>both are pretty fake-looking
Just ask yourself when the customers or onlookers get hooked
up with a mic.
Pawn Stars, at least, seems to feature real customers that have been scripted and then rehearsed. Hard Core Pawn seems like it is outright faked.
Pawn Stars dudes no longer work in the real pawn shop - all they do is the TV show now from what I read.
HCP is even more contrived. Nothing on Tru TV is real any more