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The Best Seasons of Shark Week

Every season of Shark Week ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best seasons of Shark Week!

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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

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Season 14

5 Episodes

First Aired: Aug 2001

8.2/ 10

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Best episodeE1 · Air Jaws: Sharks of South Africa 8.2

Season 15

4 Episodes

First Aired: Feb 2002

8.1/ 10

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Best episodeE1 · Great White Attack: A True Story 8.1

Season 19

7 Episodes

First Aired: May 2006

7.8/ 10

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Best episodeE3 · Perfect Shark 7.8

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Season 17

8 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2004

7.5/ 10

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Best episodeE6 · Bull Shark: World's Deadliest Shark 8.3

Season 20

8 Episodes

First Aired: Jul 2007

7.4/ 10

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Best episodeE5 · Perfect Predators 7.6

Season 23

7 Episodes

First Aired: Aug 2010

7.2/ 10

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Best episodeE3 · Shark Attack Survival Guide 7.8

Season 11

6 Episodes

First Aired: Jul 1998

7.2/ 10

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Best episodeE2 · Prehistoric Sharks 7.2

Season 37

21 Episodes

First Aired: Jul 2024

7.0/ 10

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Best episodeE7 · Great White Serial Killer: Sea of Blood 8.3

Season 38

20 Episodes

First Aired: Jul 2025

7.0/ 10

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Best episodeE5 · Jaws vs Mega Croc 8.0

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Season 16

7 Episodes

First Aired: Jul 2003

7.0/ 10

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Best episodeE6 · Sharks Under Glass 7.8

#11

Season 8

4 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1995

6.9/ 10

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Best episodeE1 · Sharks of the Red Triangle 6.9

#12

Season 25

10 Episodes

First Aired: Aug 2012

6.9/ 10

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Best episodeE6 · Adrift: 47 Days With Sharks 7.6

#13

Season 24

8 Episodes

First Aired: Jul 2011

6.8/ 10

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Best episodeE2 · Jaws Comes Home 7.5

#14

Season 33

29 Episodes

First Aired: Aug 2020

6.7/ 10

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Best episodeE9 · Great White Serial Killer Extinction 7.6

#15

Season 12

5 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1999

6.6/ 10

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Best episodeE5 · Sharks in a Desert Sea 6.8

#16

Season 36

21 Episodes

First Aired: Jul 2023

6.5/ 10

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Best episodeE17 · Tropic Jaws 7.3

#17

Season 35

24 Episodes

First Aired: Jul 2022

6.5/ 10

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Best episodeE10 · Island of the Walking Sharks 7.4

#18

Season 26

11 Episodes

First Aired: Aug 2013

6.4/ 10

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Best episodeE4 · Voodoo Sharks 7.7

#19

Season 27

14 Episodes

First Aired: Aug 2014

6.4/ 10

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Best episodeE4 · Monster Hammerhead 7.3

#20

Season 34

44 Episodes

First Aired: Jul 2021

6.3/ 10

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Best episodeE12 · Return to Lair of the Great White 7.1

#21

Season 31

26 Episodes

First Aired: Jul 2018

6.2/ 10

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Best episodeE1 · Ridiculous Cakes: 30th Anniversary of Shark Week: Chomping At The Bit 6.2

#22

Season 28

16 Episodes

First Aired: Jul 2015

6.2/ 10

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Best episodeE5 · Alien Sharks: Close Encounters 6.9

#23

Season 29

16 Episodes

First Aired: Jun 2016

6.1/ 10

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Best episodeE10 · Sharks vs. Dolphins: Face Off 7.5

#24

Season 30

18 Episodes

First Aired: Jul 2017

5.9/ 10

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Best episodeE9 · Sharks and the City: NYC 6.7

#25

Season 18

4 Episodes

First Aired: Jun 2005

5.7/ 10

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Best episodeE3 · American Shark 6.1

#26

Season 13

6 Episodes

First Aired: Feb 2000

5.1/ 10

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Best episodeE4 · Jurassic Shark 6.0

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Season 1

4 Episodes

First Aired: Jul 1988

N/A/ 10

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#28

Season 2

3 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1989

N/A/ 10

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#29

Season 3

2 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1990

N/A/ 10

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#30

Season 4

3 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1991

N/A/ 10

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#31

Season 5

6 Episodes

First Aired: Jul 1992

N/A/ 10

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#32

Season 6

5 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1993

N/A/ 10

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#33

Season 7

9 Episodes

First Aired: Jul 1994

N/A/ 10

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#34

Season 9

5 Episodes

First Aired: Aug 1996

N/A/ 10

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#35

Season 10

7 Episodes

First Aired: Aug 1997

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#36

Season 21

6 Episodes

First Aired: Jul 2008

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#37

Season 22

14 Episodes

First Aired: Aug 2009

N/A/ 10

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#38

Season 32

24 Episodes

First Aired: Aug 2019

N/A/ 10

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#39

Season 39

20 Episodes

First Aired: Jul 2026

N/A/ 10

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