Shark Tank is an American reality television series that premiered on August 9, 2009, on ABC. The show is a franchise of the international format Dragons' Den, which originated in Japan in 2001. Shark Tank shows aspiring entrepreneur-contestants as they make business presentations to a panel of shark investors, who then choose whether or not to invest.
New Martinsville is a city in Wetzel County, West Virginia, United States, along the Ohio River. The population was 5,366 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Wetzel County.
The county has a total population of 34,895 with 47% of the people living in the rural areas. Included in the Martin labor market area and within a radius of 25 miles of Martin are portions of six other Tennessee counties and two counties in Kentucky. Included in this area is a population of over 100,000 people.