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Shark Week

1988 – nowShow39 seasons459 episodesTV-14

Documentary
76
GreatGoodWatch score
IMDb7.7
76
GreatGoodWatch score
IMDb7.7

Summary

The Discovery Channel's Shark Week, first broadcast on July 17, 1987, is a weeklong series of feature television programs dedicated to sharks.

Good for

  • Family movie night
  • Friends night
  • Party vibe

Skip it if

  • You want something to laugh at

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Not for laughs, big ideas or romance.

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Shark Week episodes

39 seasons · 459 episodes

  1. S1 E9 Lair of the Great White, 5.6
  1. S8 E1 Sharks of the Red Triangle, 6.9
  1. S11 E1 Prehistoric Sharks, 7.1
  2. S11 E2 Zambezi Shark, 7.2
  1. S12 E1 Live from a Shark Cage, 6.4
  2. S12 E5 Sharks in a Desert Sea, 6.8
  1. S13 E3 Jurassic Shark documentary, 4.2
  2. S13 E4 Future Shark, 6.0
  1. S14 E1 Air Jaws: Sharks of South Africa, 8.2
  1. S15 E1 Air Jaws 2: Even Higher, 8.1
  1. S16 E1 Anatomy of a Shark Bite, 6.5
  2. S16 E4 Diary of a Shark Man, 7.4
  3. S16 E5 Robo Shark, 6.0
  4. S16 E6 Shark Roulette, 7.8
  5. S16 E7 Jaws of the Pacific, 7.1
  1. S17 E4 Great White Shark: Uncaged, 6.8
  2. S17 E6 Bull Shark: World's Deadliest Shark, 8.3
  1. S18 E2 Sharkbite! Surviving Great Whites, 5.8
  2. S18 E3 American Shark, 6.1
  3. S18 E4 Shark Hunter: Chasing the Great White, 5.1
  1. S19 E3 Perfect Shark, 7.8
  1. S20 E2 Deadly Stripes: Tiger Sharks, 7.2
  2. S20 E5 Sharkman, 7.6
  1. S23 E1 Ultimate Air Jaws, 7.7
  2. S23 E2 Into the Shark Bite, 6.6
  3. S23 E3 Shark Attack Survival Guide, 7.8
  4. S23 E4 Day of the Shark 3, 6.6
  5. S23 E5 Shark Bite Beach, 7.0
  6. S23 E6 Shark Bites: Adventures in Shark Week, 7.3
  1. S24 E1 Great White Invasion, 6.4
  2. S24 E2 Jaws Comes Home, 7.5
  3. S24 E3 Rogue Sharks, 7.1
  4. S24 E4 Summer of the Shark, 7.3
  5. S24 E5 Killer Sharks, 7.5
  6. S24 E6 How Sharks Hunt, 5.7
  7. S24 E7 Shark City, 6.1
  1. S25 E1 Air Jaws Apocalypse, 7.0
  2. S25 E2 Shark Week's Impossible Shot, 6.8
  3. S25 E3 Sharkzilla, 6.5
  4. S25 E4 MythBusters Jawsome Shark Special, 6.2
  5. S25 E5 How Jaws Changed the World, 7.2
  6. S25 E6 Adrift: 47 Days with Sharks, 7.6
  7. S25 E7 Shark Fight, 6.9
  8. S25 E8 Great White Highway, 6.4
  9. S25 E9 Shark Week's 25 Best Bites, 7.1
  1. S26 E1 Megalodon: The Monster Shark Lives, 3.2
  2. S26 E2 Return of Jaws, 6.8
  3. S26 E3 Voodoo Sharks, 5.6
  4. S26 E4 I Escaped Jaws, 7.7
  5. S26 E5 Spawn of Jaws, 6.8
  6. S26 E6 Top Ten Sharkdown, 7.0
  7. S26 E8 Great White Serial Killer, 6.1
  8. S26 E9 Sharkpocalypse, 7.1
  9. S26 E10 Alien Sharks, 6.7
  10. S26 E11 Great White Gauntlet, 7.4
  1. S27 E0 Shark Week Sharktacular, 5.8
  2. S27 E1 Jaws Strikes Back, 7.1
  3. S27 E2 Air Jaws: Fins of Fury, 6.5
  4. S27 E3 Shark of Darkness: Wrath of Submarine, 5.4
  5. S27 E4 Monster Hammerhead, 7.3
  6. S27 E5 Alien Sharks II: Return to the Abyss, 7.0
  7. S27 E6 Lair of the Mega Shark, 7.1
  8. S27 E7 Zombie Sharks, 4.7
  1. S28 E3 Monster Mako, 6.6
  2. S28 E4 Return of the Great White Serial Killer, 6.4
  3. S28 E5 Alien Sharks: Close Encounters, 6.9
  4. S28 E7 Tiburones: The Sharks of Cuba, 6.1
  5. S28 E8 Super Predator, 6.2
  6. S28 E9 Ninja Sharks, 5.8
  7. S28 E10 Sharks of the Shadowland, 5.0
  8. S28 E13 Shark Alley: Legend of Dynamite, 6.3
