In a shake up at TruTV, the network that carries Hardcore Pawn, the show gets renewed by the skin of its teeth. The network has changed its concept of what shows it wants to air in the future. Their vision now is to get rid of the fake and staged 'reality show' format from the past. Goodbye Lizard Lick Towing and South Beach Tow. Hardcore Pawns run is probably coming to an end soon as well.
TruTV did pick up a 13 episode backup order of the show for its ninth season. However, if you watched the first episode of the new season, you should have noticed something different. There was only one customer confrontation. It wasn't much of one either. Ashley pretended to get into a screaming match with a loud Spanish speaking customer. He ranted a little, she did her usual "not in my store" spiel and it was over. It lasted about three minutes.
The show appears to be heading in the direction of subjecting viewers to bad acting, crappy editing and horrible story lines. What do you expect with Richard Dominick behind the production. When you produce crap shows like Jerry Springer, The Steve Wilkos Show and Bait Car, it's to be expected.
And so it goes. Probably the last season of this show. I admit, it was fun in the beginning. Before Ashley had to have her mug in every shot. Is she even fatter now? And what's up with that hair? Then they brought in that horrendous 'cousin' Karen. That voice is like an icepick to the eardrum.
In the end, the Gold's get richer and could care less what happens in the future with the show. They will continue being the snobs that they are to the real customers who come in the shop. It's all about the Benjamins anyway, isn't it?
