Black Ink Crew

Black Ink Crew
Genre Reality
Starring
  • Ceaser
  • Dutchess
  • O'Shit
  • Puma
  • Walt
  • Alex (Season 1-2)
  • Sassy (Season 1-3)
  • Sky (Season 3- )
  • Teddy (Season 4- )
  • Donna (Season 4- )
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 4
No. of episodes 53
Production
Executive producer(s)
  • Dan Cesareo
  • Doug DePriest
  • Ken Martinez
  • Kari Mcfarland
  • Rick Hankey
  • Shelley Sinha
  • Susan Levison
  • Co-Executive Producer David Wolfgang
Running time 42-43 minutes
Production company(s) Big Fish Entertainment
VH1 Productions
Release
Original network VH1
Picture format 480i (SDTV)
1080i (HDTV)
Original release January 7, 2013 (2013-01-07) – present
Chronology
Followed by Black Ink Crew: Chicago
External links
Website

Black Ink Crew is an American reality television series that airs on VH1 and debuted on January 7, 2013.[1] It chronicles the daily operations and staff drama at an African American-owned and operated tattoo shop in Harlem, New York.[2] The second season premiered on September 23, 2013,[3] with the season returning on March 31, 2014, for five more episodes.[4] The third season premiered on January 26, 2015,[5] with the season returning August 24, 2015 for eight more episodes and a reunion special on October 19, 2015.[6] On August 31, 2015 VH1 announced a spin-off called Black Ink Crew: Chicago will premiere October 26, 2015. Black Ink Crew Has Been Renewed For A Season 4, which premiered on April 4, 2016.[7]

Cast

Main Cast

Name Seasons
1 2 3 4
Current
Ceaser Main
Dutchess Main
O'Shit Main
Puma Main
Sky Recurring Main
Teddy Recurring Main
Donna Recurring Main
Former
Alex Main
Sassy Main Recurring
Current Recurring
Walt Recurring
Kathy Recurring
Quani Recurring
Melody Recurring
Naeem Recurring
Phoenix Recurring
Former Recurring Cast
Tiffany Recurring

Current Cast

Former Cast

Recurring Cast

Former Recurring Cast

Episodes

Season Episodes Originally aired
Season premiere Season finale Reunion
1 13 January 7, 2013 March 25, 2013
2 18 September 23, 2013 April 28, 2014
3 21 January 26, 2015 October 12, 2015 October 19, 2015
4 TBA April 4, 2016 TBA

Season 1 (2013)

No. in
series
No. in
season
Title Original air date U.S. viewers
(million)
11"Welcome to Harlem, U.S.A."January 7, 2013 (2013-01-07)1.77[8]
22"Oh S**t!"January 14, 2013 (2013-01-14)1.80[9]
33"You Got Served, Son!"January 21, 2013 (2013-01-21)1.33[10]
44"Baby Mama Drama"January 28, 2013 (2013-01-28)1.59[11]
55"Mixxxy Madness"February 4, 2013 (2013-02-04)1.83[12]
66"What Happens in Vegas..."February 11, 2013 (2013-02-11)1.28[13]
77"This, That, and the Third"February 18, 2013 (2013-02-18)1.69[14]
88"In the Dirty, Dirty"February 25, 2013 (2013-02-25)1.75[15]
99"So Much on My Biscuit"March 4, 2013 (2013-03-04)1.53[16]
1010"Krazy With a K"March 11, 2013 (2013-03-11)1.55[17]
1111"Judgment Day"March 18, 2013 (2013-03-18)1.37[18]
1212"Dropping the "M" Bomb"March 25, 2013 (2013-03-25)1.50[19]
1313"Family First"March 25, 2013 (2013-03-25)1.48[19]

Season 2 (2013-14)

