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Shark Week
Discovery Documentary
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Shark Week is an annual, week-long TV programming block created by Tom Golden at the Discovery Channel, which features shark-based programming. Shark Week originally premiered on July 17, 1988.
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24 this season · 355 totals2020e01 Air Jaws: Ultimate Breach Off 2020-08-10 00:00
Air Jaws: Ultimate Breach Off
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.
s2020e02 Tyson vs Jaws: Rumble on the Reef 2020-08-10 01:02
Tyson vs Jaws: Rumble on the Reef
Legendary boxer Mike Tyson is BACK, taking on a new challenge and he's chosen the most unlikely training partner -- sharks. Tyson will face his fears and square up with the ocean's champions to learn how to TKO a shark all in the name of research.
s2020e03 Shark Lockdown 2020-08-10 02:03
Shark Lockdown
While a global lockdown quiets the ocean and lures New Zealand's biggest great whites out of hiding, expert Kina Scollay climbs inside a mobile dive cage, the 'Snackbox,' on a quest to find monster shark 747 and solve an even bigger mystery.
s2020e04 Abandoned Waters 2020-08-11 00:00
Abandoned Waters
Lack of human activity on the water caused by the global lockdown has led the largest great whites in South Australia to return to their natural behaviors. Shark experts can now study them up close and personal in ways that were nearly impossible before.
s2020e05 ShaqAttack 2020-08-11 01:01
ShaqAttack
Shaq is back and on a mission to determine what shark has the perfect predatory attack. Shaq and his friends Dude Perfect and Mark Rober will put various species to the test to uncover the most mind-blowing hunting techniques of this ultimate predator.
s2020e06 Jaws Awakens 2020-08-11 02:02
Jaws Awakens
Shark expert Chris Fallows joins Jeff Kurr and Dickie Chivell to search for the largest male great white shark in the world. Together they explore the waters of New Zealand trying to find a nearly 20-feet long, two-ton shark named Fred.
s2020e07 Extinct or Alive: Land of the Lost Sharks 2020-08-12 00:00
Extinct or Alive: Land of the Lost Sharks
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.
s2020e08 Will Smith: Off the Deep End 2020-08-12 01:01
Will Smith: Off the Deep End
Will Smith is diving head first 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.
s2020e09 Great White Serial Killer Extinction 2020-08-12 02:02
Great White Serial Killer Extinction
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.
s2020e10 Monster Under the Bridge 2020-08-13 00:00
Monster Under the Bridge
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.
s2020e11 Adam Devine's Secret Shark Lair 2020-08-13 01:01
Adam Devine's Secret Shark Lair
Adam Devine and a team of experts found a secret shark lair that may be the world's largest gathering of tiger sharks. To Adam and friends Anders Holm and Blake Anderson, it's the ultimate shark party, and they want to know what makes this party epic.
s2020e12 Great White Double Trouble 2020-08-13 02:02
Great White Double Trouble
In Australia, scientists have made an astonishing discovery: there's not just one population of great whites, there's two. And one appears deadlier than the other. Experts pit the shark tribes against one another to discover what's really going on.
s2020e13 Air Jaws 2020 2020-08-14 00:00
Air Jaws 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.
s2020e14 Sharkadelic Summer 2020-08-14 01:01
Sharkadelic Summer
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.
s2020e15 Mako Nation 2020-08-14 02:02
Mako Nation
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.
s2020e16 Alien Sharks: First Contact 2020-08-15 00:00
Alien Sharks: First Contact
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.
s2020e17 Lair of the Great White 2020-08-15 01:00
Lair of the Great White
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. Produced by TaleSmith Ltd.
s2020e18 Tiger Shark King 2020-08-15 02:00
Tiger Shark King
In the Caribbean, a deepsea camera captured footage of a 14-foot tiger shark suffering an assault by a large, unseen beast. It could be an unknown species of mega-shark or even a cannibalistic tiger shark. Dr. Austin Gallagher wants to find out.
s2020e19 I Was Prey: Shark Week 2 2020-08-15 03:00
I Was Prey: Shark Week 2
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.
s2020e20 Sharks of Ghost Island 2020-08-16 00:00
Sharks of Ghost Island
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.
s2020e21 Wicked Sharks 2020-08-16 01:00
Wicked Sharks
As the number of great white shark encounters on Cape Cod spikes, shark expert Dr. Greg Skomal breaks out cutting-edge tech to capture the white shark's point-of-view – revealing exactly how and where they hunt in the summer to better protect the public.
s2020e22 Sharks Gone Wild 3 2020-08-16 02:00
Sharks Gone Wild 3
Everything you always wanted to know about viral shark videos but were afraid to ask!SHARKS GONE WILD 3reviews everything from viral videos and the biggest news stories to the latest in cutting-edge shark science.