Shark Week

Continuing Daily / 7:00pm Discovery 44 min.
Every year we dedicate a full week to sharks, this includes newly made specials each year all featuring sharks and their attacks.

Season 2023

19 Episodes

The remote islands off the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia are believed to harbor some of the biggest white sharks on the planet. While local fishing reports suggest these giant sharks are still around, they are rarely seen.
Jul 29 2023
Scientists in South America are studying the shark species thought to be responsible for a spike in deadly attacks since 1990. Marine biologist Danni Washington and shark conservationist Paul de Gelder join a team tracking tiger sharks off a pristine tropical archipelago in Brazil.
Jul 28 2023
When a 16-foot great white invades Indonesia�s warm coast of Bali, it sparks fears that they are adapting to hunt the tropical beaches where millions of people swim every day. Dr. Craig O�Connell and Madison Stewart are on a mission to find Tropic Jaws and discover why they left the cold water environment that they have called home for thousands of years.
Jul 28 2023
Tiger sharks are washing up dead on the beaches of Western Australia with no sign of attack. Forrest Galante has a theory that deadly sea snakes are turning these apex predators to prey. In the battle of shark against snake, are snakes winning?
Jul 27 2023
Twelve-foot-long monster mako sharks compete head-to-head with great whites for prey off the coast of California. Using a custom clear, acrylic diving bell, Dr. Austin Gallagher and legendary free diver Andre Musgrove get up close with both predators and track makos breaching eight feet out of the ocean.
Jul 27 2023
Shark Week veteran Dr. Riley Elliott has traveled all over to study great whites, which are now terrorizing the beaches of New Zealand. He sets out alongside his wife Amber Jones to find answers to protect his loved ones from the apex predators before it�s too late.
Jul 27 2023
For decades, rumors of cocaine-fueled sharks have spread throughout the fishing community. Shark expert Tom Hird travels to the Florida Keys to investigate what happens when the sharks come in contact with the most notorious drug on the planet.
Jul 26 2023
Paul de Gelder dives into the Shark Attack Capital of the World to conduct experiments that will confirm what makes up these dangerous waters and determine methods to mitigate the risk.
Jul 26 2023
Shark filmmakers hunt for �Air Jaws� in New Zealand�s hidden launch pad. Andy Casagrande and Jeff Kurr seek the second-ever breaching great white in these waters to uncover history-making secrets.
Jul 26 2023
Dr. Tristan Guttridge believes Hammerhead sharks can reach monster sizes by hunting other species of sharks. The only way to prove his theory is to obtain tissue samples from some of the largest sharks on the planet.
Jul 25 2023
Shark expert Matt Dicken and Shark Week legend Dickie Chivell embark on a relentless quest to locate an elusive and colossal shark named Dutchess, who mysteriously vanished from Gansbaai, South Africa years ago.
Jul 25 2023
Off the coast of Los Angeles, a new population of super makos challenge great whites for their hunting territories. Dr. Craig O�Connell, Fo Zayed, and Kendyl Berna deploy state-of-the-art technology to reveal their dominance and unveil the mysteries that have transformed these makos into some of the fiercest predators in the oceans.
Jul 25 2023
The tip of South Africa is a hotspot for unusual sharks that exhibit bizarre behaviors and unusual, otherworldly appearances. Wildlife biologist Forrest Galante explores stunning kelp forests and ocean depths never-before-seen by humans to study these extraordinary creatures.
Jul 24 2023
A healthy, 10-foot pregnant Porbeagle shark vanishes in the Bermuda Triangle. The evidence suggests an unknown, monstrous predator could be to blame. Dr. James Sulikowski and a team of scientists dive into the most mysterious part of the ocean to uncover the truth behind the attack.
Jul 24 2023
A team of experts venture into the treacherous waters of New Zealand to provide groundbreaking evidence that female white sharks unequivocally dominate the ocean, reigning as the ultimate controllers of its fierce battlegrounds.
Jul 24 2023
Dive into the biggest thrills and most terrifying moments from 35 years of Shark Week, celebrating behind the scenes of iconic moments and revealing never-before-seen footage of the fearless adventurers who get up close with the world�s scariest creatures.
Jul 23 2023
Shark attack investigator Brandon McMillan and cinematographer Fo Zayed travel to solve the mystery of what�s behind three recent deadly shark attacks off of the posh beaches of Egypt�s Red Sea.
Jul 23 2023
The MEG, a massive shark measuring 50 feet and weighing 60 tons, was once feared as the most fearsome predator. It could devour a killer whale effortlessly, but new evidence suggests that its cousin, the great white shark, may have caused its extinction.
Jul 23 2023
In a Shark Week first, researchers with cameras brave a great white shark feeding frenzy from inside a life-size whale decoy. Their findings could be the key to finding the biggest great white shark in South African history.
Jul 23 2023

Season 2022

21 Episodes

Jul 30 2022
Shark conservationist Kinga Philipps and scientist Tristan Guttridge embark on an expedition through the remote Islands of Tahiti to investigate whether local legends and mysteries about massive sharks are true.
Jul 30 2022
Shark Week veterans Dr. Craig O'Connell and Mark Rackley dive into the great white infested waters off of Cape Cod looking to test cutting-edge shark deterrents to help keep the waters of the Cape safe for both beach-goers and sharks, before it's too late.
Jul 30 2022
Alison Towner has risked her life many times, tagging and studying great white migration patterns in South Africa for the past decade. Now she's assembling the next generation of shark explorers for a spectacular adventure. Together, her all-female crew will pull all the stops � cage dive, free dive, drones, decoys, breeches and more � to track her missing white sharks.
Jul 29 2022
Scientist Dr. Riley Elliott is tracking two of the ocean's most legendary apex predators � great whites and makos � as they head on a collision course during their yearly migration off the coast of New Zealand.
Jul 29 2022
A new ocean phenomenon known as The Blob sends juvenile great white sharks straight into a feeding frenzy for monster 20ft adults off the coast of Guadalupe Island. A team of shark experts dives deep to discover if the young sharks survive or become a snack.
Jul 29 2022
A team of researchers have discovered a mysterious group of mako sharks of the Gulf of Mexico who migrate around Florida and up to Rhode Island. They call these makos 'mavericks.' Now, the teams are trying to discover what sets them apart from other makos.
Jul 28 2022
When never-before-seen footage surfaces of a pack of orcas killing a great white, Dickie Chivell springs into action, building an underwater habitat called 'Shark House.' His mission is to live on the sea floor for seven days, looking for the last remaining great white sharks in South African waters.
Jul 28 2022
Tracy Morgan teams up with shark experts throughout the country to identify the craziest and most ferocious sharks in the ocean. From rare species to stealth predators, Tracy shows off his favorite sharks and their incredible capabilities and adaptations.
Jul 28 2022
A team of shark experts uses new dive technology to get closer to sharks than ever before. Dr. Austin Gallagher and Andre Musgrove enter the Shark Dome to allow them to dive without noisy scuba equipment to locate an elusive great white pupping zone.
Jul 27 2022
Shark expert Kina Scollay and his elite team return with a unique one-person submersible, the Mechashark, to a top secret location off New Zealand attempting to do something that's never been done: locate a great white shark mating ground.
Jul 27 2022
International wildlife conservationist and biologist Forrest Galante travels to the mysterious island of Papua New Guinea to definitively prove that sharks are evolving to walk on land.
Jul 27 2022
The famous swimming pigs of the Bahamas may be in peril. Some believe that the local tiger shark population has acquired a taste for pork and may be feasting on these famous oinksters.
Jul 26 2022
Something shocking is happening in the abyss around Guadalupe Island. Photos of great whites with strange scars believed to be from giant squids have surfaced. Dr. Tristan Guttridge leads a mission to get a glimpse into the battles between the two beasts.
Jul 26 2022
The Impractical Jokers are the kings of hijinx and fearlessness in the face of public humiliation but see what happens when they set out to dispel the myth that sharks are man-eating beasts the only way they know how � with extreme, mortifying challenges and dares.
Jul 26 2022
Reports of two legendary, very large great hammerheads, Big Moe in the Florida Keys and Sunken in Andros, Bahamas, have Dr. Tristan Guttridge and Andy Casagrande wondering if there is a clan of monster hammerheads who share the same DNA.
Jul 25 2022
After a surfer dies off Morro Bay, California on Christmas Eve, shark attack investigators Ralph Collier and Brandon McMillan use forensic evidence and eyewitness accounts to ID the suspected killer: an 18 foot great white shark.
Jul 25 2022
High-flying sharks are back, but with a new team competing to be the next "top guns" of Air Jaws. Dickie Chivell and Andy Casagrande use the latest high-tech cameras in hopes of capturing the largest breaching great white ever seen.
Jul 25 2022
In 2020, expert shark diver Jimi Partington nearly died in the jaws of a great white. A year later, he looks to overcome his PTSD and get back in the water with the ocean's megasharks. But what starts off well, turns into a battle between life and death.
Jul 24 2022
Johnny Knoxville, Chris Pontius, Wee Man, Jasper, Dark Shark, Zach Holmes and Poopies are back to finish what they started. After Knoxville sent the guys on a terrifying Shark Week mission last year, Knoxville is joining the boys as they head out to get their friend Poopies over his fear of sharks.
Jul 24 2022
Sharkologist, Michelle Jewel believes the leaping great whites of South Africa do more than just hunt for their favorite prey. Join Michelle as she embarks on a journey to prove these sharks are actually breaching to communicate with each other.
Jul 24 2022

