"Shark Tank" has been making a splash on ABC since its premiere in 2009, however, it's far from the original version of the series.
There are at least nine other versions of the series throughout the world.
"Shark Tank" isn't the first wildly successful show that saw its start in another country.
Programs like "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" and "American Idol" took off in the United Kingdom before coming across the pond. Other shows had more surprising beginnings.
Long before Mark Cuban and Barbara Corcoran were receiving business pitches on "Shark Tank" ...
... there was "Money Tigers" in Japan.
The Japanese series first aired in 2001. It only lasted for three years, but its concept of having a row of seated investors getting pitched ideas was adapted in other versions of the show.
"Money Tigers" was picked up as "Dragon's Den" in the United Kingdom in 2005, eventually making its way to the United States in 2009 with the name "Shark Tank."
Though Claire Danes and Damian Lewis star in Showtime's drama-thriller "Homeland" ...
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