Come out fighting with the Pawn Stars when handprints signed by Sylvester Stallone pummels into the shop. Will Rick score a knockout deal, or go down a Rocky road? Then, Rick scouts out two signed Norman Rockwell lithographs. Titled "Puppy Love" and "Dressing Up", will they be picture perfect, or show their true colors? And later, Chumlee tries to prove he is more active than everyone thinks he is by entering an arm-wrestling competition. Will Chum muscle his way to a win or will he be strong armed out of the competition?
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.