Season 2021

22 Episodes

Recounts two horrific shark attacks told solely by the survivors who overcame life and death circumstances to tell their stories.
Jul 17 2021
Discover everything that has happened in the world of sharks this year, including unbelievable viral videos, big news stories and the latest in cutting-edge shark science.
Jul 17 2021
As the Shark Vortex retreats in the fall, sharks battle it out for dominance in New England's icy waters. Experts brave rough oceans and fierce predators to capture new footage and insight of the phantom shark and reveal which shark reigns supreme.
Jul 17 2021
Two adventure seekers recount their horrifying shark attack experiences.
Jul 16 2021
In Mexico, legends swirl around El Demonio Negro, a 50-foot shark that has terrorized fishermen and tourists alike for generations. Is this an undiscovered predator? Forrest Galante hunts for answers in the most rugged and remote parts of the Baja Peninsula.
Jul 16 2021
Shark researchers travel to Andros Island in The Bahamas to determine if it's a new great hammerhead hotspot, and they're using reports of a half-octopus, half-shark creature known as the Lusca to help them locate massive sharks for their study.
Jul 16 2021
In the icy waters of Alaska, off populated beaches of New York and lurking in ghostly shipwrecks off the coast of North Carolina, scientists have discovered three sharks that have developed unique and deadly ninja skills.
Jul 16 2021
South African great whites are on the brink of extinction, but experts believe there is at least one breeder shark left in the water surrounding Bird Island. A team will search and tag the last female great white mature enough to carry on the species.
Jul 15 2021
Sharkadelic is back to find out if this summer will be the sharkiest on record. Snoop Dogg breaks down the craziest encounters, the wildest and most unpredictable reactions to discover if America is once again ground zero for the shark superstorm.
Jul 15 2021
Dr. Pimple Popper has entertained millions with her extreme pimple popping videos. Now she heads to Turks and Caicos with Dr. Austin Gallagher to explore the world of shark skin and how she can apply the science they gather to help human skin issues.
Jul 15 2021
Dr. Craig O'Connell and Marc Payne return to where they unexpectedly filmed a juvenile great white during a past mission. Believing there's a nursery nearby, they follow the trail to a discovery that could change everything we know about great whites.
Jul 14 2021
We have all seen the movies, sharks jumping into boats, circling in tornados, and risking their lives to attack humans. Could these shark feasts happen? Ian Ziering and Tara Reid pick up their chainsaws once again to see if a Real Sharknado could happen.
Jul 14 2021
To track down New Zealand's monster great whites, researchers build a submersible designed to look like a shark and pilot it deep into what they believe could be a mating ground - the Holy Grail of shark science.
Jul 14 2021
In 2012, Michelle Jewell documented one of the largest great white mating scars ever recorded. Recently similar marks have appeared, leading her to believe this is a possible mating ground and that mega-shark El Diablo has returned to South Africa.
Jul 13 2021
Country star Brad Paisley and comedian JB Smoove meet in the Bahamas to attract new fans, Sharks! With Dr. Austin Gallagher's help, they put Brad's musical talents to the test in shark-infested waters to see how sound can attract or repel sharks.
Jul 13 2021
It's a great mystery where tiger sharks give birth. One team of scientists deploys an arsenal of new technology to find out, but they need to meet some of Bahamas' biggest tiger shark mothers face-to-face for it to work.
Jul 13 2021
Josh Gates links up with his childhood hero, William Shatner, to boldly go where Shark Week has never gone before. The mission: enter shark-infested waters to understand the nature of fear and come face to face with an apex predator. This is Shark Trek.
Jul 12 2021
Rumor has it that two of the largest sharks in existence have been recently roaming New Zealand waters, but nobody knows which one is the largest. Brandon McMillan and Dickie Chivell are heading out to see which one takes the cake -- Phred or Slash?
Jul 12 2021
The Air Jaws team returns to Seal Rock to capture the highest breach ever recorded. Rocket Shark holds the record at a 15-feet. Will he return to jump even higher, or will a new shark take the World's Highest Flying Great White Shark title?
Jul 12 2021
Johnny Knoxville sends Steve-O, Chris Pontius and new Jackass cast members on a Shark Week mission for the ages. They'll dial up a series of shark stunts that test their bravery and threshold of pain as they put common shark myths to the test.
Jul 11 2021
Tiffany Haddish hosts Shark Week! While her fantasy was to uncover the secrets of shark sex sailing on the fanciest yachts, surrounded by friendly sea creatures and pampered by a handsome merman, she's in for the sharkiest of wake-up calls.
Jul 11 2021
Robert Irwin comes face to face with a great white shark for the ?rst time ever. Following his father's footsteps, he will get as close as possible to these incredible creatures to determine which apex predator reigns supreme � crocs or great whites?
Jul 11 2021

Season 2020

24 Episodes

On the edge of the Bermuda Triangle, five Naked and Afraid veterans � Matt Wright, Jeff Zausch, Serena and Amber Shine, and Alex Manard � attempt to survive on a remote strip of islands whose waters are so teeming with predators, locals call it �Shark Alley.� With limited resources and punishing conditions on land, they�ll have no choice but to take to the waters and compete with hungry sharks for the same food.
Aug 16 2020
A California surfer, a Canadian thrill-seeker, an Alabama football coach, and a mother from North Carolina reveal how they each came face-to-face with the ocean's top predator and lived to tell their stories.
Aug 15 2020
Everything you always wanted to know about viral shark videos but were afraid to ask! Sharks Gone Wild 3 reviews everything from viral videos and the biggest news stories to the latest in cutting-edge shark science.
Aug 15 2020
As the number of great white shark encounters on Cape Cod spikes, shark expert Dr. Greg Skomal breaks out cutting-edge technology to capture the white shark�s point of view � revealing exactly how and where they hunt in the summer to better protect the public.
Aug 15 2020
On the edge of the Bermuda Triangle lies Ghost Island, a place locals have abandoned after multiple shipwrecks and shark attacks. Dr. Craig O'Connell has been here before to study the potential shark hot spot, but his first trip ended abruptly when his boat nearly sank. Now Craig is back with a team of experts and they are determined to find why this island attracts so many sharks, even the great white.
Aug 15 2020
Two adventure seekers recount their horrifying shark attack experiences. Off the coast of Australia, a spearfishing expedition turns into a nightmare featuring a ferocious bull shark, and a great white attacks a paddle boarder on Ascension Island.
Aug 14 2020
In the Caribbean, a deep-sea camera captured footage of a 14-foot tiger shark suffering an assault by a large, unseen beast. It could be an unknown species of megashark or even a cannibalistic tiger shark. Dr. Austin Gallagher wants to find out.
Aug 14 2020
A team of experts attempts to find out why a population of great whites off the coast of Western Australia is so much more aggressive than others. The team must brave the elements and venture into treacherous underwater caves to find out for themselves.
Aug 14 2020
Mysterious and bizarre alien sharks lurk far beneath the waves in remarkably deep waters where researchers are on a quest to make first contact. Pursuing the elusive frilled shark, sleeper shark, and cookie cutter shark bring even more unexpected encounters.
Aug 14 2020
Shark expert Riley Elliot and underwater cameraman Andy Casagrande are on an epic expedition to uncover the mysteries of the mako shark in one of the last places on earth where these apex predators rule the waters.
Aug 13 2020
Snoop Dogg breaks down the craziest encounters, marvels at the wild and unpredictable reactions, and meets with experts trying to unlock the secrets behind why great white sharks are taking up residence along America's shores.
Aug 13 2020
Shark Week celebrates 20 years of flying sharks with Jeff Kurr, Chris Fallows, Dickie Chivell, and many more as they revisit the most popular and iconic Air Jaws moments.
Aug 13 2020
Australia is in the midst of a rising wave of shark attacks, with great whites leading the way. And scientists have just discovered that Aussies are facing not one population of great whites, but two and researchers want to know who rules the waters.
Aug 12 2020
Last year, Adam Devine and a team of marine biologists deployed a CATS camera tag on a massive tiger shark that yielded a surprising scienti?c discovery: a secret tiger shark lair. Scientists believe this may be the largest congregation of tiger sharks on the planet or in Adam's mind, the ultimate shark party! Adam Devine, Anders Holm, and Blake Anderson find out what makes this tiger shark party so epic. Are they mating? Are they pupping? Are they feeding? What makes this such a great shark party?
Aug 12 2020
Scientists believe that monster sharks make their home under the Old Seven Mile Bridge. Fishermen claim that one of the sharks is a 18-foot-long, one-ton great hammerhead named Big Moe. If this is true, he will be the largest hammerhead on the planet.
Aug 12 2020
The Great White Serial Killer returns and it's on a killing spree that may push the California Sea Otter to extinction. Investigators deploy an otter dummy to get a closer look and witness one of the most spectacular attacks in Shark Week history.
Aug 11 2020
Will Smith is diving headfirst into action, excitement, and shark-infested waters, as he confronts his fear of the open seas and the open jaws of nature�s fiercest predators.
Aug 11 2020
Wildlife biologist and conservationist Forrest Galante dives into some of the most treacherous, shark-infested waters in the southern hemisphere all in an attempt to rediscover three unique sharks lost to science for as long as 100 years.
Aug 11 2020
Shark expert Chris Fallows joins Jeff Kurr and Dickie Chivell to search for the largest male great white shark in the world. Together, Chris, Jeff, and Dickie explore the waters of New Zealand trying to find a nearly 20-foot long, two-ton shark named Fred.
Aug 10 2020
After surviving a shark encounter in Shaq Does Shark Week, Shaquille O�Neal is back� and now he�s on a mission to determine what shark has the perfect predatory attack. But he can�t do it alone. Shaq is deploying YouTube stars Dude Perfect and Mark Rober to put various species to the test and uncover the most mind-blowing hunting techniques of this ultimate predator.
Aug 10 2020
COVID-19 has changed the world�s behavior and that has presented shark researchers with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to study the massive great whites at Australia�s Neptune Islands. With no human interaction for the first time in decades, some of the biggest great white sharks on earth are returning to their natural behaviors�allowing scientists to study them up close and personal in ways that were nearly impossible before.
Aug 10 2020
In the waters off New Zealand, the largest female great whites are measuring over 20-feet long, earning the nickname �the 747s.� With no human interaction during COVID-19, researchers built a self-propelled cage to see how hunting patterns have changed.
Aug 09 2020
Legendary boxer and entrepreneur Mike Tyson is taking on a new challenge� and he picked the most unlikely training partner. Iron Mike will go head-to-head with some of the ocean's top apex predators including the blacktip reef shark. With famed ring announcer Michael Buffer calling the shots, these two heavyweights will square off underwater, where Mike Tyson will try to score a TKO over the massive shark� all in the name of research. And don�t worry, no sharks were harmed (or bitten) in the making of this episode.
Aug 09 2020
Three teams of researchers return to one of the last hunting grounds for Air Jaws. They will use decoys, drones, and underwater cameras to count the number of breaches and collect data on hunting techniques to see if the shark population is rebounding.
Aug 09 2020

