kitellis-98121 For British viewers, this show is basically Dragon's Den. Identical concept, almost identical execution.The things that are different are all improvements; the title is better - makes more sense to westerners. There is no annoying presenter doing pieces to camera. The dragons... sorry, sharks are billionaires, and every investment that they make results in multi-million dollar revenue for the entrepreneurs, and the amounts that they invest are often way bigger too, making the whole thing a higher stakes proposition than the humbler British version, and thus more entertaining.Also, the sharks switch around, so it's not always the same five, but over the course of a season you get to know them all, so it's still comfortably familiar. And they're mostly likeable (like the British ones) but way ruder and a bit funnier.Overall, it's Dragon's Den, but better.

kellybailey-23521 Dennis O'Leary is not 5'91/2". He was very close to me at an event and I am 5'4" and was wearing 3" heels. He was barely my height. Why lie, O'Leary?I mean Kevin, not Dennis *hiccaauuooup*

davenja Even though I do agree with the other reviews that the sharks can be a little hard on some of the people making their sales pitches, I have to disagree with the fact that this would be enough of a reason to not watch the show to begin with. Some of the people who do have legitimately good ideas do not get any offers. This seems to be for rather obvious reasons some times, the people don't want to let the sharks in on the entire business, they over estimate the value of their ideas, etc. But on the other hand, even if these people walk away with out a deal, they do get something of great value having been on the show. They get national attention which can (and has) led to other investors for their ideas. I like to watch the show just to see all the creative ideas people pitch to the sharks.

qormi Week after week the sharks are seated at their thrones and relish looking down at the people offering them a piece of their business as if they were worthless peasants. They expect these people to grovel under the hot lights and enjoy watching the beads of sweat building up on their faces. The boorish "sharks" usually support each other and fall in line as they feed off each other's arrogance. No matter how innovative the product or how creative the marketing strategies, they will find something wrong with it and if the victim...I mean entrepreneur..fails to practically kiss their behind, they will be summarily rejected. You just hope that one of the contestants would loudly let loose with a string of obscenities and spit at them. I seriously doubt that they would be beheaded for that.