While respectable, Shark Tank has been trending downward in viewership and ratings since Season 6.
As stated, ABC still is satisfied, but fans should hope ratings don’t dip lower in Season 9.
Those numbers don’t tell the whole story, but the ratings for Season 6 were overall much closer to an average near a 1.5-2.0 range, which is quite a few ticks higher than the current average.
Season 8’s highest performing episode for this season (barring the finale) got a 1.4 rating with 5.92 million people watching.