Spike TV Inks 'Tattoo Rescue' Series

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Spike TV continues to ink tattoo-themed content, greenlighting a new one-hour series dubbed Tattoo Rescue.

The 10-episode series follows tattoo expert Joey Germinario and his team as they travel the country transforming failing tattoo studios into profitable ventures. The show will be produced by Charlie Corwin’s Original Media and will debut later this summer, according to network officials.

Tattoo Rescue marks the third Spike TV reality series in the genre following Ink Master andTattoo Nightmares.

The network also announced it has renewed its freshman reality series World’s Worst Tenants. The series, which follows a team of eviction specialists as they forcibly remove problematic tenants, averaged 1 million viewers in its first season and improved the timeslot in Men 25-34 by 96% and Persons 18-34 by 114%, said the network.

R. Thomas Umstead
R. Thomas Umstead

R. Thomas Umstead serves as senior content producer, programming for Multichannel News, Broadcasting + Cable and Next TV. During his more than 30-year career as a print and online journalist, Umstead has written articles on a variety of subjects ranging from TV technology, marketing and sports production to content distribution and development. He has provided expert commentary on television issues and trends for such TV, print, radio and streaming outlets as Fox News, CNBC, the Today show, USA Today, The New York Times and National Public Radio. Umstead has also filmed, produced and edited more than 100 original video interviews, profiles and news reports featuring key cable television executives as well as entertainers and celebrity personalities.