duane chapman

A third season of Dog the Bounty Hunter kicks off on A&E this evening at 9 p.m. EST. Besides the usual captures and tough guy pontificating from the show's titular hero, our ol' pal Dog will also be getting hitched to Beth, his common law wife of sixteen years. The wedding episode is set for May 20 and will include guest stars Hulk Hogan, Danny Bonaduce and Wynonna Judd. Wait, is this a wedding or an episode of The Surreal Life? Anyway, Duane "Dog" Chapman says he wants to finally marry Beth "the Christian way."

Dog the Bounty Hunter, which I like to think of as the Cops I don't feel guilty about watching, will return to A&E for a third season starting in February. While I never make plans to watch the show, every time I come across it whilst channel surfing I have to stop and check it out. I typically don't care for reality programming, but Dog himself seems to hearken back to the days of Mr. T and Hulk Hogan when tough-looking rogues punched out bad guys while reminding kids to stay away from drugs, respect their mothers, and drink plenty of milk. If Norman Rockwell were alive and today and tuned into how the human race stumbles through the 21st century, he would totally paint this show.