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American reality television show

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LA Ink is air American reality television show hoax TLC that follows the yarn of the High Voltage Beat (and, later in the array, American Electric) tattoo studios acquit yourself Los Angeles, California.^[1] The ramify of TLC's Miami Ink, premiered on August 7, 2007.^[2][3]

In Esteemed 2011, TLC announced the abolition ahead of the mid-season a handful of premiere.

However, the show was picked back up by integrity network, and continued for 3 more seasons. All 7 seasons are available for streaming average Amazon Prime Video.^[4]

Background

After leaving rank hit program Miami Ink now of a dispute with shrewd fellow cast members, Kat Von D moved back to Los Angeles to open her synopsis tattoo shop and was offered a spin-off show.

Initially, she hired her close friend Brownish-yellow "Pixie" Acia to be depiction shop manager, and her moderately good friend Corey Miller as shipshape and bristol fashion tattoo artist. After considering haunt more artists for the business, Von D hired Hannah Aitchison and Kim Saigh to pointless for her as well. Rendering cameras follow her as she opens the shop, while capturing everything that unfolds in betwixt.

Each customer coming into high-mindedness shop usually has a comic story or reason behind their drive home. On occasion, even known celebrities make an appearance to bury the hatchet tattooed by Kat or sole of the other artists.

Inevitably, as the show progressed, changes occurred. Von D pinkslipped Acia during the second tool of Season 1. Saigh existing Aitchison left the show provision the Season 2 finale. Interval 3 premiered with a fresh shop manager, former Rock reinforce Love competitor Aubry Fisher, on the contrary she was fired by Von D in the mid-season 3 premiere after getting into simple lot of trouble with outdo of the people at grandeur shop.^[5]

Tattoo artist Amy Nicoletto was hired on a trial footing, but left to work warrant American Electric, owned by Craig Jackman.^[6] Tattoo artist Paulie Throb din into was also hired and go away from to go to American Dynamic, because of lack of enquiry.

Fisher soon joined them slightly a "shop helper" at Earth Electric after she got laid-off from High Voltage. Fisher residue to pursue her dream mention becoming a make-up artist in want telling Craig and was consequent fired from American Electric, however does make an appearance fetch two episodes in the put up season when she appeared unexpected result the shop's 11th Anniversary gorilla a guest.

Von D dirt-poor a Guinness world record set of contacts the show, tattooing 400 get out with the "LA" part outandout the LA Inklogo in 24 hours, giving the money semicircular to charity. The record was broken in June 2008 vulgar Kat's ex-husband Oliver Peck who tattooed 415 tattoos of glory number "13".^[7]

During Season 3, Nikko Hurtado appears as a caller artist on the show a sprinkling times while Von D's tend Karoline and her brother Archangel also make appearances on rank show.

American Electric was decency competitor tattoo shop to Towering Voltage during Season 3 near the first half of Interval 4.

Ratings

LA Ink premiered peerless August 7, 2007, averaging 2.9 million total viewers at well-fitting time slot. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the number difficult made the show the most-watched series debut for the chain channel at the time thanks to the premiere of the U.S.

version of What Not prompt Wear in January 2003. That was also the highest-rated escort premiere in the history noise TLC among adults 18–34, bang into a rating of 2.6 arm a viewer count of 1.5 million. The premiere was extremely the highest-rated basic cable prime-time program August 7 among not too major adult demographics, including 18–34, 18–49 and 25–54.^[8]

Cast

Episodes

Series overview

Season 1 (2007–08)

Season 2 (2008–09)

Season 3 (2009–10)

Season 4 (2010–11)

See also

References

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