Season 2019

18 Episodes

Internet stars take on Shark Week, testing out some of the biggest shark-related concepts in pop culture.
Aug 03 2019
Discover everything that has happened in the world of sharks this year: the unbelievable viral videos, the biggest news stories, and the latest cutting-edge shark science.
Aug 03 2019
In the Pacific Ocean, danger lurks just below the surface: A great white shark stalks a mother enjoying a day at the beach, and a massive tiger shark ambushes a local fisherman in Hawaii. Both victims must fight for their lives to reach safety.
Aug 02 2019
Master illusionist Andrew Mayne is going to attempt to create the first of its kind shark suit to overcome the senses of a great white shark and make him invisible to the world's most perfect predator.
Aug 02 2019
Two great white shark males, believed to be brothers, are at the heart of a mystery. Could these animals recognize, and prefer the company of, a blood relative? A team ventures to the famed Isle of Jaws off the Australian coast and finds the answers.
Aug 02 2019
The search is on for the elusive grander mako, the largest of its kind in the world. Brand new footage captured off the coast of California reveals rare mako behavior.
Aug 01 2019
Great whites are silent hunters, stalking prey and attacking by surprise. But in Guadalupe, the waters are crystal clear. How do they do it? Using cutting-edge technology and special cameras, scientists reveal never before seen hunting behavior.
Aug 01 2019
Reunion Island shark encounters are on the rise leaving the locals afraid to get in the water. Shark scientists investigate the ongoing shark crisis to find a way for sharks and people to coexist and live peacefully.
Aug 01 2019
Based on a true story, in October 1982, a yacht bound for Florida capsizes during an unexpected storm leaving the crew to drift for days in the cold shark-infested waters. They must do everything in their power to survive as the sharks hunt them.
Jul 31 2019
Forrest Galante heads to the Maldives to find a supposedly extinct shark. Unidentified sharks in the area have led many to believe it's alive. He will dive into an untamed wilderness to answer once and for all is the Pondicherry extinct or alive.
Jul 31 2019
Neil Hammershlag and Enrico Gennari use a drone-towed seal decoy to study and capture harrowing and dramatic battles between sharks and seals in the waters off South Africa.
Jul 30 2019
Five heart-stopping, real-life experiments will separate fact and fiction, including electronics to trigger a shark encounter and sharks investigating paddleboards that may cause you to fall off. Watch and learn to navigate these dangerous waters.
Jul 30 2019
The shark survival team crash lands off of the remote Pacific island of Palau and must face-off against oceanic sharks in the struggle to shore.
Jul 30 2019
Norfolk Island is known to have the largest tiger sharks on earth that are drawn in by full-size animal carcasses tossed into the sea. Shark experts are on a quest to find out if this practice has altered the behavior of these massive sharks.
Jul 29 2019
Shark experts head to Guadalupe Island to search for Deep Blue. She is believed to be the largest great white, measuring nearly 22 feet and over 2 tons. If they find her, they may be able to shed some light on the mysteries of "mega sharks."
Jul 30 2019
White sharks are infiltrating the waters off Cape Cod. Shark scientists and experts head to New Zealand to test cutting-edge technology for shark detecting surveillance. If all goes well, they'll bring it to Cape Cod to make the water safe again.
Jul 29 2019
Rob Riggle is planning the ultimate "guys trip" for his friends Adam DeVine, Anthony Anderson, Joel McHale and Damon Wayans Jr. But little do they know the getaway is a shark diving mission to locate the largest tiger shark in the Caribbean.
Jul 28 2019
Josh Gates travels to Mexico and South Africa in search of fossilized megalodon teeth. Alongside fellow paleontologists and shark experts, he dives into shark-infested waters to find out what happened to the mighty Meg.
Jul 28 2019

Season 2018

23 Episodes

Stranded on a barren island in the middle of the most shark-infested waters on earth, five Naked and Afraid all-stars must survive for 14 days, exclusively on what the ocean provides.
Jul 29 2018
A look at everything that has happened in the world of sharks this year -- the unbelievable viral videos, the biggest news stories, and the latest cutting-edge shark science.
Jul 28 2018
Researchers go to New Zealand to look for giant great white sharks lurking in deep water off the coast and revisit the most exciting events and discoveries from the past to help guide their search.
Jul 28 2018
Dr. Mauricio Hoyos and researched Michelle Jewell and Toby Daly-Engel take a trip to Guadalupe to determine the birthing habitats of pregnant great whites.
Jul 27 2018
Dr. Craige O�Connell investigates the sharks off the coast to Long Island in effort to determine if any of the great whites are related to the natural born killers that inspired the blockbuster hit Jaws.
Jul 27 2018
Scientists and experts share their thoughts on how Megalodon, the big-tooth prehistoric shark that lived some 26 million years ago, would have existed in today�s waters.
Jul 27 2018
Cash Cab host Ben puts a few sailors and nautical experts in the hot seat as they answer shark and sea-related questions in pursuit of winning a cash prize.
Jul 27 2018
Dr. Neil Hammerschlag and Joe Romeiro visit the Galapagos to study tiger sharks and learn how the fish helped repopulate the islands� surrounding waters.
Jul 26 2018
Watch as Paul de Gelder and James Glancy spend 48 hours shipwrecked in shark-infested waters with no food.
Jul 26 2018
The Woods Hole team remembers all the fascinating shark discoveries they�ve made over the last six years.
Jul 26 2018
Dr. Greg Skomal and the Woods Hole team join forces with Doc Gruber and Dr. Tristan Gutteridge to study the hunting and feeding habits of bulls and hammerhead sharks living in the Bahamian waters.
Jul 25 2018
The renowned sharks of ABC�s popular series will join in on the Shark Week fun for the first time ever while deciding whose shark conversation project is worth a $50,000 donation.
Jul 25 2018
After visiting the shores of South Africa to watch great white sharks preying on seals 17 years ago, Jeff Kurr and Chris Fallows are back together again to discover how the great whites in New Zealand go after their kills.
Jul 25 2018
In 2017, five great whites washed up dead on the beaches in South Africa. Shark Expert Alison Towner believes they were eaten alive. She teams up with Chris Fallows and Andy Casagrande to find out who killed them and how to save the species in the future.
Jul 24 2018
Shark attacks are on the rise! Is it the shark's behavior or our own? To test this theory expert divers Liz Parkinson, Mike Dornellas and Nick LeBeouf team up with Andy Casagrande to recreate real-life scenarios for answers and teach us the LAWS OF JAWS.
Jul 24 2018
Shark Week teams up with Guy Fieri and his son, Hunter, in the Bahamas to experience local cuisine and explore and understand what makes the waters around these islands the ideal all-you-can-eat buffet for such a wide variety of shark species.
Jul 24 2018
In 1945, one of the largest sharks ever recorded was captured in Cuban waters, a great white named 'El Monstruo.' Two teams of researchers divide and conquer in search of Cuba's massive great hammerhead in 'The Queen' and 'El Monstruo'-sized great white.
Jul 23 2018
Dr. Mauricio Hoyos and shark experts Jimi Partington and Brandon McMillan embark on the first manned expedition to the darkest depths of the sea floor off Guadalupe Island, in search of the notorious 20-foot-long great white shark, Deep Blue.
Jul 23 2018
In this thrilling and urgent Shark Week special, Aaron Rogers, Lindsey Vonn, and Robert Gronkowski join forces with shark scientists to learn crucial information about shark populations and how to save our ocean's top predators.
Jul 23 2018
Olympian and UFC Hall of Famer Ronda Rousey gets help from Paul De Gelder to train through three rounds of survival training against heavyweight opponents the Bull sharks, all building to a historic "Main Event"... swimming UNCAGED with Mako sharks!
Jul 22 2018
Shaq accidentally signed himself up to be thrust into the teeth of Shark Week's 30th anniversary, but he doesn't do sharks. To overcome his fear, he trains with ex-Navy and Marine comedian Rob Riggle for the big plunge.
Jul 22 2018
Bear Grylls has survived the most extreme environments, and now he's back for Shark Week 30th anniversary to test his wits and skills as he faces off with the ocean's apex predators -- sharks!
Jul 22 2018
Celebrating the 30th anniversary of "Shark Week" with a 4-foot-tall cake; the hunt for Bigfoot leads to a sweet encounter for a Seattle cake artist; an entire cake is decorated with only buttercream frosting.
Jul 16 2018

