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In July of 1988 the Discovery Channel dove into that intrigue with <em>Shark Week</em>… four small episodes devoted to ‘conservation & correcting misconceptions’.</p><p><strong>1988 Shark Week lineup</strong>:</p><blockquote><p>-Caged in Fear<br>-Sharks – Predators or Prey<br>-The Shark Takes a Siesta<br>-Sharks of a Different Color</p></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><p>Little did they know they’d created a monster of Great White proportions & the series would go on to become the longest-running cable TV programming event to date. As its popularity grew, the educational value of the shows began to decline & its original mission seems all but lost. In years past they really started losing me (Sharkzilla, Stephen Baldwin’s Black-Tip Bloodbath…) but now the whole thing feels like a bad, ratings-hungry joke. Shark Week has sold out.</p><p><strong>2018 Shark Week lineup</strong>:</p><p>Celebrity Oriented lineup:</p><blockquote><p>-Guy Fieri’s Feeding Frenzy</p><div class="oembed__wrapper"><div class="iframely-embed" style="max-width:550px"><div class="iframely-responsive" style="padding-bottom:100%"><a href="https://twitter.com/GuyFieri/status/1021144934349508610" data-iframely-url="https://iframely.barstoolsports.com/dfEUCbE"></a></div></div><p><script async src="https://iframely.barstoolsports.com/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></div><p>-Shark Tank Meets Shark Week<br>-Cuba’s Secret Shark Lair<br>-Tila Tequila’s Shot At Sharks<br>-Bear vs Shark</p><div class="oembed__wrapper"><div class="iframely-embed" style="max-width:550px"><div class="iframely-responsive" style="padding-bottom:56.373%"><a href="https://twitter.com/BearGrylls/status/1021105772581871617" data-iframely-url="https://iframely.barstoolsports.com/v55gjVp"></a></div></div><p><script async src="https://iframely.barstoolsports.com/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></div><p>-Arctic Assassins: Beneath Vanilla Ice<br>-Chum Bucket’s Full with Randy Quaid<br>-Ronda Rousey Uncaged</p><div class="oembed__wrapper"><div class="iframely-embed" style="max-width:550px"><div class="iframely-responsive" style="padding-bottom:56.2493%"><a href="https://twitter.com/SharkWeek/status/1020398267211927552" data-iframely-url="https://iframely.barstoolsports.com/guJjVyd"></a></div></div><p><script async src="https://iframely.barstoolsports.com/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></div><p>-Shaq Does Shark Week<br>-Hulk Hogan’s Hammerheads, Brother!</p></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><div class="oembed__wrapper"><div style="max-width:85vh"><div style="left:0;width:100%;height:0;position:relative;padding-bottom:117.247%"><iframe src="https://iframely.barstoolsports.com/5u54Aiw" style="border:0;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;position:absolute" allowfullscreen scrolling="no"></iframe></div></div><div id="Article-Ad-Placeholder" data-union-ad></div></div><p>Rest of the lineup:</p><div class="oembed__wrapper"><div class="iframely-embed" style="max-width:550px"><div class="iframely-responsive" style="padding-bottom:55.5556%"><a href="https://twitter.com/SharkWeek/status/1021545319983546368" data-iframely-url="https://iframely.barstoolsports.com/UbC27LC"></a></div></div><p><script async src="https://iframely.barstoolsports.com/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></div><blockquote><p>-Monster Tag<br>-Great White Abyss<br>-Law of Jaws<br>-Air Jaws: The Hunted<br>-Air Jaws: Back From The Dead<br>-Air Jaws: Serious Air Jaws<br>-Santa Jaws: Holiday Trips Gone Bloody<br>-Ocean Ambush: Navy SEALs vs Great White<br>-Black, Like A Jaws Eyes<br>-No Joke: Kathy Griffin Deep Dives<br>-Sharkcam Strikes Back<br>-Sharkwrecked<br>-Vape Sharks<br>-Problematic Sharks Of Florida<br>-Great Woke: Sharks & Gender<br>-Sharkpocalypse