Ink Master - Wikipedia

Ink Master is an American reality competition television series that premiered on Spike on January 17, 2012.

Ink Master
Genre	Reality television
Presented by	Dave Navarro Joel Madden
Judges	Chris Núñez Oliver Peck Ryan Ashley Nikko Hurtado Ami James DJ Tambe
Narrated by	Matt Knight Rick Robles
Theme music composer	Vanacore Music, Inc
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	17
No. of episodes	223
Production
Executive producers	Steven Weinstock Glenda Hersh Andrea Richter
Production locations	Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S.
Cinematography	Brett Knott Ariel Boles
Editors	Tony Nigro Matthew Bartus Kevin Moore Sean Gill Mark Hervey David S. Tung Alanna Yudin Jon LeClaire Jim Gaynor
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	40–83 minutes
Production companies	Truly Original MTV Entertainment Studios (2022–24) Spike Cable Networks (2012–18)
Original release
Network	Spike
Release	January 17, 2012 (2012-01-17) –January 16, 2018 (2018-01-16)
Network	Paramount Network
Release	January 23, 2018 (2018-01-23) –April 14, 2020 (2020-04-14)
Network	Paramount+
Release	September 7, 2022 (2022-09-07) –present
Related
Ink Master: Redemption Ink Master: Angels Ink Master: Grudge Match

Each season features tattoo artists who compete in various challenges assessing their tattooing and related artistic skills. They are judged by renowned tattoo artists and enthusiasts, with one or more contestants eliminated each episode.

The last contestant standing in Seasons 1-13 received a $100,000 prize, the title of Ink Master, and a feature in Inked magazine. Starting in Season 14, the monetary prize rose to $250,000.

The series is produced by Original Media, which also produced the reality show Miami Ink. Current seasons air on the Paramount+ Streaming service, and 24/7 on the Pluto TV app, which has a channel dedicated entirely to the show.

Four spin-off shows, titled Ink Shrinks,[1] Ink Master: Redemption, Ink Master: Angels and Ink Master: Grudge Match,[2][3] have also been released.[4] The series has also released a number of special standalone episodes themed around upcoming events or holidays, such as Halloween.[5]

On September 22, 2020, Paramount Network cancelled the series, as part of the network's then-planned shift to movies.[6] On December 1, 2020, the first two seasons were made available to stream on Netflix in the United States.[7] They were later removed on December 1, 2021, and replaced with seasons three and four.[8][9] On February 24, 2021, it was announced that the series would be revived by Paramount+.[10] On August 5, 2022, it was announced that the revival would premiere on September 7, 2022.[11] A fifteenth season premiered on November 1, 2023.[12] The sixteenth season, titled OGs vs Young Guns, premiered on October 29, 2024.[13]

Contents

• 1 Show format
  • 1.1 Basic format
  • 1.2 Special format
  • 1.3 Judging
  • 1.4 Timeline
• 2 Series overview
• 3 Specials
• 4 Spin-offs
  • 4.1 Ink Master: Redemption
  • 4.2 Ink Master: Angels
  • 4.3 Ink Master: Grudge Match
• 5 See also
• 6 References
• 7 External links