Hardcore Pawn: Chicago is an American reality television series on truTV. A spin-off of Hardcore Pawn, the series follows the day-to-day operations of the Royal Pawn Shop located in Chicago, Illinois at 428 S. Clark Street, across from the Metropolitan Correctional Center near Chicago’s Financial District. truTV ordered a nine half-hour episode first season on August 15, 2012. The series premiered on January 1, 2013.