Discovery Channel’s Shark Week is the longest-running, most anticipated televised event. This year Shark
Week will feature over 20 hours of original programming and will premiere “Capsized: Blood in the Water,” a
film based on a true shark encounter in October of 1982. Shark Week 2019 will also feature a new show, “Shark
Trip” where actor, comedian Rob Riggle dives into shark-filled water along with a list celebrity friends:
Anthony Anderson, Adam Devine, Joel McHale, and Damon Wayans Jr.
Shark Week programming airs Sunday, July 28 to Sunday, August 4. Shows airing include:
Expedition Unknown: Megalodon
Shark Trip: Eat. Prey. Chum.
Sharks of the Badlands
Legend of Deep Blue
The Sharks of Headstone Hell
Sharkwrecked: Crash Landing
Laws of Jaws: Dangerous Waters
Air Jaws Strikes Back
Extinct or Alive: The Lost Shark
Capsized: Blood in the Water
Return to Shark Island
Great White Kill Zone: Guadalupe
Monster Mako: Perfect Predator
Isle of Jaws: Blood Brothers
Andrew Mayne: Ghost Diver
I was Prey: Shark Week
Sharks Gone Wild 2
Shark Week Immersion
Discovery Channel doesn’t want to leave any fans behind and will be immersing viewers in the Shark Week
experience through digital and social media platforms. Discovery Channel will be introducing a 360 multi-
platform experience uncovering the latest shark discoveries around the globe. During Shark Week, viewers can
use the Discovery GO app to find exclusive in-app original programming such as The Daily Bite.
The Daily Bite offers a daily dive into the most exciting developments in shark sightings and science this year
with commentary from Shark Week experts. App users will also gain access to an exclusive behind-the-scenes
look at “Capsized: Blood in the Water,” featuring interviews from cast and crew plus an interview from a real-
life shark attack survivor.
The Snapchat app will be featuring Shark Week content again this year. Shark expert, Luke Tipple, will be
diving into a shark filled location in the Bahamas to test the most popular shark myths. Shark Week episodes
will be featured on Snapchat on July 28, July 30, and August 1.
About Discovery Channel:
Discovery Channel is dedicated to creating the highest quality non-fiction content that informs and entertains its
consumers about the world in all its wonder, diversity and amazement. The network, which is distributed to
88.3 million U.S. homes, can be seen in 224 countries and territories, offering a signature mix of compelling,
high-end production values and vivid cinematography across genres including, science and technology,
exploration, adventure, history and in-depth, behind-the-scenes glimpses at the people, places and organizations
that shape and share our world. For more information, please visit www.discovery.com.
About Discovery:
Discovery, Inc. (Nasdaq: DISCA, DISCB, DISCK) is a global leader in real life entertainment, serving a
passionate audience of superfans around the world with content that inspires, informs and entertains. Discovery
delivers over 8,000 hours of original programming each year and has category leadership across deeply loved
content genres around the world. Available in 220 countries and territories and nearly 50 languages, Discovery
is a platform innovator, reaching viewers on all screens, including TV Everywhere products such as the GO
portfolio of apps; direct-to-consumer streaming services such as Eurosport Player and MotorTrend OnDemand;
digital-first and social content from Group Nine Media; a landmark natural history and factual content
partnership with the BBC; and a strategic alliance with PGA TOUR to create the international home of golf.
Discovery’s portfolio of premium brands includes Discovery Channel, HGTV, Food Network, TLC,
Investigation Discovery, Travel Channel, MotorTrend, Animal Planet, and Science Channel, as well as OWN:
Oprah Winfrey Network in the U.S., Discovery Kids in Latin America, and Eurosport, the leading provider of
locally relevant, premium sports and Home of the Olympic Games across Europe. For more information, please
visit corporate.discovery.com and follow @DiscoveryIncTV across social platforms.
