Ink Master

Season 16 Premiere: October 23, 2024

Wednesdays

Paramount+

Reality Series

2012

TV14

Art

Competition Reality

The country’s most creative and skilled tattoo artists compete for the title of “Ink Master”

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2012– Reality Series 16 Seasons260 Episodes

Upcoming TV Airings

The airings below are based on a generic national schedule. Times and dates can vary by TV provider.

Monday, November 18

7:00 AM

The Ink Will Speak for Itself

Season 12 • Episode 1

Eighteen artists arrive ready to fight for themselves but find out they must work in teams.

Monday, November 18

8:00 AM

A Storm Is Brewin'

Season 12 • Episode 2

Leaders emerge in a twist that sends the Artists a wake-up call and shakes up the competition.

Monday, November 18

9:00 AM

Down to the Wire

Season 12 • Episode 3

Artists must fight even harder to win the Battle of the Sexes as the competition intensifies.

Monday, November 18

10:00 AM

The Hunter & the Hunted

Season 12 • Episode 4

The artists are out for blood with full color neo-traditional animal tattoos.

Monday, November 18

11:00 AM

The Art Stands Alone

Season 12 • Episode 5

It's every man or woman for themselves when the artists are subject to a blind critique.

Monday, November 18

12:00 PM

Art of War

Season 12 • Episode 6

The artists must put needle to skin consistently to take out their competitors.

Monday, November 18

1:00 PM

Sabotage

Season 12 • Episode 7

The artists must prove their strength by facing off against each other.

Monday, November 18

2:00 PM

Pins & No Needles

Season 12 • Episode 8

The judges test the artists' understanding of color theory; two coaches take the artists to school.

Monday, November 18

3:00 PM

Drawing Alliances

Season 12 • Episode 9

The teams are out of balance as the artists cross enemy battle lines to pick secret alliances.

Monday, November 18

4:00 PM

By Accident or By Design

Season 12 • Episode 10

The battle for the grand prize continues as the judges test the artist's adaptability.

Monday, November 18

5:00 PM

Roll of the Dice

Season 12 • Episode 11

The Artists find themselves in a dicey situation with their coaches Josh Payne and Nikki Simpson.

Monday, November 18

6:00 PM

Put Your Ink Where Your Mouth Is

Season 12 • Episode 12

The competition tests the artists' ability to market themselves.

Monday, November 18

7:00 PM

Moving Pictures

Season 12 • Episode 13

The artists are on their own in a test of finesse as the remaining competitors fight for the prize.

Monday, November 18

8:00 PM

Unfriendly Fire

Season 12 • Episode 14

The men's team takes aim at the women in an illustrative portrait challenge.

Monday, November 18

9:00 PM

Step Up or Shut Up

Season 12 • Episode 15

The last four artists battle it out in a tattoo marathon to secure their spot in the finale.

Monday, November 18

10:00 PM

Battle of the Sexes Finale

Season 12 • Episode 16

Three finalists reveal their 35-hour Master Canvas tattoos; one artist wins the title of Ink Master.

Friday, November 22

11:00 AM

Inking with the Enemy

Season 5 • Episode 1

Rival artists are forced to ink with their enemy; pressure is high and one rival gets sent packing.

Friday, November 22

12:00 PM

Pin up Pittfalls

Season 5 • Episode 2

Semi-nude models and a game changing twist; Josh is back with a vengeance and rivalries flare.

Friday, November 22

1:00 PM

Head to Headache

Season 5 • Episode 3

Josh ignites rivalries and sparks fly; two artists receive an advantage no one else has received.

Friday, November 22

2:00 PM

Geishas Gone Wrong

Season 5 • Episode 4

Artists feel the pressure when they tattoo Nunez's specialty; one artist loses his cool.

Friday, November 22

3:00 PM

Glass on Blast

Season 5 • Episode 5

The artists must make art by sand blasting glass while trying to survive working in teams.

Friday, November 22

4:00 PM

Cheek to Cheek

Season 5 • Episode 6

Artists must complete 12 hour gluteus maximus tattoos and must finish each others' tattoos.

Friday, November 22

5:00 PM

Three's a Crowd

Season 5 • Episode 7

Artists must work in teams to take on Oliver's specialty and put one of their own on the line.

Friday, November 22

6:00 PM

Ink My Oosik

Season 5 • Episode 8

The artists must scrimshaw walrus penises and face their pickiest canvases to date.

Friday, November 22

7:00 PM

Virgin Blood

Season 5 • Episode 9

Virgin canvases get their first tattoos; Josh plays dirty, putting his opponent on the block.

Friday, November 22

8:00 PM

Cold Blooded

Season 5 • Episode 10

Artists use blood for ink in the Flash Challenge, then go up against guest judge Tommy Montoya.

Friday, November 22

9:00 PM

Up in Smoke

Season 5 • Episode 11

Artists tattoo amputees where their limbs once were; Josh causes controversy.

Friday, November 22

10:00 PM

Heads Will Roll

Season 5 • Episode 12

The opportunity to ink football player Deangelo Williams as he honors his mother.

Friday, November 22

11:00 PM

Painstaking Portraits

Season 5 • Episode 13

Artists tattoo the same portrait on two family members; Jason fights to survive.

Saturday, November 23

12:00 AM

Firing Squad

Season 5 • Episode 14

Artists battle for the top four spots; a top artist designs the tattoo that determines who stays.

Saturday, November 23

1:00 AM

Fight to the Finale

Season 5 • Episode 15

The last four artists battle it out with emotional outbursts, fights and fails.

Saturday, November 23

2:00 AM

Ink Finale