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.[1][2]
On August 15, 2012, truTV ordered 18 half-hour episodes for the first season which first premiered on January 1, 2013.[3][4] In January 2014, truTV announced that the show had been canceled.[5]
In 2014, the location was used on the television show, Chicago P.D., with actor Elias Koteas entering the shop to ask a pawnbroker about a case.