Pawn Stars Australia

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Pawn Stars Australia
Genre Reality television
Based on Pawn Stars
Directed byMartin Baker
Starring
  • Aaron Senes
  • Ben Senes
  • Shanon Folden
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes12 (list of episodes)
Production
Production companyLeftfield Pictures
Original release
Network A&E
Release21 July (2015-07-21) –
6 October 2015 (2015-10-06)
Related
Pawn Stars
Pawn Stars UK

Pawn Stars Australia was the Australian adaptation of the American series of the same name. It premiered on 21 July 2015 on A&E. [1] The Australian version is the third international spin-off after Pawn Stars UK and Pawn Stars South Africa, and the seventh spin-off overall. [2]

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The series starred brothers Aaron and Ben Senes along with their childhood mate Shanon Folden, who own the well-known chain of pawn stores called Happy Hockers in Sydney. [3]

The series was directed by Martin Baker and produced by Leftfield Pictures, the same company that produces the American original. [3]

The complete first season DVD was scheduled to be released on 5 October 2016.

Development and production

In August 2014, the series was officially commissioned, and Leftfield Pictures (the company behind Pawn Stars U.S.) were officially confirmed as the producers of the local adaptation. It was also stated that the series would air in 2015, rather than in 2014 as previously rumoured. [4] In June 2015, it was announced the series would officially star brothers Aaron and Ben Senes and best friend Shanon Folden and would premiere on 21 July 2015. [5]

The Senes brother said they agreed to do the reality series to help the public know about the pawn industry, which they said is misunderstood. "People can see it's a legitimate operation where we do everything by the book and we have a successful business to prove it", Ben Senes said. [3] The brothers have been in the business for 22 years. Selling jewellery and electronics is the "bread-and-butter" of their business but people also bring in highly unusual items. Through the years they have seen everything from monkey testicles, to gold teeth fillings to rare collectibles such as a vintage red telephone box. [6]

Although Happy Hockers operates 5 stores across Sydney, the series was filmed almost entirely at their Bondi Beach store. [3]

Episodes

No.TitleOriginal air dateAus. viewers
(millions)
1"If These Balls Could Talk"21 July 2015 (2015-07-21)102,000 [7]
2"Surf's Up"28 July 2015 (2015-07-28)64,000 [8]
3"Blue in the Face"4 August 2015 (2015-08-04)66,000 [9]
4"O'l Shaz of the Sea"11 August 2015 (2015-08-11)47,000 [10]
5"A Betting Man's Game"18 August 2015 (2015-08-18)58,000 [11]
6"Smokey and the Shaz"25 August 2015 (2015-08-25)N/A
7"Movie Night"1 September 2015 (2015-09-01)N/A
8"A Mess of Sh#t"8 September 2015 (2015-09-08)N/A
9"Who Jackman"15 September 2015 (2015-09-15)N/A
10"Run Shaz Run"22 September 2015 (2015-09-22)N/A
11"Ben's Whipped"29 September 2015 (2015-09-29)N/A
12"The Mutt of All Episodes"6 October 2015 (2015-10-06)N/A

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  2. ↑ Hogan, Matthew (16 July 2015). "Sydney trio into hardcore pawn". The West Australian . Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Blundell, Graeme (11 July 2015). "Reality TV show Pawn Stars Australia is a big deal". The Australian . Retrieved 20 July 2015.
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  6. ↑ Molloy, Shannon (14 July 2015). "From monkey testicles to gold tooth fillings, these are the weird things people try to pawn". Perth Now. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
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