'Shark Tank' Moves to Wednesday Nights to Be With 'The Golden Bachelor,' and the Business Pitches Are Still 100% Real

For the majority of its first 16 seasons, the "Shark Tank" natural habitat was at Friday night on the ABC schedule. However, Season 17 is set to premiere Wednesday night alongside "The Golden Bachelor" - but the business-savvy team welcomes the changing tides. "We used to be on a different night and ABC moved us to Friday. At that time, nobody watched TV on Fridays and I distinctly remember having a conversation with ABC executives asking, 'You say you love the show, why are you moving it there? It'll die there!' " executive producer Clay Newbill told TheWrap at ABC's . . .