Season 2017

17 Episodes

Michael Phelps joins Doc Gruber and Tristan Guttridge of the Bimini Shark Lab to get a crash course on everything �shark.� They�ll dispel the myths and common misconceptions, teach him how to safely dive with sharks - including how to stay calm when a hammerhead swims two feet above his face - and will get Michael Phelps up close and personal with the incredible power of a Great White. Produced by Peacock Productions.
Jul 30 2017
A rundown of the greatest moments from SHARK WEEK 2017, featuring the closest calls, biggest bites, greatest gadgets, and viewers� top picks for the best of SHARK WEEK history. Produced by Discovery Studios.
Jul 29 2017
Experts unravel the mystery behind one of the sea�s strangest creatures, the sawfish, from its evolutionary links to sharks and rays, to its key role in the marine ecosystem. Their goal is to bring the sawfish back from the brink of extinction. Produced by Radley Studios and Delve Creative.
Jul 28 2017
Two shark experts attempt to find where the largest great white sharks disappear. Learning this knowledge may help to protect great whites from extinction.
Jul 28 2017
At various times of the year and in different locations around the world, sharks of many kinds gather, swarm, and spiral. Dr. Tristan Guttridge and Ornella Weideli conduct a study of just what brings them together, and what�s going on in these shark �societies�. Produced by Red Rock Films.
Jul 27 2017
In Brazil, Dr. Hazin has successfully reduced the number of shark encounters by simply catching and moving sharks out to the open sea. What�s his secret? And can this solution work in Australia, where encounters are a problem? Produced by Sealight Pictures.
Jul 27 2017
From active to extinct, and at every stage in between, volcanoes hold a strong attraction for sharks of all kinds. Across the world, sharks congregate and concentrate around volcanoes and volcanic islands. What is it about volcanoes that make them shark hotspots? Dr. Mike Heithaus dives in several volcanoes to find out. Produced by Pangolin Pictures.
Jul 26 2017
A team of explorers float in a one-of-a-kind shark cage, 500 miles into the Gulf of Mexico. Acting as human lures in the open ocean will they encounter its deadliest shark? Produced by Gurney Entertainment.
Jul 26 2017
For decades, great white shark numbers were in decline in the waters around New York. But now, seals are back in New York Harbor � can the great whites be far behind? Marine biologist Craig O�Connell tries to find out how close they really are, and shows what a future with great whites in New York will look like.
Jul 25 2017
Dr. Chris Lowe returns to Shark Week to find out why more and more great white sharks are hunting out of season on the Los Angeles coast.
Jul 25 2017
ALIEN SHARKS is back in search of some of the world's strangest sharks. Dr. Craig O'Connell goes to the Bass Strait for sawsharks, while Victoria Elena Vasquez and Dr. David Ebert go into deep water in Tokyo Bay to find the star of the show, the goblin shark. They find both sawsharks and goblins - and many more, including ghost sharks, frilled sharks, and the amazing luminescent lantern shark. Produced by Discovery Studios.
Jul 24 2017
Divers and scientists RETURN TO THE ISLE OF JAWS to unlock the mysteries of this new great white hot spot, just south of Western Australia. They make a startling discovery that causes us to re-think of everything we thought we knew about great whites. Produced by Red Rock Films.
Jul 24 2017
Each summer the Gulf Stream pushes north into the waters of southern New England, bringing with it 30 species of shark. Greg Skomal and Joe Romeiro study the annual spectacle, focusing on three sharks � makos, great whites, and porbeagles � that can out-swim, out-think, and out-compete all the others. Produced by 333 Productions and Radley Studios.
Jul 24 2017
Early November, giant hammerheads arrive off Bimini, in the Bahamas. But why? Leading shark scientist Tristan Guttridge tags and follows these normally solitary sharks to find out. Many appear to be pregnant females, as an ultrasound of a female hammerhead shows. Guttridge believes they spend winter in Bimini to feed the growing young in their bellies � and then move on to the Florida coast to prey on migrating blacktips � and the evidence is unmistakable. Produced by Icon Films.
Jul 23 2017
Shark Week's Paul de Gelder teams up with Dr. Mark Meekan to travel to the sharkiest places in the world, Cobourg Penninsula in Northern Australia. They want to know what happens when 14-foot crocodiles moves into shark infested waters?.
Jul 23 2017
They are one of the fastest and most efficient predators on the planet: Sharks. He is our greatest champion to ever get in the water: Michael Phelps. 39 world records. 23 Olympic golds. The world�s most decorated athlete takes on the ocean�s most efficient predator: Phelps V Shark � the race is on!
Jul 23 2017
Every two years in October - in 2008, 2010, 2012 and 2014 - a secluded beach on the central California coast has been the scene of great white shark attacks. Is it the same shark returning again and again? And will the attacks continue in October 2016? Dr. Michael Domeier believes the Surf Beach attacks may be more than a tragic coincidence. With the help of shark experts Ralph Collier and Cal Lutheran, and using satellite tags and DNA technology, he wants to out the killer once and for all. Produced by Shark Entertainment.
Jul 23 2017

Season 2016

16 Episodes

Jul 03 2016
Jul 02 2016
Jul 01 2016
Jul 01 2016
Jun 30 2016
Jun 30 2016
Jun 29 2016
Jun 29 2016
Jun 28 2016
Jun 28 2016
Jun 27 2016
Jun 27 2016
Jun 27 2016
Jun 26 2016
Jun 26 2016
Jun 26 2016

Season 2015

16 Episodes

Aug 30 2015
Aug 29 2015
In a remote corner of the Indian Ocean, Reunion Island has become the most dangerous place on the planet for shark attacks. After 7 deaths in 4 years, locals and scientists are in a race against time to find answers before another fatal encounter.r.
Jul 12 2015
We scoured the seas to bring you the greatest moments from Shark Week 2015! Only the closest calls, biggest bites and greatest gadgets made the cut. Then, we�re revealing your top picks for the best moments in Shark Week history.
Jul 11 2015
Fifty years ago, Rodney Fox barely survived a great white shark attack. Now he is trying to help sharks survive mankind�s increasing pressure upon the oceans. Join Rodney and his team as they study and tag great whites off the coast of South Australia.
Jul 10 2015
Mysterious sharks threaten government divers in remote New Zealand waters. Attack survivor Jenny Oliver and researcher Kina Scollay are on a quest to find out if the mysterious sevengill sharks are targeting divers�and are they hunting in packs?
Jul 10 2015
From the icy waters of the Arctic Ocean, to the tropical seas of Indonesia, researchers are getting closer to sharks than ever before. Join us on an epic journey around the globe documenting groundbreaking new research into these long misunderstood animals.
Jul 09 2015
The ocean is a cruel place�full of predators driven to survive. But at the apex of the food chain are six swift and deadly sharks. These stealthy assassins exploit prey with specialized adaptations, making them the most fearsome predators on the planet.
Jul 08 2015
The search for the predator that ate a 9-foot great white off the coast of Australia takes wildlife filmmaker Dave Riggs into the kill zone�a deep ocean battleground of great whites, killer whales and giant squid.
Jul 08 2015
A team of shark researchers head to Cuba to explore the most remote shark habitat in the world. 70 years after the largest great white ever recorded, a 23 ft. Great White named �The Cuban� was caught off the coast, a team of experts search for evidence of a population of large white sharks to prove the story is real.
Jul 07 2015
At nearly 18 feet and over 3,000 pounds, a record-breaking female great white shark nicknamed "Joan of Shark" roams the waters off Western Australia. Three shark experts follow an extraordinary 4,000-mile migratory path to find and tag her.
Jul 07 2015
Deep below the oceans's surface live some of the strangest marine animals on the earth. Now, three expeditions are exploring those depths for sharks that glow in the dark. They are hoping for a close encounter in the strange domain of alien sharks.
Jul 06 2015
Since 2008, every two years, in October, shark attacks strike Surf Beach, California. Now as October 2014 closes in, questions remain: will the attacks happen again? Is it the same shark? And, can DNA identify the great white shark responsible?
Jul 06 2015
A team of marine biologists set out to clock the top speed of the fastest shark in the ocean - the mako. Meanwhile, a second crew aims to prove that makos are ambush predators that will breach to kill their prey, just like the great whites.
Jul 05 2015
The quest to photograph the largest great white shark continues as experts Andy Casagrande and Jeff Kurr join forces with Dickie Chivell at Guadalupe Island, Mexico. Theories suggest these mega sharks may come to feed and mate at this great white hot spot.
Jul 05 2015
Shark expert, Greg Skomal and a team of engineers from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution embark on a mission to find out why Great White sightings in Florida are on the rise. It's the biggest study ever of Atlantic great whites.
Jul 05 2015

Season 2014

14 Episodes

Bites, strikes and close calls from Shark Week 2014; a comprehensive countdown of the top strikes, as well as interested viewers' top picks for the five craziest moments in the week-long event's 27-year history.
Aug 16 2014
Great White Matrix features legendary shark attack survivor Paul de Gelder and cameraman Andy Casagrande on an expedition into the deadly shark infested waters of Australia. Their mission is to investigate a series of bizarre shark attacks in an area swarming with great white sharks. Paul and Andy explore what�s bringing these great whites so close to shore and what�s responsible for the surge in attacks in this area.
Aug 16 2014
Aug 15 2014
Aug 15 2014
Hawaii is thought of as an idyllic vacation destination, but recent spikes in shark attacks are turning these shores into a shark hot spot. Hawaiian native and surf legend Kala Alexander knows these waters better than anyone, and he hopes to uncover the reason behind this sudden shark invasion in Sharkageddon.
Aug 14 2014
I Escaped Jaws 2 is a shark special featuring attack stories told from the perspective of the survivor. Using first person interviews and actual footage of the attacks, we take a look at why the attacks occurred and how the victims narrowly escaped with their lives.
Aug 14 2014
Dr. Michael Domeier has spent years scouring the Pacific Ocean hoping to solve one of the greatest mysteries of shark science: the location of great white pupping grounds. In 2013, he set the process in motion by successfully tagging a pregnant female shark that he called Gil Rakers. Now he�s returning to the sea in Spawn of Jaws 2: The Birth to follow her journey and be the first to capture the birth of a baby great white shark.
Aug 13 2014
Zombie Sharks explores tonic immobility, a catatonic zombie-like state that can be achieved in sharks. This shark phenomenon has been studied by scientists for years, but a recent spike in orca whale attacks on great white sharks suggests that orcas have now learned how to immobilize and prey on great whites. Professional diver Eli Martinez looks to prove this theory by being the first person to induce underwater tonic immobility in a massive great white shark.
Aug 13 2014
Lair of the Mega Shark follows famed shark experts Jeff Kerr and Andy Casagrande head to New Zealand on a life-or-death mission to investigate the sightings of a 20 foot Great White that resembles the legend of a giant great white shark Maoris call the �lord of the sharks." Jeff and Andy will risk everything to track down this Mega Shark believed to be lurking in the shadows of the New Zealand coast line.
Aug 12 2014
In Alien Sharks: Return to the Abyss, shark researcher Paul Clerkin heads to the Indian Ocean to investigate the ocean�s darkest depths in search of shark species that scientists never even knew existed and get a glimpse of the last known group of bioluminescent sharks in the world.
Aug 12 2014
Monster Hammerhead explores a legendary hammerhead shark that has been patrolling Florida�s shores for the past 60 years. Now, a team of scientists and anglers look to explore the mystery and find out if the legend could be real.
Aug 11 2014
In Jaws Strikes Back, marine biologist Greg Skomal and the REMUS* SharkCam team travel to the remote Pacific island of Guadalupe to film the hunting behavior of the largest great white sharks on earth.
Aug 11 2014
Shark of Darkness: Submarine Returns explores the legend of �Submarine,� an enormous great white shark off the coast of South Africa. This 30-foot shark is said to be the largest great white shark of all time. Locals believe that this shark is responsible for countless fatal attacks, but its existence has never been proven. This documentary explores the evidence and asks the question: can Submarine exist?
Aug 10 2014
Air Jaws programming has pushed and expanded our understanding of great white sharks and has become one of the iconic SHARK WEEK programs. In Air Jaws: Fins of Fury Natural History producer Jeff Kurr and his team return using incredible new cameras and high tech underwater gadgetry to track down the missing �mega-shark� named Colossus.
Aug 10 2014

