It is time once again for Shark Week on Discovery. If you’re “chomping” at the bit to get started, Shark Week 2024 runs from July 7-13 featuring tons of great new content. Check out the full Shark Week 2024 schedule below.
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Shark Week 2024 Programming Schedule
With a full week of Shark Week programming, there is more than enough great content for you to sink your teeth into. Here we will go over the Discovery schedule for the week, highlighting some of the new and highly anticipated programs.
Sunday, July 7
| Broadcast Time (ET) | Program | Description |
| 8 p.m. | Belly of the Beast: Bigger and Bloodier | Watch a team of shark experts including marine biologist Dr. Austin Gallagher and marine scientist Liv Dixon go into the belly of a 29-foot whale decoy to create a great white shark feeding frenzy. |
| 9 p.m. | Jaws vs Leviathan | This program looks at the ongoing battle between sharks (great white sharks, to be specific) and toothed whales, two of the most colossal predators on the planet. |
| 10 p.m. | Makozilla | Shark bite specialists, Jeff Harris and Dr. Craig O’Connell investigate a seemingly ferocious predator attacking California’s sea lion population. |
| 11 p.m. | Sydney Harbor Shark Invasion | Paul de Gelder goes back to the scene of the crime – his 2009 shark attack site, that is – to investigate a fatal great white shark attack with Madison Stewart. |
Monday, July 8
| Broadcast Time | Program | Description |
| 8 p.m. ET | Big Shark Energy | Dr. Riley Elliott and Kori Burkhardy come together to put on a shark competition for the ages to determine which great white comes out on top. |
| 9 p.m. ET | Shark Frenzy: Mating Games | Dr. Craig O’Connell is a shark matchmaker. Watch as he creates feeding events to uncover the mating link. |
| 10 p.m. ET | Great White Serial Killers: Sea of Blood | An investigation into two fatal shark attacks near a small Mexican fishing village. |
Tuesday, July 9
| Broadcast Time (ET) | Program | Description |
| 8 p.m. | Deadliest Bite | Learn everything you’ve ever wanted to know (and even somethings you didn’t need to know) about the jaws mechanics of sharks |
| 9 p.m. | 6,000 LB Shark | Join the investigation to determine what the largest great white shark ever recorded is eating. |
| 10 p.m. | Monster Hammerheads: Species X | A team of researchers investigate an aggressive population of hammerhead sharks to determine the cause. |
Wednesday, July 10
| Broadcast Time (ET) | Program | Description |
| 8 p.m. | Great White North | Travel north with shark expert Andy Casagrande to Nova Scotia to learn more about a surge of sharks in the area. |
| 9 p.m. | Expedition Unknown: Shark Wrecks of WWII | Experts use what they know about sharks to search for a lost wreck sunk during the Second World War. |
| 10 p.m. | Alien Sharks: Ghosts of Japan | Off the coast of Japan, find the most diverse population of shark species in the world. |
Thursday, July 11
| Broadcast Time (ET) | Program | Description |
| 8 p.m. | Monsters of Oz | Find out what could possibly be preying on great white and mako sharks off the coast of Southwest Australia. |
| 9 p.m. | Caught! When Sharks Attack | Analyze some of the wildest shark attacks caught on camera with expert shark researchers. |
| 10 p.m. | Great White Danger Zone | Meet a new great white shark population off the coast of South Africa. |
Friday, July 12
| Broadcast Time (ET) | Program | Description |
| 8 p.m. | The Real Sharkano | Visit an ultra-remote island community that has devoted much of their culture to sharks. |
| 9 p.m. | Sharks of the Dead Zone | Discover how extensive marine pollution and algal blooms are impacting the Indian River Lagoon, a vital nursery. |
| 10 p.m. | Shark Attack Island | As sharks swim closer and closer to populated resorts, attack rates have risen and there’s yet to be a solution. |
Saturday, July 13
| Broadcast Time (ET) | Program | Description |
| 8 p.m. | Sharktopia | Get on board with a team of researchers to see one of the last living leopard sharks in the region. |
| 9 p.m. | Mothersharker: Hammer Time | Check out the latest shark technology – including underwater ultrasound and birthing tag technology – to learn more about where the elusive pregnant scalloped hammerheads give birth. |
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