  1. S29 E3 Return of the Monster Mako, 6.0
  2. S29 E4 Isle of Jaws, 5.7
  3. S29 E5 Shallow Water Invasion, 5.6
  4. S29 E6 Jaws of the Deep, 5.9
  5. S29 E7 Sharks Among Us, 5.8
  6. S29 E9 Air Jaws: Night Stalker, 6.2
  7. S29 E10 Deadliest Sharks, 7.3
  8. S29 E11 Sharks vs. Dolphins: Face Off, 5.6
  9. S29 E12 Nuclear Sharks, 6.1
  10. S29 E13 Jungle Shark, 6.1
  11. S29 E14 Shark Bait, 5.9
  12. S29 E15 Blue Serengeti, 6.3
  1. S30 E8 Guy Fieri's Feeding Frenzy, 6.6
  2. S30 E9 The Laws of Jaws, 6.7
  1. S31 E1 Extinct or Alive: The Lost Shark, 6.2
  1. S33 E2 Air Jaws 2020, 6.2
  2. S33 E3 Great White Serial Killer Extinction, 7.3
  3. S33 E4 Abandoned Waters, 6.2
  4. S33 E6 Tyson vs. Jaws: Rumble on the Reef, 6.1
  5. S33 E7 Sharks of Ghost Island, 7.0
  6. S33 E9 Extinct or Alive: Land of the Lost Sharks, 7.6
  1. S34 E5 Will Smith: Off the Deep End, 6.0
  2. S34 E12 Expedition Unknown: Shark Trek, 7.1
  3. S34 E13 Great White Comeback, 6.0
  4. S34 E27 Monster Sharks of Andros Island, 6.7
  5. S34 E28 Mystery of the Black Demon Shark, 6.6
  6. S34 E29 I Was Prey: Terrors of the Deep 2, 5.7
  1. S35 E1 Isle of Jaws: Blood Brothers, 5.6
  2. S35 E10 Monster Under the Bridge, 7.4
  3. S35 E11 Adam Devine's Secret Shark Lair, 4.9
  4. S35 E14 Great White Double Trouble, 7.3
  5. S35 E20 Alien Sharks: First Contact, 7.1
  1. S36 E1 Belly of the Beast: Feeding Frenzy, 6.6
  2. S36 E2 Jaws vs the Meg, 6.8
  3. S36 E3 Serial Killer: Red Sea Attacks, 6.3
  4. S36 E5 Monsters of the Bermuda Triangle, 7.0
  5. S36 E6 Alien Sharks: Strange New Worlds, 6.9
  6. S36 E7 Mako Mania: Battle for California, 7.0
  7. S36 E8 Raiders of the Lost Shark, 6.2
  8. S36 E9 Monster Hammerheads: Killer Instinct, 6.5
  9. S36 E13 Jaws in the Shallows, 6.3
  10. S36 E14 Monster Mako: Fresh Blood, 6.0
  11. S36 E15 Shark vs Snake: Battle of the Bites, 6.2
  12. S36 E16 Tropic Jaws, 6.3
  13. S36 E17 Deadly Sharks of Paradise, 7.3
  14. S36 E18 The Haunting of Shark Tower, 5.5
  15. S36 E20 Megasharks of Dangerous Reef, 6.4
  1. S37 E1 Belly of the Beast: Bigger and Bloodier, 7.4
  2. S37 E2 Jaws vs. Leviathan, 6.0
  3. S37 E3 Makozilla, 7.1
  4. S37 E4 Sydney Harbor Shark Invasion, 7.6
  5. S37 E5 Big Shark Energy, 6.7
  6. S37 E6 Shark Frenzy: Mating Games, 6.4
  7. S37 E7 Great White Serial Killer: Sea of Blood, 8.3
  8. S37 E8 Deadliest Bite, 7.1
  9. S37 E9 6000 LB Shark, 7.0
  10. S37 E10 Monster Hammerheads: Species X, 7.1
  11. S37 E11 Great White North, 7.1
  12. S37 E12 Expedition Unknown: Sharks vs Nazis in Paradise, 7.5
  13. S37 E13 Alien Sharks: Ghosts of Japan, 7.1
  14. S37 E14 Monster of Oz, 5.9
  15. S37 E15 Caught! When Sharks Attack, 7.3
  16. S37 E16 Great White Danger Zone, 7.8
  17. S37 E17 The Real Sharkano, 6.6
  18. S37 E18 Sharks of the Dead Zone, 6.3
  19. S37 E19 Shark Attack Island, 7.0
  20. S37 E20 Sharktopia, 7.1
  21. S37 E21 Mothersharker: Hammer Time, 6.9
  1. S38 E3 Invasion of the Mega Sharks, 6.9
  2. S38 E5 House of Sharks, 8.0
  3. S38 E6 Biggest Mako on Earth, 7.7
  4. S38 E8 Jaws vs Orca, 6.4
  5. S38 E9 Chum Island: Catching a Killer, 6.3
  6. S38 E10 Expedition X: Atomic Sharks, 7.0
  7. S38 E14 How to Train a Great White, 6.8
  8. S38 E16 Secrets of the Great White Kill, 8.0
  9. S38 E17 Sharkzilla Takes New York, 7.1
  10. S38 E18 My Strange Shark Addiction, 6.2
  11. S38 E19 Great White Highway, 6.4

