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Season 7.
A first hint the bench could grow — a guest chair added, not a seat replaced.
A rhythm worth tracking.
Season seven keeps the classic six fully intact, but adds a new wrinkle: guest sharks start rotating through an added seat rather than filling in for an absence. It's the first sign the panel might grow past six without displacing anyone already there. Twenty-nine episodes settle into a steady rhythm, the tank's familiar six carrying most pitches while a rotating guest chair tests whether a bigger bench works.
The #08 slot.
Slot #08 of 11 in the Shark Tank Editor's Canon. Season seven keeps the classic six fully intact, which by now reads as the norm rather than news. What earns it a slot in the canon's lower-middle is the small structural test it runs: guest sharks start rotating through an added seat instead of only filling in for one of the six's rare absences. It's a modest change, and season seven doesn't yet make much of it — the rotation feels tentative, closer to a trial balloon than a settled addition. Twenty-nine episodes lean almost entirely on the six's established chemistry rather than the new wrinkle, which is why this ranks below the seasons that follow it, once the idea has time to mature.
3 moments, no spoilers.
- Early eps · guest chair debuts
Watch for the first guest sharks to sit in a newly added seat, rather than covering for one of the six's absence — a small tweak to the format that would stick around.
- Mid-season · six-way rapport
The classic six's chemistry is fully locked in by now — watch how the interplay between them carries a scene even when a pitch runs cold.
- Guest rotation · a repeat face
A guest shark or two returns for more than one episode this year — watch for how the tank treats a repeat guest differently than a first-timer.