Now<br>-Tiger Shark Invasion<br>-Cash Cab “Shark Week Edition”<br>-Megalodon: Fact vs Fiction<br>-Megalo-Dons: Mafia & The Shark Trade<br>-Bloodline: Spawn Of Jaws<br>-Great White Shark Babies<br>-Great White Shark Baby-Daddies</p><div class="oembed__wrapper"><div class="iframely-embed" style="max-width:550px"><div class="iframely-responsive" style="padding-bottom:100%"><a href="https://twitter.com/SharkWeek/status/1021168091005415424" data-iframely-url="https://iframely.barstoolsports.com/qGsxAvi"></a></div></div><p><script async src="https://iframely.barstoolsports.com/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></div><p>-Alien Sharks<br>-Return of the Mega Shark<br>-Sharks Gone Wild<br>-Sharks On A Plane: Hypothetical Nightmares<br>-Naked & Afraid of Sharks</p></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><div class="oembed__wrapper"><div><div style="left:0;width:100%;height:0;position:relative;padding-bottom:56.0915%"><iframe src="https://iframely.barstoolsports.com/sbGmLDw" style="border:0;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;position:absolute" allowfullscreen scrolling="no"></iframe></div></div></div><p>I feel like this is another case of The Manatees Choose An Idea Ball & whatever premise they come out with gets accepted. There’s only one source I trust for all-things-shark now.</p><div class="oembed__wrapper"><div class="iframely-embed" style="max-width:550px"><div class="iframely-responsive" style="padding-bottom:56.262%"><a href="https://twitter.com/YoungPageviews/status/879855112256094209" data-iframely-url="https://iframely.barstoolsports.com/5qIkza5"></a></div></div><p><script async src="https://iframely.barstoolsports.com/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></div></body></html>

<div class="oembed__wrapper"><div><div style="left:0;width:100%;height:0;position:relative;padding-bottom:52.8737%"><iframe src="https://iframely.barstoolsports.com/jEF8dLr" style="border:0;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;position:absolute" allowfullscreen scrolling="no"></iframe></div></div></div><p>In 1975 ‘Jaws’ was released capturing imaginations, sparking interests & flaming fears about sharks worldwide. In July of 1988 the Discovery Channel dove into that intrigue with <em>Shark Week</em>… four small episodes devoted to ‘conservation & correcting misconceptions’.</p><p><strong>1988 Shark Week lineup</strong>:</p><blockquote><p>-Caged in Fear<br>-Sharks – Predators or Prey<br>-The Shark Takes a Siesta<br>-Sharks of a Different Color</p></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><p>Little did they know they’d created a monster of Great White proportions & the series would go on to become the longest-running cable TV programming event to date. As its popularity grew, the educational value of the shows began to decline & its original mission seems all but lost. In years past they really started losing me (Sharkzilla, Stephen Baldwin’s Black-Tip Bloodbath…) but now the whole thing feels like a bad, ratings-hungry joke. Shark Week has sold out.</p><p><strong>2018 Shark Week lineup</strong>:</p><p>Celebrity Oriented lineup:</p><blockquote><p>-Guy Fieri’s Feeding Frenzy</p><div class="oembed__wrapper"><div class="iframely-embed" style="max-width:550px"><div class="iframely-responsive" style="padding-bottom:100%"><a href="https://twitter.com/GuyFieri/status/1021144934349508610" data-iframely-url="https://iframely.barstoolsports.com/dfEUCbE"></a></div></div><p><script async src="https://iframely.barstoolsports.com/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></div><p>-Shark Tank Meets Shark Week<br>-Cuba’s Secret Shark Lair<br>-Tila Tequila’s Shot At Sharks<br>-Bear vs Shark</p><div class="oembed__wrapper"><div class="iframely-embed" style="max-width:550px"><div class="iframely-responsive" style="padding-bottom:56.373%"><a