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TV series

Shark Week

1988TV-1439 seasons7.6 / 10

Shark n’ awe!

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.

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Checked Sep 2, 2026

Shark Week is available to stream on DirecTV On Demand, Discovery+ (Via Amazon Prime), HBO Max (Via Amazon Prime), Philo, and Spectrum On Demand in United States. You can also buy it from Amazon, Apple TV, and Fandango at Home. Use the direct links below to open the provider.

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Synopsis

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.

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Episode 1

Mythbusters: Shark Special 2

Jul 27, 200842m

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!

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Episode 2

Surviving Sharks

Jul 28, 200842m

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Episode 3

Day of the Shark

Jul 28, 200842m

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Episode 4

Dirty Jobs: Greenland Shark Quest

Jul 29, 200842m

In this special episode of Dirty Jobs Mike heads to the edge of the Arctic Circle, on the northeast side of Canada's Baffin Island in search of one of the most mysterious sharks known to man : the Greenland shark.

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Episode 5

How Not to Become Shark Bait

Jul 29, 200842m

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Episode 6

Mysteries of the Shark Coast

Jul 30, 200842mfinale

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Episode information updated Sep 2, 2026

More about Shark Week

Watch trailerShark Week is BACK with Host Jason Momoa | Shark Week 2023

Cast

Dwayne Johnson

Josh Gates

Rob Riggle

Shaquille O'Neal

Eli Roth

Josh Wolf

Craig O'ConnellSelf

Jeff KurrSelf

Production details

Status: Returning Series
Series type: Scripted
Episodes: 459
Original language: English

Networks & production

DiscoveryUnited States
DiscoveryUnited States

Themes

nature documentaryshark

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