No. in
series
No. in
season
Title Original air date U.S. viewers
(million)
141"Season Premiere"September 23, 2013 (2013-09-23)1.60[20]
152"Dutchess Ink"September 30, 2013 (2013-09-30)1.60[20]
163"No Structure to the Madness"October 7, 2013 (2013-10-07)1.63[21]
174"These Are Minions!"October 14, 2013 (2013-10-14)1.88[22]
185"The Year of the Puma"October 28, 2013 (2013-10-28)2.29[23]
196"You're a Wreck!"November 4, 2013 (2013-11-04)2.39[24]
207"I Did Not Sleep With That Woman!"November 11, 2013 (2013-11-11)2.64[25]
218"Something in the Water"November 18, 2013 (2013-11-18)2.35[26]
229"Have Several Seats"November 25, 2013 (2013-11-25)2.28[27]
2310"You Got Some Stupid Ears"December 2, 2013 (2013-12-02)2.17[28]
2411"Tell the Truth and Shame the Devil"December 9, 2013 (2013-12-09)2.03[29]
2512"S..t Happens"December 16, 2013 (2013-12-16)2.03[30]
2613"From Wedlock to Headlock"December 23, 2013 (2013-12-23)1.53[31]
2714"Cease and Desist"March 31, 2014 (2014-03-31)2.24[32]
2815"We All Got Problems"April 7, 2014 (2014-04-07)1.72[33]
2916"The Break-Up"April 14, 2014 (2014-04-14)1.95[34]
3017"Baby Mama Role Call"April 21, 2014 (2014-04-21)1.96[35]
3118"Season 2 Finale"April 28, 2014 (2014-04-28)1.96[36]

Season 3 (2015)

No. in
series
No. in
season
Title Original air date U.S. viewers
(million)
321"Premiere"January 26, 2015 (2015-01-26)2.12[37]
332"Extra Baggage"February 2, 2015 (2015-02-02)1.97[38]
343"Paris, Bitches!"February 9, 2015 (2015-02-09)1.93[39]
354"C'est La Vie"February 16, 2015 (2015-02-16)1.87[40]
365"Ain't No Thing But a Chicken Wing"February 23, 2015 (2015-02-23)1.76[41]
376"Rikers or Rehab?"March 2, 2015 (2015-03-02)1.96[42]
387"No Leg to Stand On"March 9, 2015 (2015-03-09)1.94[43]
398"Movin' Funny"March 16, 2015 (2015-03-16)1.80[44]
409"Sky is the New Black"March 23, 2015 (2015-03-23)1.93[45]
4110"Now It's Turned All the Way Up"March 30, 2015 (2015-03-30)1.81[46]
4211"This Is Not a Talk Show"April 6, 2015 (2015-04-06)1.86[47]
4312"All You Did Was Mess Up My Hair"April 13, 2015 (2015-04-13)1.95[48]
4413"Searching for a Friend"August 24, 2015 (2015-08-24)2.23[49]
4514"Water Slides & Shade"August 31, 2015 (2015-08-31)2.39[50]
4615"This Ain't No Call Time"September 7, 2015 (2015-09-07)1.94[51]
4716"Your Dream, My Nightmare"September 14, 2015 (2015-09-14)1.93[52]
4817"We Want Pre-Nup"September 21, 2015 (2015-09-21)2.04[53]
4918"Sky Code"September 28, 2015 (2015-09-28)2.17[54]
5019"Let Us Pray"October 5, 2015 (2015-10-05)2.18[55]
5120"Ain't No Party Like a Black Ink Party"October 12, 2015 (2015-10-12)2.07[56]
5221"Behind the Ink"October 19, 2015 (2015-10-19)2.53[57]

Season 4 (2016)

No. in
series
No. in
season
Title Original air date U.S. viewers
(million)
531"Black Ink for Life!"April 4, 2016 (2016-04-04)2.21[58]
542"Green Eyes, Moist Lips"April 11, 2016 (2016-04-11)2.19[59]
553"Sixty Bad, Forty Good"April 18, 2016 (2016-04-18)2.41[60]
564"The Dutchess and the Frog"April 25, 2016 (2016-04-25)2.25[61]
575"Orange Is the New Black Ink"May 2, 2016 (2016-05-02)TBA

See also

External links

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