Season 2013

11 Episodes

Abalone diving can be both lucrative and dangerous when it happens in one of the most deadly shark feeding grounds, known as the "Great White Gauntlet", off the south coast of Australia.
Aug 08 2013
Follow American and Japanese scientists as they descend into the deepest and darkest unexplored oceans on Earth in search of some of the more incredible and bizarre sharks on the planet.
Aug 08 2013
Examines the trend of sharks moving in closer to shorelines and whether there is a connection between declining shark populations and the increase in shark attacks.
Aug 08 2013
Jeff Kurr examines two fatal shark attacks near Vandenberg Air Force Base in California and tries to determine if one shark was responsible for both attacks.
Aug 07 2013
TOP 10 SHARKDOWN updates the international shark attack files for the 21st century and takes a closer look at the sharks viewers won't want to meet at the beach this summer - and the ones swimmers and surfers are most likely to encounter. From the weird - the feisty cookie cutter, which bites cookie-shaped circles out of its prey; to the macabre, like the Sand Tiger, whose cannibalistic young devour each other in the womb; to the infamous Great Whites, Tiger Sharks and Bull Sharks - TOP 10 SHARKDOWN ranks these amazing predators.
Aug 07 2013
Follow a scientist on the brink of a breakthrough as he reveals the life cycle of the Great White Shark for the first time, including mating and pupping. Using state of the art tracking technology, experts will search for the elusive Great White breeding grounds, aiming to protect the area, and re-populate their numbers.
Aug 06 2013
For the first time, "Shark Week" uses real shark attack footage captured by eye-witnesses to examine first-hand accounts from a nurse who lost her arm in an attack while vacationing in Mexico and an Australian Navy Diver who lost an arm and a leg.
Aug 06 2013
Bull Sharks have moved to the bayous of Louisiana, nicknamed "Voodoo Sharks" by the local shrimp fishermen. These dominant and startling predators can live in both salt and fresh water.
Aug 05 2013
An all-new "shark cam" provides spectacular footage of Great White Sharks off the shores of Cape Cod as they shark hunt seal colonies, come close to shore in just over one metre of water, and take a chilling interest in one specific area.
Aug 05 2013
In the incredible two-hour special MEGALODON: THE MONSTER SHARK LIVES (WT), Discovery brings "Shark Week" viewers on a search for a massive killer Great White shark responsible for a rash of fatalities off the coast of South Africa. One controversial scientist believes that the shark responsible could be Megalodon, an 18-metre relative of the Great White that is one of the largest and most powerful predators in history. The oceans remain 95% unexplored, and this massive prehistoric predator has always been shrouded in secrecy, but after a rash of newly-discovered evidence, authorities are forced to investigate whether this predator, long thought to be extinct, could still be lurking in the deepest oceans. A crew of scientists and shark experts examine evidence and fearlessly seek answers to the many questions surrounding one of the last great ocean mysteries while creating the largest chum slick in history.
Aug 04 2013
Air Jaws programming has pushed and expanded our understanding of Great Whites sharks and has become one of the iconic SHARK WEEK programs. In AIR JAWS: COUNTDOWN TO SHARK WEEK 2013, a documentary crew goes behind the scenes to see how Air Jaws has changed what we know about these incredible creatures and to give SHARK WEEK viewers a sneak peek into the next Air Jaws special, Finding Colossus, which will air during SHARK WEEK 2014.
Aug 04 2013

Season 2012

10 Episodes

Shark Week celebrates its 25th anniversary with a jaw-dropping look back at the greatest breaches, brushes, and bites with the ocean's apex predator. YouTube celebrity Philip DeFranco takes viewers on a fast-paced ride through all of Shark Week's greatest hits, including going "Into the Shark Bite," cavorting with "Sharks After Dark," living through a "Sharkbite Summer" and learning how to avoid a "Great White Appetite." And go behind the scenes to see the best bites in Shark Week history.
Aug 16 2012
Right outside the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco is home to some of the biggest great white sharks in the world... but only for part of the year. Teams of scientists from Stanford University's Hopkins Marine Station in Monterey Bay have spent years tagging and tracking these sharks to find out why they come here, why they leave and where they go when they do � out into the Pacific on the Great White Highway. But the sharks have kept much about their lives completely secret, leaving researchers with little information about what they spend their summers doing and almost no idea about where they mate or bear their young. Now, armed with new technologies, the team is hoping to wire the ocean and find out how these sharks live their lives � and why California is one of the biggest stops on the Great White Highway.
Aug 16 2012
Ten of the most terrifying animal attacks filmed by eyewitnesses. Some of the world's biggest predators - a 15 foot shark, raging elephants, and a half ton bull turn their attention towards people who are in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Aug 15 2012
They've been through the ultimate nightmare: hand-to-jaw combat against the ocean's apex predators, losing limbs and barely escaping with their lives. Yet even after the attacks, they're still fighting, but what for will surprise you. Amazingly, dozens of shark attack victims around the world have devoted their lives to saving their attackers. They have turned what could have been tragedy into their life's mission, becoming some of the most powerful shark advocates on the planet. Meet the Shark Survivors and hear their stories of resilience and triumph as they fight what they consider the ultimate battle: saving sharks and our oceans.
Aug 15 2012
During a routine search and rescue mission over the Pacific in WWII, an American plane crashed into shark-infested waters. This is the inspiring true story of two war heroes � one an Olympian, one a pastor's son � who managed to survive a record-breaking 47 days at sea in a life raft. They subsisted on only the food they were able to catch from the ocean and the water they were able to collect from the rain, all while fighting off a gang of sharks that were their constant companions. But when they finally did reach land, it was only the beginning of their troubles. What happened to these men is one of the greatest tests of faith, will and endurance of our time.
Aug 14 2012
There are very few movies we can honestly say truly changed the world � but Jaws is one of them. Audiences stood in lines that wrapped entire city blocks to watch the world’s first summer blockbuster. Careers were made, fortunes created, and ways of directing and scoring movies and shooting special effects were all changed forever when it was released. But the impact the film had on the oceans and their inhabitants was as big as the audience it found � and just as surprising. In the aftermath of the film's release, great white sharks were vilified and killed, leading to their near-disappearance from the eastern seaboard. At the same time, public fascination with sharks led to a golden age of shark science that completely changed our view of the ocean and how it works. And as the science began showing us how real sharks behave, it spurred a worldwide conservation effort whose earliest champion was Jaws author Peter Benchley.
Aug 14 2012
This year marks the 25th anniversary of what has become a truly epic week in television � and no celebration would be complete without the MythBusters. Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman have put themselves in some pretty hair-raising scenarios to bust the biggest shark myths over the years, and now they count down their top 25 of all time. The duo also takes on new myths, shows never-seen-before footage and reveals the #1 shark myth that will quite literally blow people away. Get ready to go back in the water as the MythBusters' best shark moments are unleashed!
Aug 13 2012
To celebrate the monumental 25th anniversary of Shark Week, Discovery is resurrecting the largest shark to ever swim in our oceans, a predator so fierce he could have bitten a T. rex in two: the mighty Megalodon. The size of a city bus, these prehistoric sharks were as large as 60 feet long and weighed at least 100,000 pounds. This shark was the ultimate Jaws: Megalodons had 250 serrated teeth, each six inches long, set in jaws six feet wide and eight feet tall. In response to questions raised by a Miocene era crime scene, a team of engineers and paleontologists work together to design and build this monster, to see just what he was capable of. Enlisting the help of MythBusters Kari Byron, Grant Imahara and Tori Belleci, the team puts these chilling chompers to the test.
Aug 13 2012
A team of wildlife cameramen, led by Shark Week veteran Andy Casagrande, heads to Gansbaai, South Africa to try to secure a shot of a great white shark that no one has been able to get... yet. Their mission is to capture a previously unseen, and some say impossible, angle of a great white shark's Polaris breach. Their task quickly turns into a race against time as weather and luck work against them and their window of opportunity to film this extremely difficult shot closes fast. Using state-of-the-art camera technology and their own ingenuity, the crew attempts to film a bird's-eye-view of the breach at super high speed, which would put them in the company of some of the greatest cameramen ever to work on Shark Week, who have pushed the limits of camera technology and their own will to get "impossible" shots. Will this team join the ranks of the greats?
Aug 12 2012
Picking up where 2011's Emmy�-nominated "Ultimate Air Jaws" left off, photographer, author and shark expert Chris Fallows and legendary natural history producer Jeff Kurr embark on a quest to learn more about the great white sharks of Seal Island, South Africa � and one shark in particular. Colossus is a massive 14-foot great white that dominates all other sharks in the area. Kurr and his team push the envelope even further with a new camera specially designed for the shoot, new angles and new hair-raising encounters... even if it means risking their lives for the ultimate close-up with Colossus. And what they discover in this yearlong filming expedition is a true scientific breakthrough: dozens of great whites clustered in shallow water, feeding on smaller sharks and rays � with Colossus dominating the grounds and nearly eating the camera.
Aug 12 2012

