Series · 1988 · 42 min · 39 seasons

Shark Week (1988)

“Shark n’ awe!”

7.6/10 · 18 votes

Shark Week is a TV series (Documentary) that first aired in 1988. Shark Week has 39 seasons and 459 episodes in total. It has an average rating of 7.6/10 from 18 viewers. In United States, you can watch Shark Week on HBO Max Amazon Channel, Philo, Discovery+ Amazon Channel, Discovery, HBO Max and Spectrum On Demand.

Last episode S39 · E20 — Thresher Shark: Stun to Kill August 1, 2026

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📍 United States

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Streaming services that carry Shark Week, and the countries where you can watch it:

HBO Max 51 countries 📍

Andorra, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Barbados, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bolivia, Brazil, Bahamas, Belize, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Czechia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Spain, Finland, France, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Croatia, Hungary, Jamaica, St. Lucia, Monaco, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Paraguay, Romania, Serbia, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia, El Salvador, Turks & Caicos Islands, Trinidad & Tobago, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela

HBO Max Amazon Channel 7 countries 📍

Australia, Brazil, Colombia, Spain, France, Mexico, United States

Discovery+ Amazon Channel 6 countries 📍

Austria, Germany, United Kingdom, Guernsey, India, United States

Discovery+ 1 countries

India

Philo 1 countries 📍

United States

Discovery 1 countries 📍

United States

Spectrum On Demand 1 countries 📍

United States

Plot

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.