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What Happened to Miami Ink?

by Katherine Lynch on June 2nd, 2008

I was never a huge fan of Miami Ink. These artists were amazing, but I’d rather not sit and watch someone get their body designed. It just looks painful. But when I read about the Miami Ink going off the air a few weeks ago, it made me kind of sad. This is a landmark in Miami on Washington Avenue that people flock to. Whether it is to take pictures and hope to capture one of the famous artists or to hope to get a new tattoo, it attracted a lot of traffic.

Miami Ink, the reality show aired on TLC, began in July 2005. In August 2007, LA Ink premiered and in September of 2007, London Ink began. On April 24, 2008 Miami Ink entered their 4th season, but it has abruptly come to an end. According to the Miami Herald, “Ami James said he and co-star Chris Nunez declined to extend Discovery Communicaitons’ option to order more episodes of the TLC show after the network delayed signing them on for another season. He said no talks are under way to shoot more episodes of their lives as south Beach tattoo artists.”

Discovery owns the rights to the “Miami Ink” brand, but luckily James and Nunez opened another tattoo studio just down the block called - Love Hate Tattoos. The Miami Ink location is actually just a gift shop now.

Time will tell as to what will happen to the Miami Ink name, but there is a huge amount of tension that exists as James states that he was unhappy with the way he was treated. Wait and see if Discovery finds a new tattoo studio to work with in Miami or if you’ll have to stick to reruns.

Photo Credit: [miami-inked.com]

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