Underplayed Gems

Hardcore Pawn: Chicago (2013)

Hardcore Pawn: Chicago poster
Genre
reality television
Country
United States
Length
1 season, 18 episodes
Rated
TV-14
Rating
5.4 of 10 from 8 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A reality show follows the staff and customers of a Chicago pawn shop. It shows the daily transactions and negotiations that happen there.

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What happens

Hardcore Pawn: Chicago is an American reality television series on truTV. A spin-off of Hardcore Pawn, the series follows the day-to-day operations of the Royal Pawn Shop located in Chicago, Illinois, at 428 S. Clark Street across from the Metropolitan Correctional Center near Chicago's Financial District. On August 15, 2012, truTV ordered 18 half-hour episodes for the first season which first premiered on January 1, 2013. In January 2014, truTV announced that the show had been canceled. In 2014, the location was used on the television show, Chicago P.D., with actor Elias Koteas entering the shop to ask a pawnbroker about a case. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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