

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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Seasons

Specials
30 eps

1988
1988 · 4 eps

1989
3 eps

1990
2 eps

1991
3 eps

1992
1992 · 6 eps

1993
5 eps

1994
1994 · 9 eps

1995
4 eps

1996
1996 · 5 eps

1997
1997 · 7 eps

1998
1998 · 6 eps

1999
5 eps

2000
2000 · 6 eps

2001
2001 · 5 eps

2002
2002 · 4 eps

2003
2003 · 7 eps

2004
2004 · 8 eps

2005
2005 · 4 eps

2006
2006 · 7 eps

2007
2007 · 8 eps

2008
2008 · 6 eps

2009
2009 · 14 eps

2010
2010 · 7 eps

2011
2011 · 8 eps

2012
2012 · 10 eps

2013
2013 · 11 eps

2014
2014 · 14 eps

2015
2015 · 16 eps

2016
2016 · 17 eps

2017
2017 · 19 eps

2018
2018 · 26 eps

2019
24 eps

2020
2020 · 29 eps

2021
2021 · 44 eps

2022
2022 · 24 eps

2023
2023 · 21 eps

2024
2024 · 21 eps

2025
2025 · 20 eps
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Availability for US · streaming data provided by JustWatch via TMDB.
Details
- Status
- Returning Series
- First air date
- July 17, 1988
- Last air date
- July 26, 2025
- Seasons
- 38
- Episodes
- 439
- Episode runtime
- 42m
- Network
- Discovery
- Original language
- EN
























































