Ink Master
Upcoming TV Airings
The airings below are based on a generic national schedule. Times and dates can vary by TV provider.
Sunday, March 31
Weeding Out the Weak
Season 8 • Episode 1
The judges show no mercy as 30 artists fight to earn one of the 18 spots on teams Peck and Nunez.
Sunday, March 31
The Game Begins
Season 8 • Episode 2
Team Peck and Team Nunez must work together in an intense tattoo challenge.
Sunday, March 31
Ruffled Feathers
Season 8 • Episode 3
Team Nunez is out for revenge in the Flash Challenge; an artist betrays Team Peck.
Sunday, March 31
Put on Your Armor
Season 8 • Episode 4
No artist is safe when both teams must transform canvases into warriors.
Sunday, March 31
Sparks Fly
Season 8 • Episode 5
Team Nunez has their legibility tested; an alliance has the women out for blood.
Sunday, March 31
Sticky Situation
Season 8 • Episode 6
A conflicted Team Peck fights for control in a Flash Challenge that tests contrast.
Sunday, March 31
New School, Old Scars
Season 8 • Episode 7
The artists tattoo former smokers who have been scarred for life in the Flash Challenge.
Sunday, March 31
Bent Out of Shape
Season 8 • Episode 8
The artists must manipulate metal in the Flash Challenge; Team Peck artists fight for the last spot.
Sunday, March 31
Head Games
Season 8 • Episode 9
The artists quickly adapt before tattooing an excruciatingly painful spot on the head.
Sunday, March 31
Like Sand Through the Hour Glass
Season 8 • Episode 10
It's all in the details when the artists create powerful designs for Dodge Chargers.
Sunday, March 31
Duck and Cover Up
Season 8 • Episode 11
One artist cracks under pressure after one of the most difficult Flash Challenges ever.
Monday, April 1
Road to the Finale
Season 8 • Episode 12
Dave digs deeper into the lives and strategies of the final six artists in the competition.
Monday, April 1
Heavy Lifting
Season 8 • Episode 13
The artists must carry their own weight in a team Flash Challenge; head-to-head portraits.
Monday, April 1
Bio-Mechanical Failure
Season 8 • Episode 14
Stakes are high when the artists work in teams to transform canvases into cyborgs.
Monday, April 1
No One Is Safe
Season 8 • Episode 15
The top four artists must endure a grueling tattoo marathon.
Monday, April 1
Peck vs. Nunez Live
Season 8 • Episode 16
The final three artists tattoo for America's vote, and the eliminated artists return.
Monday, April 1
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.
Monday, April 1
Pin up Pittfalls
Season 5 • Episode 2
Semi-nude models and a game changing twist; Josh is back with a vengeance and rivalries flare.
Monday, April 1
Head to Headache
Season 5 • Episode 3
Josh ignites rivalries and sparks fly; two artists receive an advantage no one else has received.
Monday, April 1
Geishas Gone Wrong
Season 5 • Episode 4
Artists feel the pressure when they tattoo Nunez's specialty; one artist loses his cool.
Monday, April 1
Glass on Blast
Season 5 • Episode 5
The artists must make art by sand blasting glass while trying to survive working in teams.
Monday, April 1
Cheek to Cheek
Season 5 • Episode 6
Artists must complete 12 hour gluteus maximus tattoos and must finish each others' tattoos.
Monday, April 1
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.
Monday, April 1
Ink My Oosik
Season 5 • Episode 8
The artists must scrimshaw walrus penises and face their pickiest canvases to date.
Monday, April 1
Virgin Blood
Season 5 • Episode 9
Virgin canvases get their first tattoos; Josh plays dirty, putting his opponent on the block.
Monday, April 1
Cold Blooded
Season 5 • Episode 10
Artists use blood for ink in the Flash Challenge, then go up against guest judge Tommy Montoya.
Monday, April 1
Up in Smoke
Season 5 • Episode 11
Artists tattoo amputees where their limbs once were; Josh causes controversy.
Monday, April 1
Heads Will Roll
Season 5 • Episode 12
The opportunity to ink football player Deangelo Williams as he honors his mother.
Monday, April 1
Painstaking Portraits
Season 5 • Episode 13
Artists tattoo the same portrait on two family members; Jason fights to survive.
Monday, April 1
Firing Squad
Season 5 • Episode 14
Artists battle for the top four spots; a top artist designs the tattoo that determines who stays.
Monday, April 1
Fight to the Finale
Season 5 • Episode 15
The last four artists battle it out with emotional outbursts, fights and fails.
Monday, April 1
Ink Finale
Season 5 • Episode 16
The final three artists reveal their 35-hour back tattoos; all 18 rival artists return.
Sunday, April 7
Pick Your Side
Season 10 • Episode 1
Three of the most skilled Ink Masters coach teams of the nation's top tattoo artists.
Sunday, April 7
Fill'er Up
Season 10 • Episode 2
The competition is fierce and the Masters coach their team in the season's first flash challenge.
Sunday, April 7
Divine Proportion
Season 10 • Episode 3
The Masters face off to ensure the survival of their team; the artists tattoo Greek deities.
Sunday, April 7
Step It Up
Season 10 • Episode 4
The coaches step in during a team flash challenge; the artists' ingenuity is tested.
Sunday, April 7
Ink On the Dotted Line
Season 10 • Episode 5
Precision skills are put to the test when the artists must create masterpieces with hole punches.
Sunday, April 7
Chin Up
Season 10 • Episode 6
The coaches must lead by example when they're forced to tattoo an under chin.
Sunday, April 7
Eye of the Tiger
Season 10 • Episode 7
Team dynamics are put to the test when a tag team challenge shakes the competition to its core.
Sunday, April 7
Pane in the Glass
Season 10 • Episode 8
Teamwork is essential in a glass painting Flash Challenge testing dimension.
Sunday, April 7
Ink Raider
Season 10 • Episode 9
The devil is in the details when the Artists must tattoo intricate technicolor hot air balloons.
Sunday, April 7
Some Assembly Required
Season 10 • Episode 10
A twist in a series of Tag Team Tattoo Challenges forces one team's artists to turn on their own.
Monday, April 8
Quit Buggin' Me
Season 10 • Episode 11
The smaller the tattoo, the harder the coaches may fall in a micro Masters Face Off.
Monday, April 8
Total Meltdown
Season 10 • Episode 12
The heat of the competition is higher than ever when the artists test composition using melted wax.
Monday, April 8
Monkey See, Monkey Do
Season 10 • Episode 13
The stakes are higher than ever when the artists match the designs of their coaches.
Monday, April 8
No Stain, No Gain
Season 10 • Episode 14
One team leaves their mark on a wood staining flash challenge that tests contrast.
Monday, April 8
Final Exam
Season 10 • Episode 15
The artists push themselves to the limit in a grueling tattoo challenge.
Monday, April 8
Return of the Masters Finale
Season 10 • Episode 16
The top three artists reveal their 24-hour battle royale chest tattoos; eliminated artists return.