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Keep in mind it's an hour show with 5-10 minutes devoted to each company(TV Time). The time spent asking the real questions, getting to know the founders, and learning the product takes a lot longer. It's just edited for TV. That stuff is edited since it's network TV and the general population would be lost.

Is it real or staged?

MC: It’s all real. There’s nothing fixed and nothing staged. Literally those deals go from 30 minutes for just stupid-ass ones to 2.5 hours for some people.

http://www.businessinsider.com/mark-cuban-what-shark-tank-is...