Jump to content

LA Ink: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous editNext edit →
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
Line 92: Line 92:
* [http://www.dv.com/features/features_item.php?articleId=196603713 DV Magazine story about making the show]
* [http://www.dv.com/features/features_item.php?articleId=196603713 DV Magazine story about making the show]
* [http://inkedmag.com/inked_people/18/ Inked Magazine feature with members of the cast]
* [http://inkedmag.com/inked_people/18/ Inked Magazine feature with members of the cast]
*[http://www.yuppiepunk.org/2006/12/qa-kat-von-d-of-miami-ink.html/ Q&A with Kat Von D] about her celebrity crushes, tattoo reality shows and the Bee Gees



[[Category:Reality television series]]
[[Category:Reality television series]]

Revision as of 08:44, 15 April 2008

LA Ink
High Voltage Tattoo in West Hollywood, California
StarringKat Von D
Hannah Aitchison
Corey Miller
Kim Saigh
Country of origin United States
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes23
Production
Running time60 minutes
Original release
NetworkTLC
ReleaseAugust 7, 2007 –
Present
Related
Miami Ink
London Ink
For the design firm, see LA ink.

LA Ink is a reality show on TLC that follows the events of "High Voltage Tattoo", a tattoo studio in Los Angeles, California. It is a spinoff of TLC's Miami Ink and it premiered on August 7 2007 at 10:00 PM EDT.[1]

High Voltage Tattoo is located at 1259 N. La Brea Ave near the southwest corner of La Brea and Fountain Avenue.

History

The shop is owned by acclaimed tattoo artist Kat Von D, who formerly starred on Miami Ink. In 2007, after a falling out[2] with Miami Ink co-owner Ami James, Kat left the show and returned to Los Angeles, where she decided to open her own tattoo studio and was offered her own show. The studio's other employees are artists Corey Miller, Hannah Aitchison, Kim Saigh and no shop manager as of a current date.

Each episode features a number of customers along with their backstories and motivations for choosing their tattoos. Due to the studio's Hollywood location, the clientèle has included and will likely feature a number of celebrities. There is also some focus on the personal lives of the artists, two being from Chicago, Illinois (Saigh and Aitchison) and the underlying idea of female empowerment in a male dominated industry.

The show's theme song was "Dancing With Myself" by Nouvelle Vague for the first season.

The series premiere in August 2007 became one of the highest rated programs in the history of TLC and the show remained at the top of the network's ratings throughout its first season. The show's popularity even led to an article on the famed Page 6 of The New York Post detailing Ami's rivalry with Kat von D and his anger at her show's success as well as television appearances by Kat and fellow artists Corey Miller and Hannah Aitchison.

On December 18, 2007, the three shows, LA Ink, Miami Ink, and London Ink, competed against each other for popularity, best art, and best employees, which LA Ink won. [citation needed]

Season 2 of the series premiered on TLC on January 8, 2008. Reality Casting by Isabel Reyes

Celebrity clientèle

The following celebrities have appeared on LA Ink:

Wikinews has related news:

See also

References

  1. ^ "LA Ink - About the Show". TLC.Discovery.com. Retrieved 2007-07-04.
  2. ^ "So Long Miami Ink, Hello LA Ink". tvguide.com. Retrieved 2007-07-04.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to LA Ink.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=LA_Ink&oldid=205747173"