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SHARK TANK
Air Date: Friday, August 10, 2012
Time Slot: 8:00 PM-9:00 PM EST on ABC
Episode Title: (#308) "Episode 308" (Repeat)
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A "SHARK TANK" FIRST - AN ENTREPRENEUR WHO WALKED AWAY FROM A DEAL RETURNS FOR ANOTHER CHANCE AT THE AMERICAN DREAM

Returning Entrepreneur James Martin Gets Advice from Jim Koch, Co-Founder of Samuel Adams Beer, Regarding Martin's Copa Di Vino, a Plastic Wine-in-a-Cup Business

"Episode 308" - For the first time, an entrepreneur who walked away from a deal returns to the Tank and is given another chance at the American dream. During the revived negotiation that started in Season 2, James Martin from The Dalles, OR phones Jim Koch, co-founder of Samuel Adams beer, for advice on the Sharks' latest offer to invest in Copa Di Vino, a plastic wine-in-a-cup business.

Also, a versatile inventor from San Antonio, TX must prove to the Sharks the waste products created by his 100-foot tall generator can be transformed into gold; a housewife from Kokomo, IN wants the Sharks' help to grow her handcrafted cookie company into a household name; and a former medical student from Penfield, NY makes T-shirts where a motivational message appears when activated by sweat, on "Shark Tank," FRIDAY, AUGUST 10 (8:00-9:01 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network. (Rebroadcast. OAD: 4/13/12)

The Sharks in this episode of "Shark Tank" are Barbara Corcoran, Mark Cuban, Robert Herjavec, Daymond John and Kevin O'Leary.

"Shark Tank" is broadcast in 720 Progressive (720P), ABC's selected HDTV format with stereo sound. This program carries a TV-PG parental guideline.

For more information on "Shark Tank," visit ABC.com.

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SHARK TANK (ABC)
Returns in Fall 2013 (Exact Date TBA)
BROADCAST HISTORY:
8/9/09 - ???
STATUS:
returning this fall (yet to premiere)
TIME SLOT:
fridays from 9:00 PM-10:00 PM EST
CURRENT SEASON:
5 (??? episodes)
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ADDITIONAL NOTES:
renewed through the 2013-14 season (the show's fifth) on 5/14/13
DESCRIPTION:
(from ABC's press release, May 2013) The critically-acclaimed business-themed show, "Shark Tank," is back for a fifth season, with the Sharks continuing the search to invest in the best businesses and products that America has to offer. The show received a nomination for a Producers Guild Award in 2013. In 2012 "Shark Tank" received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Reality Program and a nomination for a Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Reality Series. The Sharks -- tough, self-made, multi-millionaire and billionaire tycoons -- will once again give budding entrepreneurs the chance to make their dreams come true and potentially secure business deals that could make them millionaires. They are: billionaire Mark Cuban, owner and chairman of AXS TV and outspoken owner of the 2011 NBA championship Dallas Mavericks; real estate mogul Barbara Corcoran; "Queen of QVC" Lori Greiner; technology innovator Robert Herjavec; fashion and branding expert Daymond John; and venture capitalist Kevin O'Leary. Mark Burnett, Clay Newbill and Phil Gurin are the executive producers of "Shark Tank," which is based on the Japanese "Dragons' Den" format created by Nippon Television Network Corporation. The series is produced by Sony Pictures Television.
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Barbara Corcoran as Shark
· Daymond John as Shark
· Kevin Harrington as Shark
· Kevin O'Leary as Shark
· Mark Cuban as Shark (Season 3- )
· Robert Herjavec as Shark
CREW INFORMATION:
· Clay Newbill as EP
· Mark Burnett as EP
· Phil Gurin as EP
GENRE(S):
· reality (all)
· reality (competition)
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· Mark Burnett Productions
· Sony Pictures Television