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Shark Week 2026 kicks off July 26 on Discovery with 20 all-new specials airing nightly through August 1<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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The premiere night features K-Pop Shark Heroes with Ken Jeong and Rei Ami<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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Shark Week shows will include groundbreaking science, daring stunts, and up-close encounters with the ocean’s most fascinating predators<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
There’s something in the water; it’s Shark Week 2026<\/a>.<\/p>\nThe beloved action-packed TV event is back for its 38th year and will premiere on Discovery on Sunday, July 26 at 8 p.m. ET\/PT. PEOPLE has an exclusive first look at Shark Week 2026’s slate of fin-filled shows, which includes 20 all-new specials.<\/p>\n
The famous week-long celebration of sharks, includes new shows every night July 26\u2013 August 1. Discovery promises the premieres will include astounding stunts, pioneering technology and plenty of face time with the ocean’s most stunning apex predators.<\/p>\n
Shark Week 2026 will kick off on the evening of July 26 with K-Pop Shark Heroes, a new special featuring Ken Jeong<\/a> and Rei Ami<\/a>, which has the celebrities traveling around East Asia to reshape perceptions and challenge misconceptions about sharks. The power of K-Pop and its fanatical following helps K-Pop Shark Heroes spread its positive message.<\/p>\nK-Pop Shark Heroes premieres at 8 p.m. ET\/PT on July 26. for a look at the Shark Week highlights to follow, read on for the TV event’s thrilling 2026 slate.<\/p>\n
SUNDAY, JULY 26<\/h3>\n
On Shark Week’s 2026 kick-off day, K-Pop Shark Heroes is followed by Air Jaws: Red, White and Breach at 9 p.m. ET\/PT on Discovery. This new Air Jaws special delves into an emerging phenomenon: great white sharks breaching in California like never before. Sunday’s new programming concludes with Invasion of the Mega Sharks at 10 p.m. ET\/PT, which follows shark researcher Dr. Neil Hammerschlag and Shark Week expert Paul de Gelder on a mission to track down “Big Rose,” a record-breaking great white shark.<\/p>\n
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<\/span><\/div>\nShark Week 2026’s “Invasion of the Mega Sharks”
Credit: Courtesy: Discovery Channel<\/i><\/p>\nMONDAY, JULY 27<\/h3>\n
The second night of Shark Week starts with Bull Shark Dinner Bell at 8 p.m. ET\/PT. In the show, shark attack survivor and advocate Paul de Gelder works with apex predator specialist Rosie Moore to investigate what triggers bull sharks to confront humans. At 9 p.m. ET\/PT, House of Sharks takes viewers to the waters outside New Zealand where great white sharks compete to gain control of the nearby feeding ground. The evening ends with Biggest Mako on Earth at 10 p.m. ET\/PT, where marine biologist Tristan Guttridge, conservationist Kendyl Berna and shark tagger Keith Poe explore rumors that 15 to 20-foot mako sharks are in the deep waters off Southern California.<\/p>\n
Shark Week 2026 kicks off July 26 on Discovery with 20 all-new specials airing nightly through August 1<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
The premiere night features K-Pop Shark Heroes with Ken Jeong and Rei Ami<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
Shark Week shows will include groundbreaking science, daring stunts, and up-close encounters with the ocean’s most fascinating predators<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
There’s something in the water; it’s Shark Week 2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n The beloved action-packed TV event is back for its 38th year and will premiere on Discovery on Sunday, July 26 at 8 p.m. ET\/PT. PEOPLE has an exclusive first look at Shark Week 2026’s slate of fin-filled shows, which includes 20 all-new specials.<\/p>\n The famous week-long celebration of sharks, includes new shows every night July 26\u2013 August 1. Discovery promises the premieres will include astounding stunts, pioneering technology and plenty of face time with the ocean’s most stunning apex predators.<\/p>\n Shark Week 2026 will kick off on the evening of July 26 with K-Pop Shark Heroes, a new special featuring Ken Jeong<\/a> and Rei Ami<\/a>, which has the celebrities traveling around East Asia to reshape perceptions and challenge misconceptions about sharks. The power of K-Pop and its fanatical following helps K-Pop Shark Heroes spread its positive message.<\/p>\n K-Pop Shark Heroes premieres at 8 p.m. ET\/PT on July 26. for a look at the Shark Week highlights to follow, read on for the TV event’s thrilling 2026 slate.<\/p>\n On Shark Week’s 2026 kick-off day, K-Pop Shark Heroes is followed by Air Jaws: Red, White and Breach at 9 p.m. ET\/PT on Discovery. This new Air Jaws special delves into an emerging phenomenon: great white sharks breaching in California like never before. