The Profit | |
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Genre | Reality show |
Presented by | Marcus Lemonis |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 8 |
No. of episodes | 72 |
Production | |
Executive producer | Amber Mazzola |
Production company | Machete Productions |
Original release | |
Network | CNBC |
Release | July 30, 2013 September 28, 2021 | –
Related | |
The Partner | |
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The Profit is an American documentary-style reality television show broadcast on CNBC. In each episode, Marcus Lemonis typically offers a capital investment and his expertise to struggling small businesses in exchange for an ownership stake in the company, but a series of "Inside Look" episodes have commentary by Lemonis and executive producer Amber Mazzola as they watch past episodes. Some episodes simply show a business, city, or industry without any investment by Lemonis. The Partner is a spin-off series that aired in 2017, also featuring Lemonis.
Season 1 premiered on July 30, 2013;[1] season 2 premiered on February 25, 2014. The second part of the second season returned October 2014. After a successful second season, with ratings going up 115% from the first season, the third season premiered on May 12, 2015.[2][3] The Profit returned for a fourth season on August 23, 2016.[4] A fifth season premiered on November 21, 2017 and started with a "recap" episode that looked back at different companies Lemonis had invested in and said whether they were a "win" or a "loss".[5] The sixth season premiered on December 4, 2018. On October 14, 2019, it was announced that the seventh season will premiere on November 5, 2019.[6]
On September 28, 2021 Marcus Lemonis posted on his Twitter feed "2013 - 2021 thank you", indicating that season 8 will be the last season for the show.[7]