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Ink Master finally has a return date on Paramount+. The hit reality competition series that was canceled in 2020 will be back Sept. 7 on the streamer — and with a new host. Joel Madden, lead vocalist for the pop/punk band Good Charlotte and co-founder of music companies Veeps and MDDN, will emcee. Former Ink Master…

Ink Master and Dating Naked are set to continue on Paramount+. Long-running reality series Ink Master was cancelled last year at Paramount Network as the cable network refocused its strategy on television movies and mini-series. However, Paramount+ revealed that it is looking to bring back the tattoo format, which was…

UPDATED, 5:05 PM: Ink Master tattoo artist Daniel Silva was sentenced Tuesday to 364 days in county jail, 250 hours of community service and five years probation in a deadly car crash that killed YouTube personality Corey La Barrie. Silva, who initially was charged with murder in connection with the crash, pleaded no…

Ink Master judge Oliver Peck, who sparked a swift backlash after old photos of him wearing blackface resurfaced, has exited the Paramount Network show. “After filming 13 great seasons of Ink Master, the producers and I have decided it's best to part ways,” Peck said in a statement Tuesday. “The offensive photos of me…

Paramount Network is expanding its popular Ink Master franchise across platforms, ordering two more 16-episode seasons (13 and 14) of its hit original tattoo-competition series, and new spinoff series, Ink Master: Grudge Match. Season 13 of Ink Master is slated to premiere in 2020. In addition, Paramount Network has…

Hours ahead of the Season 10 finale, Paramount Network has ordered a 16-episode 11th season of its hit original tattoo-competition series Ink Master, slated for premiere later this year. Ink Master continues to dominate in ratings, ranking No. 1 with adults 18-49 and women 18-49 in its timeslot on cable. "I am…

Paramount Network debuted January 18 and is off to a solid start. Having replaced Viacom’s Spike, the new channel is up 93% in adults 18-49 and 85% in viewership vs the previous quarter. Waco, its limited series about the 1993 Branch Davidian standoff with the federal government, premiered Wednesday as the best-rated…

Spike has given the greenlight to a new entry in its Ink Master tattoo franchise: Ink Master: Angels, a 10-episode series focusing on four of the original show’s top female contestants, will air this fall. Angels will follow four previous Ink Master competitors – Ryan Ashley, Kelly Doty, Nikki Simpson and Gia Rose…

The eighth edition of Spike’s tattoo competition series doesn’t debut until August, but the cable net already has inked a deal for Season 9. The 2017 iteration Ink Master will consist of 15 episodes with a live finale, Spike said today. "The Ink Master franchise has been a major driver in Spike's successful shift to…

Musician Scott Weiland, former lead singer of the popular 90s alternative band Stone Temple Pilots and later of the supergroup Velvet Revolver, has died at age 48. The singer was on tour with his band, Scott Weiland and the Wildabouts, and scheduled to perform in Minneapolis tonight. According to reports, he was found…

Scott Marshall, the Season 4 winner of Spike’s tattoo competition series Ink Master, died over the weekend. He was 41. The cause of death is not yet known. Spike expressed its condolences in a statement to Deadline. “Spike and entire Ink Master family are stunned and saddened by the news of Scott’s passing. He was a…

On the heels of its highest-rated season of Ink Master to date, Spike TV has ordered an eighth go-round of the tattoo-competition series for debut in 2016. The 16-episode Season 8 will go into production in March, with a premiere slated for next summer. Ink Master wrapped its 6th season on October 13 with a live…