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Shark Tank Season 17 Guest Sharks; Tubi YA Comedy Film with Paris Berelc

Shark Tank, the critically acclaimed and multi-Emmy® Award-winning business-themed unscripted series that celebrates entrepreneurship in America, returns to ABC and Hulu Wednesdays this fall with a powerhouse lineup of business tycoons and Guest Sharks featured throughout the season. The Sharks – tough, self-made, multimillionaire and billionaire tycoons — will continue their search to invest in the best businesses and products that America has to offer, and will once again give people from all walks of life the chance to chase the American dream and potentially secure business deals that could make them millionaires.

The season 17 guest Sharks include the following:
● Allison Ellsworth, founder and chief brand officer, poppi
● Chip and Joanna Gaines, owners and founders, Magnolia
● Alexis Ohanian, venture capitalist and founder, Seven Seven Six; co-founder, Reddit
● Kendra Scott, owner and founder, Kendra Scott
● Michael Strahan, co-anchor, Good Morning America and co-founder of SMAC
● Fawn Weaver, founder and CEO, Uncle Nearest Inc.
● Rashaun Williams, venture capitalist, Atlanta Falcons LP

These Guest Sharks will appear throughout the season alongside the Sharks: real estate mogul Barbara Corcoran; prolific CPG investor and inventor Lori Greiner; cyber security technology innovator Robert Herjavec; fashion and branding expert Daymond John; Daniel Lubetzky, founder of KIND Snacks, Camino Partners and Builders; and venture capitalist Kevin O’Leary.

Tubi, Fox Corporation's ad-supported streaming service, announced Paris Berelc (Alexa & Katie) will star opposite Asher Angel (Shazam! Fury of the Gods) in the Tubi Original YA Romantic Comedy Film Kissing Is the Easy Part. Jennifer Robertson (Ginny & Georgia) also joins the cast as Angel's mother. Fawzia Mirza (The Queen of My Dreams) is set to direct the film, which is based on the popular Wattpad webnovel (currently at 31.9 million reads) of the same name by Christine Duann adapted by Rebecca Webb. Both Berelc and Mirza also serve as executive producers.

Berelc is set to play "Flora," the effortlessly cool girl everyone at school knows - popular, funny, unpredictable and opinionated - who resists the academic path her parents envision for her and creates a connection with her tutor, "Sean" (Angel), that forces her to question everything she thought she knew about herself, love and her own potential. Robertson plays "Erin," a warm and kind single mother raising her kids after the passing of her late husband who welcomes "Flora" into her family and watches with joy as her son (Angel) finds love for the first time. The romantic comedy tells the story of a straight-A overachiever who makes a deal to tutor a popular wild child in exchange for a college recommendation letter to his dream school, but when sparks fly, school is the least of their problems.

The film was previously announced at Fox Upfront as part of Tubi's young adult programming slate. Additional cast includes Tom Keat (Fear Street: Prom Queen), Hayley Festeryga (This Time), Roshahn Dhoré (Adults), Mark Ballantyne (The Way Home), Rosalie Turmel (Cirkus) and Sorika Wolf (Fargo).

Posted by Pavan -- SitcomsOnline.com at 12:00 PM

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