Season 38 • Episode 20
LatestOff Mozambique's coast, sharks swarm a hidden peak, hunting giant trevally in a once-a-year feeding frenzy. But when 5,000 trevally fight back, the hunters become the hunted in one of the ocean's wildest showdowns.
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.
Practical Effects
Real shark footage beats CGI every time
Production
That iconic yellow cage and blood-in-water shot
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shark Week accidentally created the 'nature documentary as thriller' template that NatGeo and Netflix now exploit shamelessly.
The 2013 'Megalodon: The Monster Shark Lives' fake documentary sparked actual scientific backlash and made Discovery Channel apologize for lying to viewers.
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