Mark Cuban Says He’s Leaving ABC’s ‘Shark Tank’ After Season 16
deadline.comMark Cuban is ready to exit Shark Tank. In a recent interview with the Showtime podcast All The Smoke, Cuban told hosts Matt Barnes and Stephen Jackson that season 16 of the ABC series will be his last.
The reality show from Mark Burnett is currently in its 15th season. “It’s time,” said Cuban, who first guested on Shark Tank in season 2 before becoming a regular shark the following year.
He’s been a popular mainstay ever since. “I love it because it sends the message the American dream is alive and well,” Cuban told Barnes and Jackson. “I feel like in doing Shark Tank all these years, we’ve trained multiple generations of entrepreneurs that if somebody can come from Iowa or Sacramento or wherever, and show up on the carpet of Shark Tank and show their business and get a deal, it’s going to inspire generations of kids.
That’s what happens, right? Now we’ve got people coming on saying I watched you when I was 10 years old. I’m like, f*ck. But we’re helping them right?
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