▁Princi pal ’ s ▁Office , ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 8 . ▁ ▁Mont gom ery ▁developed ▁the ▁concept ▁for ▁Left field ▁Pictures ’ ▁flags hip ▁series ▁Pa wn ▁Stars ▁while ▁in ▁Las ▁Veg as ▁for ▁a ▁b ach elor ▁party . ▁Str uck ▁by ▁the ▁number ▁of ▁pa wn ▁sh ops ▁in ▁the ▁city , ▁Mont gom ery ▁set ▁out ▁to ▁locate ▁a ▁shop ▁with ▁the ▁right ▁setting ▁and ▁staff ▁around ▁which ▁to ▁build ▁a ▁television ▁series . ▁Ult imately , ▁Mont gom ery ▁negoti ated ▁a ▁deal ▁with ▁Gold ▁& ▁Silver ▁Pa wn ▁Sh op ▁co - owner ▁Rick ▁Harrison , ▁and ▁pitch ed ▁the ▁show ▁to ▁the ▁History ▁Channel . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 9 , ▁Pa wn ▁Stars ▁premier ed ▁on ▁History ▁as ▁a ▁top ▁r ated ▁series ▁for ▁the ▁network , ▁highlight ing ▁the ▁“ hidden ▁tre asures ” ▁genre ▁of ▁programming . ▁Le ver aging ▁the ▁success ▁of ▁the ▁series , ▁which ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁highest - r ated ▁shows ▁on ▁cable ▁television , ▁Mont gom ery ▁grew ▁Left field ▁Pictures ▁rapidly ▁with ▁my ri ad ▁series ▁and ▁hundreds ▁of ▁programming ▁hours ▁soon ▁added ▁to ▁Left field ' s ▁ro ster . ▁In ▁addition ▁to ▁Pa wn ▁Stars , ▁other ▁Left field ▁Pictures ▁series ▁and ▁Mont gom ery ▁cred its ▁include ▁the ▁award - win ning ▁Al one , ▁American ▁Rest oration ▁and ▁Count ing ▁C ars ▁for ▁History ; ▁American ▁G rit ▁featuring ▁host ▁John ▁C ena ▁for ▁Fox ; ▁Beth en ny