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ShowsShark TankSeason 3
Premiered January 2012 · ABC

Season 3

Kevin Harrington is gone, and Mark Cuban steps into a full-time seat. Barbara Corcoran misses several episodes, filled in by a newcomer named Lori Greiner — her first appearances on the show.

Filmed
Culver City, California
Culver City · shoot where the panel turns over
Premiered
Jan 20, 2012
ABC · January 2012
Episodes
15
Fifteen-episode third run
Format
Panel transitions mid-run
A new full-time shark, a new guest filling in
Cast size
5 cast members
Cuban joins full-time; Greiner debuts filling Corcoran's seat
On this page
  1. 01The take
  2. 02The shape of the season
  3. 03Where it sits in the canon
  4. 04Adjacent in the canon
  5. 05Also appears in
01The take

The lineup finally turns over.

The lineup finally turns over — a full-time Cuban, and a first look at the shark who'd become a fixture.
02The shape of the season

A rhythm worth tracking.

Season three opens with Kevin Harrington gone from the panel entirely, and Mark Cuban stepping into a full-time seat after a season of guest turns. Daymond John, Kevin O'Leary, and Robert Herjavec anchor every episode, while Barbara Corcoran misses several installments — filled in by a newcomer named Lori Greiner, making her first appearances on the show. Fifteen episodes, plus celebrity cameos from Bill Walton and Steve Wozniak, round out a season built on transition.

03Where it sits in the canon

The #05 slot.

Slot #05 of 6 in the Shark Tank Editor's Canon. Season three is the season where the original founding panel genuinely stops being the founding panel. Kevin Harrington, part of the show since episode one, doesn't return, and Mark Cuban converts from his season-two guest spots into a full-time seat — the clearest sign yet that the show was actively auditioning its long-term panel. Daymond John, Kevin O'Leary, and Robert Herjavec anchor every episode, while Barbara Corcoran's absences from several installments open the door for a newcomer, Lori Greiner, whose guest appearances here are her first ever on the show. Fifteen episodes is a modest middle-season order, and the panel still reads unsettled rather than confident, which is exactly why it lands in the canon's back half.

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05Also appears in

Cross-references.

Shark Tank — Season 3 — tiered.tv