Season 2011

8 Episodes

Travel the waters of the world to meet people who made some pretty dumb mistakes around dangerous sea creatures, including sharks, as well as folks who were simply in the wrong place at the wrong time. Each story includes actual footage of the events and expert analysis.
Aug 04 2011
Most of us think of sharks as blank-eyed killing machines, but in Shark City, we'll get to know a handful of them as individuals. We'll follow the sharks of the Bahamas through their days and nights to find out how they size each other up, what they like to eat and what it is that they're afraid of. This show will feature the amazing talents and hilarious insights of our Chief Shark Officer, Andy Samberg.
Aug 04 2011
Dave and Cody of Dual Survival dive in to investigate why no two species of shark attack in the same manner. Through a series of groundbreaking tests and the use of innovative high-tech camera technologies, they'll examine the shark's unique savagery and specialized methods of killing, revealing exactly why they're so deadly.
Aug 03 2011
December 1957: the height of tourist season in South Africa. Merry vacationers from around the globe descend on an idyllic resort town along the sunny coast to enjoy the summer. It's not long until the white sands are clogged with dead bodies and the sapphire waters are red with blood. The culprit? The authorities suspected a single, massive rogue shark with a taste for human flesh.
Aug 02 2011
In the summer of 2008 an unprecedented wave of shark attacks sweeps the eastern coast of Australia. Australian shark experts and fishery managers scramble to understand what is happening. Could it be that that the gradual dwindling of the sharks' natural prey due to overfishing has brought man to the top of the shark's food chain? Will the summer of 2008 be a prelude of things to come?
Aug 01 2011
It was the central premise of the hit movie Jaws that still haunts people today: that certain sharks may "go rogue" and decide to go after humans. But does the science back this up? In this hour, we'll weave stories of some of the most horrific shark attacks in history with the larger scientific detective story of whether or not individual sharks ever develop a taste for human flesh and go Rogue.
Aug 01 2011
Jaws Comes Home tells the story of passionate shark expert and U.S. Fisheries scientist, Greg Skomal, as he documents six remarkable months following five great whites with names like Curly and Ruthless. His mission: to understand more about their recently discovered, 1,200-mile journey up and down the eastern seaboard and to reveal all he can about these much-maligned hunters.
Jul 31 2011
Great white sharks, in large numbers, are now suddenly being found swimming among surfers and vacationers just off beaches from South Africa to Australia, and up and down the coast of California. Just why they're there and just what they're doing is a mystery that Chris Fallows and an international team of sharks scientists are trying to figure out.
Jul 31 2011

Season 2010

7 Episodes

Host Terry Schappert puts his Special Forces training to the test to demonstrate to viewers how to survive devastating shark attacks. Terry immerses himself in several deadly scenarios and reveals the secrets to escaping terrifying shark encounters alive.
Aug 02 2010
In 2008, fear gripped beaches along the coast of California and Mexico in the wake of multiple horrific shark attacks. SHARK BITE BEACH returns to the site of the attacks to recreate the dramatic stories of survival and search for clues that might explain why sharks mistook humans for prey that fateful summer.
Aug 05 2010
Late, Late Show Host, CRAIG FERGUSON has always loved SHARK WEEK. But when he gets the chance to get off the couch and be in the show, he gets in way over his head. Discovery wants him go to the Bahamas to swim with, touch, and, if he has the guts, FEED sharks. And Ferguson starts to have second thoughts about getting close to the apex predators of the sea. Especially since he will not have the protection of a cage. Everything Ferguson sees and experiences reminds him of what he has learned from watching the Discovery Channel. Woven into Ferguson's journey are clips from the scariest, most exciting moments of the last 20 years of SHARK WEEK. The results are funny, scary, and ultimately very moving. Terrified of getting in the water and too proud not to, Ferguson makes the leap into an ocean full of hungry sharks.
Aug 04 2010
Learn valuable lessons from six people who survived shark attacks in the return of DAY OF THE SHARK - and find out why they don't blame the sharks. Hear from a Navy Seal who was attacked by a bull shark in the murky waters of the Sydney Harbor while participating in an anti-terrorism exercise; a fisherman attacked by a pair of bull sharks while standing in the shallow waters of Breton Sound in Louisiana; a surfer in Jongensfontein, South Africa, who was attacked by a great white shark; a vacationer snorkelling at the Great Barrier Reef in Australia who was attacked by a reef shark; and a surfer attacked by a tiger shark in Oahu, Hawaii.
Aug 03 2010
Matt heads to the Great Barrier Reef to tag a fearsome tiger shark. But to secure the satellite tags, he has to wrestle one and drill holes into its dorsal fin.
Aug 02 2010
Go where humans don't dare to in INTO THE SHARK BITE. Watch the power of a shark bite filmed with the latest high-speed, high-definition cameras from extraordinary angles - ending up literally inside the jaws of sharks.
Aug 01 2010
Off the coast of South Africa, massive great white sharks blast from the water, pulling a sneak attack on their seal prey. Shark expert Chris Fallows and filmmaker Jeff Kurr arrive on the scene to investigate the aerial attacks using state-of-the-art technology including an HD camera that shoots in super slow motion - 2,000 frames per second. This enables the team to slow down a breaching shark from one second of real time to almost a minute - and in so much detail you can literally count every tooth in the shark's mouth! Fallows and Kurr also employ a submarine and remotely-operated helicopter to capture this incredible footage.
Aug 01 2010

Season 2009

8 Episodes

An exploration is taken into the topic of shark attacks, of which there have only been 25 recorded in Texas in the last 330 years, and how 18 of those attacks have occurred in the last 20 years, with the summer of 2004 being a crest in attacks.
Jul 20 2009
Matt Watson confronts the most spectacular and unpredictable of all sharks - the Mako Shark. Up-close, he escapes a near lethal attack and succeeds in tagging a Mako from a sinking rubber raft.
Aug 06 2009
In this Episode we will see the Shark after Dark. Sharks are most aggressive and most active in the dark but the fact is we know extremely small things about the nocturnal nature of these creatures. In this Episode, a team of diver�s travel around the world and go down into the shark dangerous after-dark hunting grounds. Their goal is to learn more about how Great Whites, Six-Gills, and Tiger Sharks behavior after the sun goes down.
Aug 06 2009
In this Episode, the Great White is one of the most feared predators on earth as well as one of its most efficient hunters. The Great white sharks beast the coasts of more then 50% of the world�s populated coastlines and also the fact that they have killed hundreds of people. In this episode, we will travel at three big major Great White feeding grounds � Seal Island, South Africa; Adelaide, Australia and Guadalupe Island, Mexico.
Aug 05 2009
Shark week 2009 Episode 4 will show the stories from 2001, where almost 50 incidents occurred at U.S. beaches. Sharkbite Summer revisits the attack sites and � using news archive, interviews with victims, witnesses, surgeons, family members and shark experts � builds an exact picture of the bloody summer of 2001.
Aug 04 2009
In this Episode, it was shown that what happens, when a great white breaks through a 300-pound aluminum shark cage and traps the divers inside. Shark week 2009 Episode 3 story is about a member of a Navy Seals who was attacked in the water of Florida by sharks.
Aug 03 2009
In this Episode, Shark Week had featured the places where the most deaths have occurred due to shark attacks. Survivorman Les is taking on the deadliest waters around the world. His quest is simple � which water is the deadliest? His mission is simple � which water is the deadliest? And he is starting his mission from historical data from the Florida Museum of Natural History�s famed �Shark Attack Files�. Les had started his journey to test the waters in the world�s sharkiest �hotspots�
Aug 03 2009
The shark week 2009 Episode 1 �Blood in the Water� is the true story about the shark attacks of 1916 that inspired the movie �Jaws�. A 9 foot long shark cruises just off the New Jersey beaches. In this Episode, it was shown about the first multiple shark attack in American history, and this is the reason we are fear of sharks today.
Aug 02 2009

