ABC plans 5 more 'Shark Tank' episodes

"Shark Tank" will likely get a second chance to pitch itself to viewers.

ABC plans to air five more episodes of Mark Burnett's reality series.

The network had three unaired "Shark Tank" episodes left in the can and has now asked producers to cobble together another two episodes from existing footage for an expected five-episode run. No air date is set.

The network has not ordered production on new episodes of the series, however, contradicting a Tweet from one of the show's panelists that spurred some speculation about a renewal. 

"Shark" Robert Herjavec (aka, "the nice one") wrote via Twitter: "Great news – ABC has ordered more episodes of Shark Tank !!!! No air date yet – but it’s coming."

Sorry buddy, but you're no Paula Abdul. 

This should allow ABC a chance to test the waters with "Shark" once again. The downside is that you have to figure that the material is probably not the most compelling deal-making footage from the show's first round of production. And given the holidays are coming up, I smell another tough time period ahead for the show.

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