TLC Announces 13 All New Episodes of Miami Ink  1/24/07

A Marriage Proposal, a New Home and a Pink Slip: South Beach Comes Alive as TLC's MIAMI INK Returns With All New Episodes

SILVER SPRING, Md., Jan. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- The taboo of tattoos continues to diminish as the cast of TLC's trend-setting series MIAMI INK returns with all new episodes. Having completed thousands of tattoos since they opened the doors to the shop nearly two years ago, there is now a waiting list several months long to be tattooed by one of the artists. However, when the ink dries, will one of the artists find themselves without a job? Saturated with love, loss, new ventures, celebrities and award-winning tattoos, the new episodes deliver more emotional stories and delve deeper into the personal lives of artists Ami James, Chris Nunez, Kat Von D., Chris Garver, Darren Brass and Yoji Harada. As the pressure of running a business heightens and the tattoos become more intricate, the artists find themselves struggling with each other's personalities and coming to grips with their new-found fame. The first of 13 new episodes aired on Tuesday, January 23rd at 10:00 PM (ET/PT).

In the new episodes Chris Nunez and Ami travel to Orange County Choppers, home of TLC's American Chopper, to give Paul Teutul Sr. and his girlfriend tattoos. The rock group Korn comes to town on the Family Values Tour and Darren tattoos the bass player Fieldy, and hip-hop star Lloyd Banks comes back to Miami where Garver finishes the elaborate "Rotten Apple" back-piece he started several months earlier. Other highlights from the new episodes include Crystal, who recounts the story of finding her mother dead after she was murdered by her father a few weeks earlier. Yoji raises the spirits of a homeless man who is struggling to support himself through his palm leaf artwork and Chris Nunez, who for the first time in his 14-year career helps someone propose to his girlfriend through a tattoo.

It's not all tattooing for these artists. Each of them has made a personal commitment to give back to the community that embraced them by getting involved with several charities including Hands On Miami. Motorola entered into a partnership with Ami to create custom-designed skins for cell phones. Additionally, he and Chris Nunez are getting ready to open a bar on South Beach called Love-Hate. Darren indulges his passion for motorcycles while Yoji, his wife and baby move to a bigger apartment. MIAMI INK is produced by Original Media for TLC. Charlie Corwin is the executive producer for Original Media and Pamela Deutsch is the executive producer for TLC.

SOURCE TLC

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