Pawn Stars

Pawn Stars is a hit reality-television show which is currently airing on History. The show focuses on the operations of Gold & Silver Pawn Shop in Las Vegas, Nevada. The shop is co-owned by Rick Harrison and his father, Richard Harrison. The show centers on the day-to-day operations of the shop, the rare and strange items that come into the shop, and the interactions between the shop's employees.

Episodes[]

Main Article: List of Pawn Stars episodes

Pawn Stars has aired a total of 177 episodes as of August 5, 2012 since the show's debut on September 27, 2009. It has become the most watched series on History, and the second-most watched reality-television series out of all the networks, behind Jersey Shore.

Cast

Main employees[]

Richard Benjamin "The Old Man" Harrison
Richard Kevin "Rick" Harrison
Richard Corey "big hoss" Harrison
Austin "Chumlee" Russell

Other employees[]

Experts[]

Mark Allen
Brenda Anderson
Jesse Amoroso
Joe Ashman
Jemishon Beshears
Jeremy Brown
Rick Dale
Tony Dee
Bob Demel
Ferdinand Geitner
Craig Gottlieb
Mark Hall-Patton
Johnny Jimenez
Danny "The Count" Koker
Wally Korhonen
Dana Linett
Mark Logan
Brett Maly
Drew Max
Paul Milbury
Sean Rich
Rebecca Romney
Charles Roof
Murray SawChuck
Matthew C. Shortal
Jay Tell
Bill Ybarzabal
Brendan Fraser

Trivia[]

The show was originally going to be called "Pawning History," but a staff member at Leftfield Pictures suggested that they use "Pawn Stars," due to its play on "porn stars" and the hook factor to it. The executives at History agreed, believing it to be more pleasing to the ears and easily remembered.
Due to the show's high ratings, other networks have tried to make their own versions of the show, like Hardcore Pawn on truTV.
There are two spinoffs of the show. The first is American Restoration, which features Rick Dale. The second is Counting Cars, with Danny "The Count" Koker.
Rick, Corey, and Chumlee made a special guest appearance in the iCarly episode: iLost My Head in Vegas.