Tattoo School: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The World's Only Tattoo School has left an indelible mark on its students, propelling those who successfully complete the intense two-week course into a career as a tattoo artist. From disabled veterans to high-school dropouts, students from all walks of life travel to Shreveport, La., to attend the classes taught by Dr. Bill Pogue, the school's owner and lead instructor. This series profiles those hopefuls looking to gain the knowledge, skills and experience to begin a new life in the ultracompetitive tattoo industry. They're given challenges that mimic the situations they may find themselves in as a working tattoo artist, and upon graduation, the student with the best final, original tattoo is gifted with a golden tattoo gun.

Series details

• Title: Tattoo School
• Format: Reality
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2012-05-24
• Final broadcast date listed: 2012-06-14
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: TLC
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 25081
• IMDb ID: tt2181561
• TVDB ID: 250215

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2012-05-24; final listed air date 2012-06-14.

Source and licence

Adapted from Tattoo School on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.