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Duane Chapman, left, guest-stars on "The George Lopez Show," airing at 7 p.m. Wednesday on KITV/ABC.
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Dog days
Duane "Dog" Chapman takes the media spotlight this week
Duane "Dog" Chapman, star of the A&E show "Dog, the Bounty Hunter," is on a whirlwind publicity tour of New York City this week.
Chapman, 52, and partner Beth Smith appeared this morning on ABC's "The View" and will appear tonight on MSNBC's "Rita Cosby."
Tomorrow, "Dog" will be interviewed by "Stuff" magazine. The rest of the week he'll be visit CNBC's "The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch," "Fox & Friends" and "Court TV." An appearance on David Letterman's "Late Show" is pending.
Chapman also makes a cameo appearance on Wednesday's "The George Lopez Show," in an episode called "George's Dog Days of Bummer."
Back home, Chapman will take part in a Hurricane Katrina benefit at the Hard Rock Café next week, a "Stars of Hawaii" documentary and a photo shoot for a Christian magazine.
Coming up: A toy manufacturer will begin selling a "Dog" action figure later this year and Chapman will star in a History Channel documentary on bounty hunters. A&E is planning a two-hour special on Chapman's most famous capture, of serial rapist and Max Factor heir Andrew Luster in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, in 2003.
After just two seasons, "Dog," is A&E's highest rated series ever. Negotiations with the cable network are under way for a third season that would start filming in Hawaii in November.