Season 2008

6 Episodes

Australia's northeastern coast is a hotbed for shark activity. Its tropical seas are home to more species of sharks than anywhere else in the world. But there's trouble in the sharks' stronghold Down Under � even here the sharks are disappearing. What's happening to them? A special team made up of pioneering Australian marine biologist Richard Fitzpatrick; noted shark documentary filmmaker and host Mike deGruy; lead scientist for the Nature Conservancy M. Sanjayan, Ph.D.; and adventurer Celine Cousteau band together to find out, while undertaking the largest shark tagging expedition in Australian history. Their mission: to discover the cause of the mysterious decline in shark populations here, and find out if we can help the situation. To do so, the team deploys underwater animal cams and remote cameras to explore and record shark behavior and to gather new insight into the still largely secretive life of the ocean's ultimate predator.
Jul 30 2008
Sharks may have a bad reputation, but you actually have a very slim chance of being attacked by one. A thrill-seeking team with a purpose -- escapologist Jonathan Goodwin, former lawyer turned Survivor: Cook Islands winner and adrenaline junkie Yul Kwon, marine biologist Jeremiah Sullivan and scientist Dr. Marty Jopson -- travel to the Bahamas to test shark attraction theories on lemon, tiger and Caribbean reef sharks, focusing on the sensory perception of sharks including colors, vibrations, smells and other attractors. In the process, viewers learn strategies for staying safe when in the water.
Jul 29 2008
With over 400 species of sharks, they don't all live in the warm waters of the tropics -- some inhabit the freezing cold waters of the Arctic. And who better to introduce viewers to one our planet's most unsung sharks than DIRTY JOBS' Mike Rowe, who travels north to the edge of the Arctic Circle in search of the mysterious Greenland shark. These large sharks are slow-moving behemoths, and learning more about them will help scientists understand the rapid ecological changes affecting that part of the world, and how the Greenland shark impacts the food chain there. Mike assists shark scientists with their research as they tag and release a large male Greenland shark. By the end of the trip, Mike gains a deep appreciation for the men and women who are studying this elusive shark in one of the most extreme climates known to humankind.
Jul 29 2008
Do shark encounters happen more frequently in the morning or night? This special chronicles six recent shark attacks that took place at different times of day. Top shark experts weigh in on what time of day is better or worse for avoiding sharks.
Jul 28 2008
Survivorman's Les Stroud hosts this look at how best to play it safe in the water, while testing popular theories of how to survive shark encounters. Les travels to the Bahamas and South Africa to test whether the behavior of Caribbean reef sharks and great whites changes depending upon the time of day. While in South Africa, Les and marine biologist Jeremiah Sullivan conduct an analysis of the great white's bite, and test whether kicking and splashing attracts sharks, and if it's safer to stay in a group or tread water alone if stranded in the ocean.
Jul 28 2008
Using their signature sci-tech style of explosive experimentation, the MythBusters hit the deep blue from California to the Bahamas to investigate myths about sharks. They are honing in on some doozies this year: Do dogs attract sharks? Do the vibrations caused by a flapping injured fish attract sharks? Does chili powder repel sharks? And hosts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman create the ultimate SHARK WEEK build � a 16-foot-long robo-shark!
Jul 27 2008

Season 2007

8 Episodes

Michael Rutzen is on an unbelievable quest -- to hypnotize, in open water, one of the most dangerous animals on the planet � the great white shark. Rutzen has been working with sharks for many years to study their body language. He believes if he can put sharks into a sleep-like state called tonic immobility, he could reveal a completely different side to their nature that might inspire people to want to protect, rather than destroy, these incredible apex predators.
Aug 04 2007
As South Africa�s leading shark expert, Craig Ferreira has spent his entire life studying and diving with sharks. For the past several years his dream has been to travel the world for a year to study what has been called �the dirty dozen� � 12 of the deadliest species of shark � and pass on his knowledge about and love for sharks to his children. On this expedition, Craig brings his entire family � his children Storm, Cruise and Wilder and his wife Jytte � to the world-famous �Shark Alley� off of South Africa�s Dyer Island for seven days, where they tag sharks and observe great whites from an underwater cage.
Aug 03 2007
Animal behaviorist Dave Salmoni and South African shark scientist Ryan Johnson journey to the remote, tribal shores of New Guinea to unravel the mysterious secrets of the local shark whisperers who �call� in sharks from tiny canoes, without bait. As Dave and Ryan immerse themselves in this extraordinary ancient ritual, they gain knowledge that could help humans and sharks coexist.
Aug 02 2007
During more than 400 million years of evolution, over 400 species of shark have developed highly refined instincts and abilities to keep them the ocean�s top predator. This premiere program observes sharks in their environment in oceans around the globe, including tracking the migration of a baby shark in Bimini, attaching cameras to the social lemon shark to see how they relate to one another, and investigating a newly discovered great white behavior. Some great whites have been tracked migrating from the West Coast of the United States to a blank spot on the map in the mid-Pacific at the same time every year � but why? Also investigated are new scientific applications and technologies being developed using the unique properties of shark skin � from mimicking its barnacle-shedding properties on the outer side of ships, to its bacteria-resistant properties to coat medical applications such as operating tables and catheter tubes.
Aug 01 2007
It�s been said that a shark will eat anything from a license plate to a suit of armor, but the reality is that the menu of the so-called �eating machine� is complex, specific and so important that it determines everything about the shark -- including its size and where it lives. Hosted by Survivorman and SHARK WEEK host Les Stroud, this program takes a close look at the diets of seven species: great white, mako, tiger, bull, Caribbean reef, lemon and hammerhead sharks. A series of hands-on tests are conducted to learn more about the diet of these predators � and discover which shark has the strongest jaws, how often a shark needs to eat and why, and what senses incite a shark to attack.
Jul 31 2007
This premiere program features five of the most amazing stories of shark attack survival, told by the victims themselves. Among the stories: An abalone diver�s head and arm are bitten by a great white � A young woman swimming in the deep ocean near Easter Island is caught in a tug-of-war between her rescue crew and a massive shark with her leg in its jaws � A shark scientist surrounded by a dozen predators in the Bahamas is bitten on the calf � A fisherman�s arm is bitten off, yet he has no memory of the attack � A woman vacationing on a yacht near a remote Pacific island is pulled underwater by a 9-foot tiger shark and fends it off with a punch to the nose, while her shipmates scramble to find help in the middle of nowhere.
Jul 30 2007
At nearly 20 feet in length, with hundreds of razor-sharp teeth and a weight of over 1,300 pounds, the tiger shark is one of the world�s best-equipped predators. Nicknamed the ocean�s garbage disposal for their not-so-picky eating habits, tiger sharks are believed to be solitary animals. This premiere SHARK WEEK program examines an unusual and mysterious event off the South African coast. Each year, tiger sharks gather en masse off Aliwal Shoal and then, as suddenly as they appear, they vanish. South African shark expert Mark Addison, who has worked with tiger sharks for over 20 years, has a theory that these sharks are actually the same individuals year after year -- and he hatches a plan to prove it via satellite tracking. To do so, Addison braves the waters without a shark cage, chain mail suit or scuba gear. He also free-swims without an oxygen tank, to allow him to get up close to tag the sharks with a satellite tracking device -- risking not only being bitten by the tiger sharks, but also drowning.
Jul 30 2007
This two-hour premiere special kicks off the primetime 9 PM hour of SHARK WEEK�s 20th Anniversary and is narrated by Richard Dreyfuss, who memorably played Matt Hooper in Jaws. The special tells the gripping story of the crew of the U.S.S. Indianapolis, sunk by two torpedoes in the Philippine Sea on the night of July 30, 1945. Eight hundred sailors, many maimed and burned, were plunged into the water � and floated helplessly for four days, having to deal with hunger, driven mad by thirst and menaced by hundreds of sharks. Assisted by George Burgess, America�s foremost investigator of shark attacks, Discovery Channel re-opens the official shark attack file on the Indianapolis � the first time this incident has ever been scientifically investigated. Ocean of Fear examines why the sharks attacked the way they did (and why they sometimes did not), and investigates the survival strategies of the men in the water, including those who fought the sharks. Survivors recall their ordeal on camera and remarkable reconstructions, filmed with real sharks, reveal the drama from both the sharks' and the humans' perspectives.
Jul 29 2007

