LA Ink

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LA Ink

High Voltage Tattoo in West Hollywood, California
Format Reality television
Starring Kat Von D
Hannah Aitchison
Corey Miller
Kim Saigh
Pixie
Country of origin Flag of the United States United States
No. of seasons 2
No. of episodes 23
Production
Running time 60 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel TLC
Picture format PDTV
Original run August 7, 2007 – Present
Chronology
Related shows Miami Ink
London Ink
External links
Official website
IMDb profile
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.
The shop minimum for a tattoo is $200.

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[edit] 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 Kat's best friend Pixie managing the shop itself.

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.

[edit] Celebrity clientèle

The following celebrities have appeared on LA Ink:

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ LA Ink - About the Show. TLC.Discovery.com. Retrieved on 2007-07-04.
  2. ^ So Long Miami Ink, Hello LA Ink. tvguide.com. Retrieved on 2007-07-04.

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