TV series
Shark Week
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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Where to watch in United States
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.
Season 26 episodes
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Episode 5
I Escaped Jaws
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.
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Episode 7
Top 10 Sharkdown
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.
Where to watch Shark WeekEpisode 8
Great White Serial Killer
Episode credits
Directed by Jeff KurrGuest stars Brandon McMillan
Episode information updated Sep 2, 2026
More about Shark Week
Cast
Dwayne Johnson
Josh Gates
Rob Riggle
Shaquille O'Neal
Eli Roth
Craig O'ConnellSelfProduction details
- Status
- Returning Series
- Series type
- Scripted
- Episodes
- 459
- Original language
- English
Networks & production
DiscoveryUnited States
DiscoveryUnited States
