Rev your engines with the Pawn Stars when a legendary 1967 Shelby GT350 speeds into the shop. Will Rick be able to cruise through the negotiation or will it be gone in 60 seconds? Then, Corey and Chumlee play with the idea of buying one of the first video game consoles, a Magnavox Odyssey 200. Can they figure out how to beat the system or will it be game over? And later, Chumlee seeks the go ahead from Rick to test out the shop's new ice cream maker. Will the guys all scream for ice cream or will Rick give Chumlee the cold shoulder?.
Pawn Stars is filmed in Las Vegas, Nevada, where it chronicles the daily activities at the World Famous Gold & Silver Pawn Shop, a 24-hour family business operated by patriarch Richard Harrison (or "The Old Man"), his son Rick Harrison (who opened the shop with his father in 1988), Rick's son Corey (who has worked there since childhood), and Corey's childhood friend, Austin "Chumlee" Russell.
The series depicts the staff's interactions with customers, who bring in a variety of artifacts to sell or pawn and who are shown haggling over the price and discussing its historical background, with narration provided by the Harrisons and occasionally Chumlee. The series also follows the interpersonal conflicts among the cast.
Numerous local experts in a variety of areas also regularly appear to appraise the items being sold or pawned.