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American reality television series

This article is about the American series. For the global TV franchise of which it is part, see Dragons' Den. For the Indian series, see Shark Tank India.

For the Bangladeshi series, see Shark Tank Bangladesh.

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For the arena in California, see SAP Center.

Shark Tank^[b] is an American business reality television series that premiered on August 9, 2009, on ABC. The show is the American franchise of the international format Dragons' Den, a British TV series, which itself is a remake of the Japanese TV show The Tigers of Money.^[3] It shows entrepreneurs making business presentations to a panel of five angel investors (providers of venture capital to early stage start-ups) called "Sharks" on the program, who decide whether to invest in their companies.

The series has been a ratings success in its time slot, winning the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Structured Reality Program five times (2014–2017 and 2024).

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The show features a panel of investors called "sharks," who decide whet

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