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.
Air date: 2013-08-04
Runtime: 42 min
Air date: 2013-08-04
Runtime: 42 min
Air date: 2013-08-05
Runtime: 42 min
Air date: 2013-08-05
Runtime: 42 min
Air date: 2013-08-06
Runtime: 42 min
Overview: 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.
Air date: 2013-08-06
Runtime: 42 min
Air date: 2013-08-07
Runtime: 42 min
Overview: 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.
Air date: 2013-08-07
Runtime: 42 min
Air date: 2013-08-08
Runtime: 42 min
Air date: 2013-08-08
Runtime: 42 min
Air date: 2013-08-08
Runtime: 42 min
