NaN/100 votes#1 - Tiger Beach
Season 29 Episode 1 - Aired 6/26/2016
Dr. Neil Hammerschlag is the world's leading tiger shark expert. Now, he's on a quest to answer what he calls the trifecta of tiger shark science: where do these giant sharks mate, where do the pregnant females gestate, and where do they give birth? He hopes to find answers by tagging and tracking 40 individuals across a shallow area off the Bahamas called Tiger Beach. Second only to great whites, the tiger shark's killing power and voracious appetite is legendary - and Neil has to deal with some aggressive sharks while on expedition.
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#2 - Return of The Monster Mako
Season 29 Episode 2 - Aired 6/26/2016
Professional shark tagger Keith Poe, and marine biologists Greg Stuntz, Matt Ajemain and their team use state-of-the-art technology to try to document a live-predation of a thousand-pound mako shark -- what fishermen call a "grander." Granders are enormous makos that make a kind of transformation when they reach 10 feet and 1000 pounds - they become more secretive and begin to hunt bigger prey, like seals. And they're hard to find on the East Coast - until Joe Romeiro and team jump in the water after dark and come face to face with them.
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- 6.8/1011 votes
#3 - Isle of Jaws
Season 29 Episode 3 - Aired 6/26/2016
In 2016, award-winning shark cinematographer Andy Casagrande discovered that great white sharks had strangely and completely disappeared from the Neptune Islands off South Australia. Where did the sharks go? Searching west along the known great white migration route, he stumbles upon an incredible discovery - a concentration of all male great white sharks off an uncharted island. Andy calls in marine biologist Dr. Jonathan Werry, and together they get up close and personal with a dozen large great whites in the hopes of solving two of the most closely guarded of all the great white's secrets... where they mate and where they have their young.
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- 5.7/1017 votes
#4 - Shallow Water Invasion
Season 29 Episode 4 - Aired 6/27/2016
Using a self-propelled shark cage called "The Explorer", marine biologists Mauricio Hoyos and Grant Johnson will investigate a recent discovery at Guadalupe Island - great whites moving into shallow waters at night. This movement shows that sharks entering shallow water are normal behavior - which would account for some of the shark encounters happening with greater frequency in the shallows along coastlines.
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- 5.8/1016 votes
#5 - Jaws of the Deep
Season 29 Episode 5 - Aired 6/27/2016
Marine biologist Greg Skomal and the REMUS SharkCam team return to Guadalupe to find the world's largest great white shark, Deep Blue. This time, they deploy two robot subs: one that dives to 300 feet, and another that goes to 2000. Together, they build a profile of how the great white uses the entire water column. The team uncovers hunting techniques and strategies great whites use to ambush their prey - and film a great white's attack on the sub!
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- 6.2/1015 votes
#6 - Sharks Among Us
Season 29 Episode 6 - Aired 6/27/2016
Shark encounters are increasing around the globe. The solutions to deal with the public's growing anxiety range from culling to using nets and drumlins - all of which kill sharks. Dr. Craig O'Connell believes he has developed a system that will prove once and for all that sharks and people can peacefully coexist - and live!
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- 6.0/1012 votes
#7 - Wrath of a Great White Serial Killer
Season 29 Episode 7 - Aired 6/28/2016
A newcomer has taken residence in the waters of the Pacific Northwest... the great white shark. Shark expert Ralph Collier and Brandon McMillian seek answers to the main questions in this case - why are great white sharks traveling so far north and why are these encounters focused on this one particular place?
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#8 - Air Jaws: Night Stalker
Season 29 Episode 8 - Aired 6/28/2016
Famed shark photographer Chris Fallows embarks on his 8th Air Jaws adventure with shark expert Jeff Kurr and shark biologist Neil Hammerschlag as they discover how great white sharks hunt in total darkness. Narrated by Lena Headey ("Game of Thrones"), it turns out that great whites can hunt effectively with or without any sun or moonlight - but how do they do that?
