The Associated Press reported on Friday that Tucker Chapman taped the phone call with his father, and sold it to the National Enquirer, which posted the tape on its Web site on Wednesday.
The irony of it all is the one thing he didn’t want to have happen, came from his own lips.
I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry....
now, if we could just get rid of robert “kkk” bird for using the word.............
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I have been chastised on a number of occasions here at FR for not singing the praises of Dog the great American hero, family man, etc. The man has always been trashy and proved it once again.
When is Al Sharpton not the one the stupid white people run to when this happens?
That much is very true.
Sounds like the kid and his old man don’t exactly get along.
Agree....I always thought the guy was a flake.
I wonder if the son’s girlfriend will still be around after she spends the money they got from the Enquirer...What a rat. He lost his Father and his job.
A&E may regret pulling the show with the writers going on strike.
Maybe they'll start running "Murder She Wrote" again?
That big dog wife was one scary woman.
Al is not going to help YOU, Dog. Al is going to help AL.
“Maybe they’ll start running “Murder She Wrote” again?”
The Hallmark channel is beating that one to death now.
shouldn’t that be heeling process,, not healing process.. ;-)
BTTT
I’m not a ‘Dog’ fan, but he needs to write off his looser of a son.
LOL...Big Al is slipping. Before, he would have jet-setted there and had cameras meet him at the airport. I guess it is now a more organized, corporate thing for Reverend Al. Big business and all...
The father did it to himself. AND to his entire family.
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