Tattoo Wars - Cancelled?
Sunday November 18, 2007
Rumor has it that the latest tattoo reality show - Tattoo Wars - has already been pulled. It would figure, seeing as how it was a respectable show full of talent and lacked staged drama. It got a slow start, highlighting artists that weren't so widely known, but showed real promise when they featured the likes of Guy Aitchison, Deano Cook and Tom Renshaw. Just when the show started getting really good, it was yanked out from beneath our feet.
Although I can't seem to get confirmation from TLC about the show being pulled, there are no longer any show listings on their website. And I heard about the cancellation from a reliable source - Greg Ashcraft of Skinworx in Bessember, Alabama, was set to have a commercial air during episodes of Tattoo Wars. He posted this bulletin on MySpace the other day: "I had a commercial airing during Tattoo Wars and Empire Publishing Co. just called and TLC is pulling the show off the air."
This is a disappointment and a real loss to the tattoo community. I had even found a great volunteer writer to cover the show, so if you happened to miss the past episode and would like to know what happened, here is her summary.
Comments
Tattoo Wars was one of the best things to happen to the contemporary tattoo community in the last few years. It showed an artist at their best with no distractions from scripted nonsense. I hope TLC brings the show back at some point.
It is a real loss. This was the first tattoo show that really showed the customers how it is done. If our shop had all the drama of La ink or Maimi Ink we would never get any work done.
I hope they bring it back.
go figure, apparently they like to keep everything in their corporate , mainstream pop culture as dumbed down and yeah, like you said….. full of staged drama. its all good though cuz they dont need to be cashing in on our art and our scene anyway, it doesn’t need their tv to sell it.
I was waiting for this…& never knew it was cancelled…(or may be)
this sucks…
I want a reality tattoo show…
best attoo artist with most respect..takes the show
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ideas bright…
we need more tattoo shows…honestly