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6.4/1021 votes#9 - Deadliest Sharks
Season 29 Episode 9 - Aired 6/29/2016
Using cutting-edge research and thrilling historical evidence, Dr. Michael Domeier and Dr. Barry Bruce go looking for rare oceanic white tip sharks, to see if the species deserve the reputation as the "World's Deadliest Shark." History says they are - and when the scientists dive in the Bahamas and off Hawaii, they're spooked by this very dangerous shark.
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- 7.3/1012 votes
#10 - Sharks vs. Dolphins: Face Off
Season 29 Episode 10 - Aired 6/29/2016
Sharks and dolphins have shared the ocean for ages, but only recently, scientists have begun to understand the true nature of the relationship between these two masters of the sea. It's hostile, and dangerous, mainly for dolphins. Dolphins would rather eat fish and swim with humans; sharks would rather eat dolphins and anything they can sink their teeth into. Dr. Mike Heithaus and his team bring new research that may solve why sharks attack dolphins far more than we ever knew.
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- 5.6/1016 votes
#11 - Nuclear Sharks
Season 29 Episode 11 - Aired 6/30/2016
Grandson to legendary underwater explorer and filmmaker Jacques Cousteau, Philippe Cousteau, and his wife Ashlan Gorse Cousteau travel with marine biologist Luke Tipple to Bikini Atoll to explore a marine environment once destroyed by nuclear testing during the Cold War.
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- 5.9/1016 votes
#12 - Jungle Shark
Season 29 Episode 12 - Aired 6/30/2016
Marine biologist Dr. Craig O'Connell and Andy Casagrande travel up the Serena River in the rainforests of Costa Rica to try and find out why young bull sharks swim up the river, and how they avoid the 12-14' American crocodiles living there. O'Connell deduces the sharks smell the crocs and creates a first-of-its-kind croc scent-based bull shark repellant - and SHARK WEEK reveals a possible important discovery that could save human lives
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- 6.0/1014 votes
#13 - Shark Bait
Season 29 Episode 13 - Aired 7/1/2016
There's been a war going on between seal and great whites for millions of years. Now there's a new battleground on the map called Cape Cod. It's different in every way from the usual rocky islands where sharks and seals usually face off in other parts of the world. The great whites have had to learn new ways to hunt seals here. Dr. Greg Skomal and his team wonder, what are the sharks doing here, how do they get here, and how do more sharks learn of Cape Cod's bounty of seals? And more importantly: if the number of seals and sharks continue to increase at the present rate, what's the future?
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- 5.7/107 votes
#14 - Blue Serengeti
Season 29 Episode 14 - Aired 7/1/2016
Famed marine biologist and shark expert Barbara Block has been studying the white sharks off of California for more than 27 years. Now, with breakthrough camera technology and tracking technology, she's giving scientists and viewers a portrait of a formerly unseen domain. She calls it the Blue Serengeti - it's a vast, rich, and hidden world, now more visible thanks to new camera tags deployed on both predator and prey.
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- 6.8/1016 votes
#15 - Sharksanity 3
Season 29 Episode 15 - Aired 7/2/2016
We scour the seas to bring you the greatest moments from SHARK WEEK 2016! Only the closest calls, biggest bites, and greatest gadgets made the cut! Then, we're revealing your top picks for the best of SHARK WEEK history.
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#16 - The Killing Games
Season 29 Episode 16 - Aired 7/3/2016
Dr. Jonathan Werry and shark cinematographer Andy Casagrande travel to a special location in South Australia to research a new great white hunting strategy, where they no longer wait for seals to enter the ocean - they come out of the water and snatch them from the shore! But is this unique to Australia? It isn't; sharks are smarter than we thought and can learn new things when there's food involved.
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#17 - Episode 17
Season 2016 Episode 17 - Aired Unknown
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The Best Episodes of Shark Week Season 29
Every episode of Shark Week Season 29 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Shark Week Season 29!
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...
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Season 29 Ratings Summary
"Tiger Beach" is the best rated episode of "Shark Week" season 29. It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 6/26/2016. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "Return of The Monster Mako".