Shark Week

Shark Week

  • 1988
  • 38 Seasons
  • 439 Episodes
  •  7.6  (17)
  •   Returning Series

The Discovery Channel's Shark Week, first broadcast on July 17, 1987, is a weeklong series of feature television programs dedicated to sharks. Held annually, normally in July or August, Shark Week was originally developed to raise awareness and respect for sharks. It is the longest-running cable television programming event in history. Now broadcast in over 72 countries, Shark Week is promoted heavily via social networks like Facebook and Twitter.

Shark Week
Seasons
Battle for Shark Mountain
20. Battle for Shark Mountain
July 26, 2025
Off Mozambique's coast, sharks swarm a hidden peak, hunting giant trevally in a once-a-year feeding frenzy. But when 5,000 trevally fight back, the hunters become the hunted in one of the ocean's wildest showdowns.
Attack Of The Devil Shark
19. Attack Of The Devil Shark
July 26, 2025
A rogue tiger shark kills two people in the Caribbean, sparking fear that it's the legendary Devil Shark. A team tracks the shark behind the attacks and uncovers a seismic force driving sharks to aggression in these waters.
Bull Shark Showdown
18. Bull Shark Showdown
July 25, 2025
American bull sharks throw down with Ozzie bulls in a wild competition to determine which one is superior. Paul De Gelder provokes his Australia bulls to perform against Craig O'Connell and Florida's fiercest bull sharks.
Florida's Death Beach
17. Florida's Death Beach
July 25, 2025
Welcome to New Smyrna Beach -- Florida's spring break hotspot and the Shark Attack Capital of the World. Wildlife biologist Forrest Galante investigates to figure out why this party spot has become so deadly before more blood ends up in the water.
Great White Reign of Terror
16. Great White Reign of Terror
July 25, 2025
After nine great white attacks off South Africa's "wild coast" leaves locals reeling, scientists Ryan Johnson, Gibbs Kuguru and Andy Casagrande race to uncover the cause before there's another fatality.
Frankenshark
15. Frankenshark
July 24, 2025
Shark expert Tristan Guttridge and his mad scientist team use CGI to build the ultimate "Frankenshark." Pulling from a variety of shark species, they build the deadliest, weirdest shark on the planet.
Caught! Sharks Strike Back
14. Caught! Sharks Strike Back
July 24, 2025
People have captured a record number of shark encounters on camera, from a hilarious moment when a shark slaps a fisherman in the face to an intense 10 minutes when a great white stalks a kayaker ... these are the craziest moments when sharks strike back.
Surviving Jaws
13. Surviving Jaws
July 24, 2025
Fifty years after Jaws terrified beachgoers, marine biologist Tom "Blowfish" Hurd and ecologist Michelle Jewell dive with great whites to separate fact from fiction -- like whether skinny dipping is risky or if a shark could really chew through a boat.
Alien Sharks: Death Down Under
12. Alien Sharks: Death Down Under
July 23, 2025
Wildlife biologist Forrest Galante goes rogue in Australia. Diving into the land's dangerous waters, he searches for two venomous alien sharks and cuts through years of red tape to test their venom's toxic, and possibly deadly, potency -- on himself.
Expedition X: Malpelo Monster Shark
11. Expedition X: Malpelo Monster Shark
July 23, 2025
Josh Gates sends Phil and Heather on their riskiest mission yet -- tracking a legendary 20-foot shark lurking in the eerie waters off Colombia's Malpelo Island. After seeing chilling footage, Josh tasks his team with uncovering the predator's identity.
Expedition Files: Shark Files
10. Expedition Files: Shark Files
July 23, 2025
There's blood in the water as Josh Gates investigates the strangest shark mysteries ever told -- from the real-life inspiration for Jaws to the shocking case of a tiger shark in captivity that vomited a human arm and helped police solve a gruesome murder.
Black Mako of the Abyss
9. Black Mako of the Abyss
July 22, 2025
A mysterious and aggressive shark emerges from the deep off California's coast, sparking a race to catch it and reveal whether it's an enormous mako, a mutant or a great white-mako hybrid.
How To Survive A Shark Attack
8. How To Survive A Shark Attack
July 22, 2025
Shark attack survivor Paul De Gelder attempts the unthinkable -- provoking sharks to attack him and rip off his limbs so that he can reveal what it takes to survive an attack.
Great White North Invasion
7. Great White North Invasion
July 22, 2025
Great whites flood the quiet shores of Nova Scotia, threatening locals and igniting a mission to track the biggest sharks to identify the most dangerous areas before a deadly encounter.
In the Eye of the Storm: Shark Storm
6. In the Eye of the Storm: Shark Storm
July 21, 2025
In the summer of 2024, dozens of cameras captured a rare outbreak of shark attacks along America's Gulf Coast. Told exclusively through first-hand accounts of victims and eyewitnesses, nobody has seen all these perspectives unfold in real time until now.
Jaws vs Mega Croc
5. Jaws vs Mega Croc
July 21, 2025
Using data gathered in new experiments, Tristan Guttridge, Rosie Moore and Dr. Sora Kim construct a CGI fight to the death between two of the biggest and baddest apex predators in the water -- the great white shark and Nile crocodile.
Great White Sex Battle
4. Great White Sex Battle
July 21, 2025
Great white male and female sharks battle each other in a series of contests to prove which is the superior sex.
Great White Assassins
3. Great White Assassins
July 20, 2025
Alison Towner and Dickie Chivell investigate how killer whales hunt great whites, with Dickie diving disguised as an orca in New Zealand.
Air Jaws: The Hunt for Colossus
2. Air Jaws: The Hunt for Colossus
July 20, 2025
A 20-foot great white breaches in New Zealand, launching a hunt for Colossus—the legendary high-flying shark that may lead to a hidden colony of great whites.
Dancing With Sharks
1. Dancing With Sharks
July 20, 2025
Hosted by Tom Bergeron, "Dancing with Sharks" features five divers partnered with sharks -- including hammerheads and tigers! Each routine is unique, with signature underwater moves; a winner will be crowned, but can all the competitors make it that far?
Shark Week is BACK with Host Jason Momoa | Shark Week 2023

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It's A Bad Week To Be A Seal | Shark Week 2017

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The Discovery Channel's Shark Week, first broadcast on July 17, 1987, is a weeklong series of feature television programs dedicated to sharks. Held annually, normally in July or August, Shark Week was originally developed to raise awareness and respect for sharks. It is the longest-running cable television programming event in history. Now broadcast in over 72 countries, Shark Week is promoted heavily via social networks like Facebook and Twitter.
  • Premiere Date
    July 17, 1988
  • Rating
    7.6  (17)