via press release:
HISTORY’S Pawn Stars SERIES SCORES RECORD HIGH AUDIENCE
On Monday, December 21 at 10:30pm ET, HISTORY's hit television series Pawn Stars produced a record high audience of 3.5 million Total Viewers, 2.0 million Adults 25-54 and 1.9 million Adults 18-49. The premiere notched the #1 telecast of all time for the series.
HISTORY's television series, Pawn Stars, brings viewers inside the doors of a family-run pawnshop in Las Vegas, where three generations of men from the Harrison family— grandfather Richard, son Rick and grandson Corey— jointly run the business, with clashing and camaraderie every step of the way. This family lives and breathes the pawning business, using their sharp-eyed skills to carefully assess the value of items their colorful customers bring in, objects ranging from the obscure to the truly historic. Season 2 of Pawn Stars premieres on Monday’s at 10pm ET on HISTORY. Visit www.history.com/pawnstars for more info.
Pawn Stars is produced for HISTORY by Leftfield Pictures. David McKillop and Mary Donahue are Executive Producers for HISTORY. Executive Producers for Leftfield Pictures are Brent Montgomery and Colby Gaines.
Not surprising it’s doing well. Pawn Stars is very informative and entertaining. You always expect the grandson and his smart-aleck friend Chumlee to do something totally clueless. Pawn Stars is a good departure from those awful “here comes global warming destroying Earth in the end” shows and “scientific” promos for Hollywood movies.
This show is hilarious…. the “old man” talks smack on everyone.
Good times…….
Even though a lot is staged their characters are pretty funny…. chumlee in an elf costume is great entertainment.
I wonder how much more foot traffic they get at their store because of this.
great show
Cool
Good to see Pawn Stars is doing so well in the ratings. Every day I discover more and more people who watch and love this show.
I just got back from Vegas and stopped by the shop. One could barely move in there because there were so many people inside the store. The guy behind the counter said that it has been that way during the holidays – non-stop traffic. Rick was cool and took pics with anyone who asked. I told him that I loved the show and took a pic with him. Lots of gawkers, but heard folks negotiating deals. I was thinking that the publicity was helping business a ton. They are probably making huge $$$ just in t-shirt sales.