Cast

24 of 25 · most episodes first

Crew

Directors
Jeff Kurr, Sigmund Spath Jr., Chad Hammell
Produced by
Joseph Schneier, Damon Dayoub
Music by
Andrea Bellucci

Everyone

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Facts

July 17, 1988 · August 1, 2026 · Still running

First aired
July 17, 1988
Latest episode
August 1, 2026
Status
Still running
Length
39 seasons · 459 episodes
Age rating
TV-14
Content
Violence
Genres
Documentary
Original language
English
Also spoken
Portuguese
Made in
United States
Available in
60 countries

Q&A

7 questions, like "Where can I stream Shark Week?"

Questions about Shark Week

Quick answers from GoodWatch data.

Where can I stream Shark Week?

HBO MaxPhiloDiscovery+DiscoverySpectrum On Demand

In the United States, Shark Week streams on HBO Max, Philo, Discovery+, and Discovery, and it is free with ads on Spectrum On Demand. You can rent or buy it from Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, and Fandango At Home. It also streams in 58 other countries.

Is Shark Week worth watching?

76
GreatGoodWatch score

Mostly, it's well received, with a GoodWatch score of 76 (IMDb 7.7). Season 26 is the weak spot, with an IMDb average of 4.3 against 8.2 for the best season.

Which season of Shark Week is best?

Season 14, with an IMDb average of 8.2. Season 26 is the weakest at 4.3. The highest-rated episode is Bull Shark: World's Deadliest Shark (season 17, episode 6) at 8.3, and the lowest is Megalodon: The Monster Shark Lives (season 26, episode 1) at 3.2.

Is Shark Week okay for kids?

TV-14Violence

Yes: it's rated TV-14 in the United States for violence, and the viewing guide lists it for family nights.

How long does it take to watch Shark Week?

321 h

About 321 hours: 459 episodes in 39 seasons of about 42 minutes each since 1988, and it's still in production.

Can I half-watch Shark Week?

Easy watchDemanding

Yes: it's easy to follow, with complexity at only 3 of 10, and the viewing guide calls it drop-in friendly.

Is Shark Week plot-driven or character-driven?

CharactersPlot

Mostly plot-driven: intrigue (7 of 10) and spectacle (6 of 10) carry it more than its characters do.