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SHARK TANK
Air Date: Friday, September 23, 2016
Time Slot: 9:00 PM-10:01 PM EST on ABC
Episode Title: (#801) "Episode 801"
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SEASON PREMIERE

'SHARK TANK,' THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED AND EMMY AWARD-WINNING SHOW THAT HAS INSPIRED A NATION TO DREAM BIGGER, RETURNS TO ABC FOR SEASON EIGHT ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23

For the First Time, the Feeding Frenzy in Season Eight Begins With Six - Not Five - Sharks Circling the Tank

Pitches Include a Teenager Who Uses Technology to Solve a Problem That Technology Created; and a Surprise Appearance from Pittsburgh Steelers Wide Receiver Antonio Brown

"Episode 801" - "Shark Tank," the critically acclaimed and Emmy Award-winning reality show that revolutionized entrepreneurship in America, is back for an eighth season with the Sharks continuing the search to invest in the best businesses and products that America has to offer. In the season premiere and for the first time, the feeding frenzy begins with six Sharks instead of the usual five circling the Tank, airing FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 (9:00-10:01 p.m. EDT), on the ABC Television Network.

Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown stops by the Tank to tout the benefits of personalized shoe slides developed by an entrepreneur from Norwood, Massachusetts; a wise-beyond-her-years 16-year-old high school junior from Naperville, Illinois, impresses the Sharks with an app that can stop cyberbullying messages before the damage can be done; two men from Howell, New Jersey, designed an ingenious at-home beer dispenser that uses sound waves that makes bottled and canned beer taste just like draft; with inspiration from her terminally ill mother, a woman from West Valley City, Utah, realized that sending heartwarming chicken soup was the perfect gift and a needed business. Also, an update on Shaan Patel from Las Vegas, Nevada, and his SAT prep course, 2400 Expert, in which Mark Cuban invested in during season seven.

The Sharks in this episode are Mark Cuban, Kevin O'Leary, Daymond John, Lori Greiner, Barbara Corcoran and Robert Herjavec.

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

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