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Is 'Pawn Stars' real or staged? These behind-the-scenes experiences will exchange the way you watch the History Channel collection.

We’ve never noticed a reality display somewhat like Pawn Stars. The History Channel collection has been on the air for over 10 years but is still so standard that the community higher the episode working time from 23 mins to 44 minutes for its sixteenth season.

Given the prime volume of content material produced through the forged and workforce each and every 12 months, viewers have puzzled whether the gross sales at Gold & Silver Pawn Shop are scripted ahead of time and if the drama shown on display screen is manufactured for storytelling functions. Scroll down for some behind-the-scenes information about the Las Vegas-based collection.

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Is Pawn Stars real or staged?

According to insiders, there are components of both on the weekly program. In 2016, a guy named Mike Hoover claimed to have been an extra on the show and revealed what it was actually love to film at the store. 

"[Visited] as tourists and my friend decided to buy a Cartier watch for his wife," he explained. "The guy helping us said they were about to shoot a segment and asked if we would like to be extras and we said sure!"

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The extra stated the sale took almost an hour to shoot, which translated into just five minutes of airtime. "They reran several scenes," he shared. "They brought that cool museum guy in to validate the piece. It didn't appear to be scripted very much, but they did reshoot a couple of the negotiations."

He added that the buyer "didn't 'just walk in' that day" and that manufacturers "ran everyone out of the store except the 12 or so people that signed up to be extras."

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In 2014, store manager Travis Benton confessed that segments are crafted after the retailer’s pawn brokers "spot unique items and show them to producers who decide if they are worthy of broadcasting."

Because the filming days are planned prematurely, sellers are most often told to return back at a different time. "Once an item is deemed 'possible TV material,' its seller is coached on how to act while on camera," the Las Vegas Review-Journal wrote in a piece of writing.

"Some people have a great item to sell, but they appear nervous on film. It can take several tries to get it right, depending on the person... Producers have cut items from the show because the seller could not 'pull it together' on camera, but it doesn't happen often."

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Some discussions take place off camera on Pawn Stars so as not to waste time.

In an interview with Odyssey, executive manufacturer Brent Montgomery explained that dealers are vetted earlier than they appear on the display. "Off camera we have to make sure that these people will actually sell the stuff at a reasonable price, otherwise they’re just trying to be on TV," he stated, adding, "We figured that out fairly quickly."

Brent additionally shared that in the beginning, he needed to tell the forged to purchase extra of the pieces that had been being introduced in to the store. "If we had a show where they never bought anything, it wouldn’t work well," he reasoned.

They’ve surely found out the best possible components since then! You can watch new episodes of Pawn Stars Mondays at 10 p.m. ET on the History Channel.

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