 History president Nancy Dubuc, who had been charged with creating programming with a more populist appeal to balance out the network's in-depth military programming, picked up the series, which was initially titled "Pawning History", before a staffer at Leftfield suggested that "Pawn Stars" would fit better with the locale.The network concurred, believing that name to be more pleasing and easily remembered.The staffer adjusted its story-line in order to bring it in line with the network's brand, which included the on-camera experts appraising the items brought into the Gold & Silver, though she did not discourage the interpersonal conflicts among the show's stars.