Season 2006

7 Episodes

This world premiere special travels to the famed Tiputa pass, in the atoll of Rangiroa in French Polynesia, to study one of the world�s greatest concentrations of grey reef sharks. Because understanding the sexuality and reproduction of sharks is key to their preservation, a group of three international scientists set out to study the grey reef sharks� mating habits, which have never been captured on film. The film reveals the deadly risks grey reefs must take to give life.
Aug 04 2006
Mike Rowe is back with another hour of dirty jobs with the men and women who work with sharks. In this hour-long premiere, Mike travels to an unlikely place � the desert of Las Vegas � to Mandalay Bay�s two-million gallon aquarium, home to some 15 different species of shark. Here, Mike gets dirty with marine biologists as they prepare a nutritious assortment of frozen fish for the sharks� lunch, and climbs into the aquarium�s filter system to make sure it�s operating properly � finding himself navigating between hundreds of pounds of sand and a mess of shark excrement. Next, he rolls up his sleeves to dissect a nine-foot tiger shark that was found dead off the coast of South Africa. These dissections are done to help humans better understand shark behavior, evolution, health and current environmental factors that may affect the shark population. Finally, Mike heads to the Bahamas with Jeremiah Sullivan, the inventor of the Neptunic shark suit � a chain mail armor to protect divers from shark attacks. After helping Jeremiah weld hundreds of small metal rings together to make a suit, Mike suits up and dives 30 feet underwater amid a feeding frenzy of Caribbean reef sharks to test out the suit � on himself.
Aug 04 2006
The Brazilian city of Recife is a beautiful city with a big problem. For centuries a long strip of coral has protected this Brazilian port�s swimmers from sharks. Before 1992, only one attack was recorded in 75 years. However, in the past decade, there have been an astonishing 45 attacks, with 16 fatalities. For this world premiere special, acclaimed Brazilian filmmaker Lawrence Wahba set out to find out what may have changed, to cause this increase in attacks. Is it the sharks themselves, does it have something to do with the ocean�s depths or the reef, or could it be human encroachment? Wahba follows the trail of evidence � consulting witnesses, an international team of scientists (including Dan Huber of the University of South Florida), rescuers and victims � and dives into the water to witness the sharks in their natural territory.
Aug 03 2006
Nothing captures the headlines like a shark attack. Each account clouds the waters with information that fuels our fear, but may not provide all the facts. This one-hour premiere documentary hosted by animal behaviorist Dave Salmoni, a relative "newbie" around sharks, will expose what�s real and what�s not, and examines the truth about so-called "man-eating" sharks. Dave travels to meet with shark experts and examine the questions � Are sharks pack hunters like lions or wolves? Do they have a taste for human flesh? Are attacks really on the rise?
Aug 02 2006
Is there such a thing as a perfect shark? After all, sharks have been evolving for 400 million years. Host Mike deGruy, who has filmed sharks for over 30 years, heads out in the world�s oceans in search of perfection in its top predators, examining the most streamlined and extreme designs of shark today. Mike also steps back in time to look at sharks of the prehistoric past, via a virtual aquarium that allows him to conjure up and interact with images of any shark that ever lived. So which shark is the most perfectly designed? Mike examines a wide variety of suspects, including: the great white, growing up to 20 feet long and possessing a streamlined body, massive jaws and serrated teeth; the extinct Megalodon, which at up to 60 feet in length was the largest shark ever known, with the ability to slice through whales; filter-feeders like the enormous whale shark, the coldwater-dwelling basking shark and the deep-sea megamouth shark; sharks that possess unusual jaws and teeth, such as the cookiecutter shark, the dusky shark or the prehistoric Helicoprion; the mako, the world�s fastest shark; and the tough bull shark, one of the few sharks that can be found in both fresh and salt water.
Aug 01 2006
Built like torpedoes, sharks possess an extraordinary physiology that includes incredibly developed sensory organs and a set of jaws whose extensibility, power and teeth are unrivaled in the animal kingdom. This world premiere special exposes the truth about the world�s most efficient marine predator through an examination of shark attack case studies and first-hand accounts, including: a man who battled for his life in a struggle to free himself from the grasp of a bull shark�s razor-sharp teeth; a surfer who was attacked by a 20-foot great white; and a young boy who fought free from an attack. The program delivers real information on how to avoid or survive a shark encounter, and joins forces with shark experts to reveal the science and psychology behind shark behavior patterns, explaining how sharks select their prey and why shark attacks occur.
May 15 2006
To kick off Shark Week, fearless host Mike Rowe (of Discovery�s Dirty Jobs series) travels the globe to meet people whose jobs really "bite" � the dedicated men and women who work with sharks. For this two-hour world premiere special, Mike visits South Africa, Florida and the Bahamas to encounter a variety of sharks, from great whites to reef sharks. In South Africa, Mike joins Captain Brian McFarland aboard the boat he uses to take tourists to view great white sharks. After helping the crew prepare chum (a yummy mixture of fish parts and blood used to attract sharks), Mike descends inside a cage into the ocean to meet face-to-face with the majestic great white. Next, Mike rolls up his sleeves and gets dirty at a Florida company that makes replicas of sharks that have been caught by fisherman, and are later released. Back in South Africa, Mike boards a research vessel at the Marine Coastal Management Agency and helps the team tag great whites with satellite devices that are used to provide researchers with important information about the sharks� migration patterns. He also tries his hand at "shark spotting" with men and women hired by the South African government. Their job is to stand on cliff sides and watch for sharks that might be swimming near public beaches. Here, Mike learns the tricks of the trade from a man who�s been protecting the beaches of South Africa for nearly ten years. Heading next to the Bahamas, Mike teams up with a company dedicated to making repellants that protect swimmers who come in contact with sharks. As Mike learns, a key ingredient of shark repellant is rotten sharks. After spending an afternoon chopping up rotten sharks covered in flies, Mike meets a chemist who shows him how the repellant is created. Then, in his dirtiest Shark Week job yet, Mike heads into the water to test it out � on himself.
Jul 30 2006

Season 2005

4 Episodes

This is the story of Frank "Monster Man" Mundus, a legendary great white shark hunter whose real life stories may have inspired Jaws' infamous Quint. Now Mundus comes out of retirment for a final shark adventure.
Dec 25 2005
If you want to find some of the world's biggest, fastest, scariest and weirdest sharks, you can find them in American waters. Take a journey to the country's best shark hot-spots from Maine to Alaska and spend time with people who have barely escaped fatal shark encounters.
Oct 18 2005
It's the stuff of nightmares...begin attacked by the most fearsome predator in the ocean. Catch up with actual shark attack survivors and discover how the encounters have affected their lives. Learn some surprising reasons why the attacks occured - challenging our assumptions about these man-eating predators.
Jun 08 2005
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Season 2004

7 Episodes

Zoologist Nigel Marven travels the globe on a mission to learn more about the bull shark, "one of the most dangerous animals on the planet.
Jul 30 2004
The bull shark: nine feet of pure brawn, one of the most aggressive animals on Earth. Bulls don't fear man at all and enjoy hunting in the shallows. They even pursue their prey in fresh water, bringing them in direct contact with people. Witness a thrashing bull ripping a large ray in half, and meet the fisherman who lost a leg to a bull shark and lived to tell the tale. Join zoologist Nigel Marven on a journey to learn more about these incredible predators, including a trip to the shark infested waters of the Bahamas.
Jul 29 2004
Better them than us. A team of divers tries to photograph great white sharks - as many as six at a time - with nothing between them but water and wits. The scene takes place over nine days off a remote Mexican island.
Jul 28 2004
Taking the Shark Week theme and running with it, host Steve Watson and company take apart an ordinary house and put it back together as a house sharks would die for - complete with a multichambered tank.
Jul 27 2004
Jul 26 2004
The story begins in 1991 with a horrifying shark attack in Hawaii that claimed the life of a local woman. The waters are searched for the culprit. Along the way there is a discovery - namely, that little is known about tiger sharks. The result? A serious study of the species, which is reconstructed in "Beyond Fear".
Jul 25 2004
an up-too-close-and-personal encounter between underwater photographer Valerie De La Valdene and a nasty school of the predators. "Primal Scream" explores the nature of sharks and of human fear using De La Valdene's footage, interviews with experts and a trip to the Galapagos waters, the site of De La Valdene's near-death experience. In addition to De La Valdene's underwater chiller, "Primal Scream" - the first of the seven all-new Shark Week installments - also previews the upcoming big-screen thriller "Open Water".
Jul 25 2004

Season 2003

7 Episodes

Thanks to new technology, the great white shark once thought to prefer ony coastal waters, is now believed to make transoceanic crossings. For the first time, follow the great white shark on it's long migration across the Pacific... from the hunting grounds in Northern California to Mexico and on to Hawaii.
Aug 23 2003
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Explore the latest shark programs at aquariums across the country. From the Shark Bay exhibit in Tampa, Florida, to the great white shark exhibit at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, research is yielding exciting information about these fearsome predators.
Aug 14 2003
Through dramatic footage and interviews, explore why and how sharks bite. Scientists discuss what triggers a shark bite and how a shark bite differs from an attack. They also share how different breeds of sharks react to different situations.
Jul 13 2003

Season 2002

4 Episodes

"Shark Attack Files IV: Summer of the Shark" features a number of shark attacks which occurred during 2001. In the months before September 11th, the media frenzy over shark attacks was at historic levels, even though fewer shark attacks took place that year than in the past. This episode is not for the squeamish, as it shows numerous photos of shark bites and injuries, including severed arms, legs, missing chunks of flesh and more!
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Experience real life shark attack rescues as we travel to some of the most popular, and most dangerous, beaches around the world. See actual video shot by locals, tourists, news crews and rescue units, as well as re-creations of some of the most difficult shark attack rescues ever
Feb 28 2002
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Does "Air Jaws" only live in one secluded bay in South Africa, or does he roam the world's oceans, waiting for the right opportunity to go airborne? Travel to Australia with an artificial seal created by one of Hollywood's top special effects experts in an attempt to encourage the sharks to fly!
Jun 17 2002

Season 2001

5 Episodes

Enter the murky depths of the shark's secret world to witness startling new behaviors. Glimpse a habitat previously unknown to humans as remote control and satellite technology allow cameras to follow these deep-diving predators 24/7.
Aug 27 2001
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One of the most talked-about shark programs ever to air on SHARK WEEK. First-ever footage of great white sharks taking to the air � literally launching themselves some 10 or more feet above the water.
Aug 12 2001

Season 2000

5 Episodes

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The darkness, depth and vastness of the ocean have long hidden the real behaviour of sharks. Now, armed with the latest high-tech underwater equipment, marine biologists are able to observe the shark 24 hours a day, revealing startling new behaviours. This program offers a glimpse into this mysterious world as never seen before.
Sep 30 2000
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The great white shark, the world's most notorious predator, exhibits a newly discovered attack behaviour that will make your jaw drop. The aerial attacks of these animals, who hurtle their enormous 2,000-pound bodies into the air, rank among the most spectacular predatory events in nature.
Feb 16 2000

Season 1999

5 Episodes

We travel to the waters off Mexico's western coastline, which hosts a diverse population of ocean creatures, including the whale shark, the white-tip reef shark and the Galapagos shark. Join us as we search for and swim with these magnificent creatures through some of the most beautiful seas in the world.
Sep 09 1999
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SHARK WEEK goes live with a special two-hour live program from the Pacific�s Bikini Atoll.
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Season 1998

5 Episodes

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A first time look into the science behind the schooling behavior of hammerhead sharks. Utilizing state of the art CisLunar rebreather technology, filmmaker Ken Corben documented hammerhead behavior and scientific research in Cocos Island, Hawaii, El Bajo Seamount and Galapagos.
Aug 01 1998
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The great white shark is the most dangerous and feared shark today. But earth's ancient oceans were rules by an even more menacing ancestor, nicknamed Megatooth - the most spectacular marine predator to ever roam the seas. This mega-shark was as large as a bus and enjoyed festing on whales!
May 03 1998

Season 1997

5 Episodes

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A two-hour retrospective of some of the most thrilling moments of shark filmmaking on Discovery Channel, kicked off the 10th Anniversary of SHARK WEEK
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Season 1996

3 Episodes

one of the highest-rated SHARK WEEK programs ever.
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Season 1995

4 Episodes

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An extremely rare shark that has never before been seen on television
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Season 1994

6 Episodes

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Season 1992

5 Episodes

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Jul 15 1992
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Jul 12 1992

Season 1991

3 Episodes

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Season 1988

10 Episodes

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Jul 17 1988