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Hardcore Pawn: Chicago (2013)

Hardcore Pawn: Chicago poster
Genre
reality television
Country
United States
Length
2 seasons, 17 episodes
Rated
TV-14
Rating
5.4 of 10 from 8 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

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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