Ink Master is an American reality competition television series that aired on Paramount Network (formerly called Spike), premiering on January 17, 2012. The show features tattoo artists who compete in various challenges assessing their tattooing and related artistic skills. The last contestant standing each season receives a $100,000 prize, the title of Ink Master, and a feature in Inked Magazine. The tenth season (titled as Ink Master: Return of the Masters) premiered on January 9, 2018, and aired its first two episodes on Spike before the network rebranded as the Paramount Network.