Bounty hunter show to resume production

HONOLULU " TV bounty hunter Duane "Dog" Chapman is preparing to return to the airwaves.

The Chapman family confirms that filming is set to resume on their A&E show "Dog the Bounty Hunter" which features family members and staff in pursuit of bail-jumping criminals around the islands.

Chapman's show was the highest-rated on A&E before the network pulled it off the air in November, after he was heard in a taped phone conversation using a racial slur in reference to his son Tucker's black girl friend.

Chapman has apologized and tried to make amends with the network and the black community.

The network has announced no air date for the new episodes. A statement says network officials decided that since his show is about second changes, they decided to accept his apology and resume production.