On Sunday night, ABC aired a new reality competition series. So, how did Shark Tank do? Did it succeed in the ratings or was it eaten alive by the competition?
From The Apprentice’s Mark Burnett, Shark Tank gives budding entrepreneurs the chance to make their dreams come true. To do that, they must convince five tough, multi-millionaires to part with their own hard-earned cash and give them the funding they need to jumpstart their ideas. The five are Robert Herjavec, Kevin O’Leary, Barbara Corcoran, Kevin Harrington, and Daymond John.
But the show’s not as one-sided as it may seem. The business people are looking for solid investments and, once the “sharks” find a project they like, they negotiate to take as big a percentage of the profits as possible. How far is either side willing to go?
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After weeks of promotion, Shark Tank debuted on Sunday, August 9th at 9pm. The premiere attracted an average of just 4.23 million viewers with a low 1.3/4 rating/share in the 18-49 demographic. The first half-hour was in fourth place for total viewers and the second half-hour rose just a bit to place in third. The entire hour was in fourth place in the all-important demographic and lost a huge chunk of its lead-in audience.
If the show continues to tank like this, it certainly won’t have much of a future on the network. ABC reportedly still has 12 episodes left to air. Six of them are scheduled to run on Sunday nights and then Shark Tank’s set to switch to Tuesday evenings. Unless the numbers get better, it seems unlikely that ABC will keep those plans.
What do you think? Is the show worth watching or should the network throw in the towel and cancel it already?
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My husband and i love this show!!! We are not much for reality t.v. but this show definately gets our attention and our vote !!!! So keep ’em coming. We miss it greatly!
My husband and I LOVE shark tank!!!! We planned our schedule around the show so we would not miss it. Please bring it back!
Please don’t take Shark Tank off the air. There are so few shows worth watcing these days. Couldn’t find it last week and was dissipointed.
I love this show!!!!! This was the only show that I truly got excited about and couldn’t wait to see it every week. I enjoyed watching how people brought out new ideas and businesses. I found it fascinating to watch millionaires and billionaires compete and negotiate for what they believed would be a great business deal for themselves. I would have wanted to been on this show myself if it was still around as I am first launching a business and knew I needed to show sales before I came on the show. Please reconsider as this was the “best… Read more »
This is about the only show on that one could learn some lessons in life in contract to those with dubbed in laughter to tell us when something is funny. It had a new twist with a litle humor, greed and information . It was definately ny favorite
Please don’t cancel Shark Tank…..it gives hope to people like me who dream about having one of their ideas picked up by someone.
There is not too much I like on tv, but I do love Shark Tank and I hope they don’t take it off for another rediculously dramatic hospital or dating show.
please do not cancel this show everyone can watch in the family its interesting and knowledgeable for all…..our whole family likes it and my friends do too…
I hope you keep it on the air its alot better than some of these other junk shows…
this is one of the BEST TV series we feel like sitting on our couch to watch with delight.
shame on ABC if they cancel it !!
Please do not cancel it.
THANK YOU
just like the show invasion–boy did that leave us hanging on that 1==every time i like a show they drop it–unreal–all the sicko shows like kate plus eight they keep–shows with idiots wearing clocks–get real–the good ones they drop–i really enjoy shark tank–please keep it going
Please keep the show going…shows such as these always need another season to truly get strong ratings. Great show, lot’s of dreams being made true.
Love the show! Leave it on please!
My family loves the show, couldn’t wait for it to come on each week. Was disappointed when it stopped coming on. Please continue.
PLEASE CONTINUE THE SHOW. MY ENTIRE FAMILY WATCHES AND WOULD NEVER MISS AN EPPISODE.. WE LOVE IT.
PLEASE DO NOT CANCEL THIS SHOW. EVERYONE I TALK TO WATCHES IT. IF THEY HAVEN’T SEEN IT I TELL THEM TO WATCH IT JUST ONCE. THEY LOVE IT AND ARE HOOKED