href="https://twitter.com/BearGrylls/status/1021105772581871617" data-iframely-url="https://iframely.barstoolsports.com/v55gjVp"></a></div></div><p><script async src="https://iframely.barstoolsports.com/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></div><p>-Arctic Assassins: Beneath Vanilla Ice<br>-Chum Bucket’s Full with Randy Quaid<br>-Ronda Rousey Uncaged</p><div class="oembed__wrapper"><div class="iframely-embed" style="max-width:550px"><div class="iframely-responsive" style="padding-bottom:56.2493%"><a href="https://twitter.com/SharkWeek/status/1020398267211927552" data-iframely-url="https://iframely.barstoolsports.com/guJjVyd"></a></div></div><p><script async src="https://iframely.barstoolsports.com/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></div><p>-Shaq Does Shark Week<br>-Hulk Hogan’s Hammerheads, Brother!</p></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><div class="oembed__wrapper"><div style="max-width:85vh"><div style="left:0;width:100%;height:0;position:relative;padding-bottom:117.247%"><iframe src="https://iframely.barstoolsports.com/5u54Aiw" style="border:0;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;position:absolute" allowfullscreen scrolling="no"></iframe></div></div><div id="Article-Ad-Placeholder" data-union-ad></div></div><p>Rest of the lineup:</p><div class="oembed__wrapper"><div class="iframely-embed" style="max-width:550px"><div class="iframely-responsive" style="padding-bottom:55.5556%"><a href="https://twitter.com/SharkWeek/status/1021545319983546368" data-iframely-url="https://iframely.barstoolsports.com/UbC27LC"></a></div></div><p><script async src="https://iframely.barstoolsports.com/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></div><blockquote><p>-Monster Tag<br>-Great White Abyss<br>-Law of Jaws<br>-Air Jaws: The Hunted<br>-Air Jaws: Back From The Dead<br>-Air Jaws: Serious Air Jaws<br>-Santa Jaws: Holiday Trips Gone Bloody<br>-Ocean Ambush: Navy SEALs vs Great White<br>-Black, Like A Jaws Eyes<br>-No Joke: Kathy Griffin Deep Dives<br>-Sharkcam Strikes Back<br>-Sharkwrecked<br>-Vape Sharks<br>-Problematic Sharks Of Florida<br>-Great Woke: Sharks & Gender<br>-Sharkpocalypse Now<br>-Tiger Shark Invasion<br>-Cash Cab “Shark Week Edition”<br>-Megalodon: Fact vs Fiction<br>-Megalo-Dons: Mafia & The Shark Trade<br>-Bloodline: Spawn Of Jaws<br>-Great White Shark Babies<br>-Great White Shark Baby-Daddies</p><div class="oembed__wrapper"><div class="iframely-embed" style="max-width:550px"><div class="iframely-responsive" style="padding-bottom:100%"><a href="https://twitter.com/SharkWeek/status/1021168091005415424" data-iframely-url="https://iframely.barstoolsports.com/qGsxAvi"></a></div></div><p><script async src="https://iframely.barstoolsports.com/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></div><p>-Alien Sharks<br>-Return of the Mega Shark<br>-Sharks Gone Wild<br>-Sharks On A Plane: Hypothetical Nightmares<br>-Naked & Afraid of Sharks</p></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><div class="oembed__wrapper"><div><div style="left:0;width:100%;height:0;position:relative;padding-bottom:56.0915%"><iframe src="https://iframely.barstoolsports.com/sbGmLDw" style="border:0;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;position:absolute" allowfullscreen scrolling="no"></iframe></div></div></div><p>I feel like this is another case of The Manatees Choose An Idea Ball & whatever premise they come out with gets accepted. There’s only one source I trust for all-things-shark now.</p><div class="oembed__wrapper"><div class="iframely-embed" style="max-width:550px"><div class="iframely-responsive" style="padding-bottom:56.262%"><a href="https://twitter.com/YoungPageviews/status/879855112256094209" data-iframely-url="https://iframely.barstoolsports.com/5qIkza5"></a></div></div><p><script async src="https://iframely.barstoolsports.com/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></div>