ABC is premiering new seasons of two popular reality TV shows tonight. Shark Tank and What Would You Do? are very different, yet equally worth checking out. They debut new seasons back-to-back tonight on ABC.
Shark Tank:
The sharks are back for a third season to shed light on and give money to America’s most ingenious inventors. However, the inventors first have to prove why their inventions are worth the risk.
In tonight’s season premiere, NBA champion and Hall of Fame basketball player Bill Walton joins entrepreneur Dave Mayer in his pitch to the sharks. Mayer, a tri-athlete from Portola Valley, California, hopes the sharks will have a thirst for his unique water bottle. If the Sharks should need a ghostwriter, then Michael Levin from Irvine, California would welcome their investment dollars in his celebrity ghostwriting business. Other pitches include an online business created by Sue Kruskopf & Nancy Bush from Minneapolis, Minnesota that can help people plan their own funeral, down to the last detail. In the end, Alashe Nelson from Miami Beach, Florida presents a business opportunity to invest in a site offering users real VIP access at some of the hottest nightlife events in the country.
The following judges, also known as “sharks” appear in the third season of Shark Tank:
- Mark Cuban: Owner and chairman of HDNet and outspoken owner of the 2011 NBA champions, the Dallas Mavericks.
- Lori Greiner: A prolific inventor of retail products who’s often regarded as the “Queen of QVC.”
- Barbara Corcoran: Real estate mogul
- Robert Herjavec: Technology inventor
- Daymond John: Fashion and branding expert
- Kevin O’Leary: Venture capitalist
Season three of Shark Tank premieres tonight at 8/7c on ABC.
What Would You Do?
John Quinones returns tonight for a brand new season of Primetime What Would You Do? This intriguing reality series establishes everyday scenarios and then captures people’s reactions with hidden cameras. The Columbia Journalism Review called WWYD “a candid camera of ethics." Since premiering in 2008, What Would You Do? has won critical acclaim and numerous awards.
Now, it’s back for a brand new season of new situations, many of which would make most viewers run for the hills. However, when faced with an unusually uncomfortable situation, will "victims" on the show be the squeaky wheel and speak out, or will they shy away from confrontation?
Below are tonight’s scenarios on What Would You Do?
- Drunken mom pressures her 9-year-old to drive
- Boss berates an underage worker
- Diners try to scam a free meal
John Quiñones is the Emmy award-winning co-anchor of ABC's Primetime and has been with the network for nearly 25 years. During his tenure he has reported extensively for ABC News, predominantly serving as a correspondent for Primetime and 20/20. Quiñones joined ABC News in June 1982 as a general assignment correspondent based in Miami, providing reports for World News Tonight With Peter Jennings and other ABC News broadcasts. Quinones was one of the few American journalists reporting from Panama City during the U.S. invasion in December 1989. He has won seven national Emmy awards for his Primetime Live, Burning Questions and 20/20 work. Among his other prestigious awards are the First Prize in International Reporting and the Robert F. Kennedy Prize for his piece on "Modern Slavery - Children Sugar Cane Cutters in the Dominican Republic."
The new season of What Would You Do? premieres tonight at 9/8c on ABC.
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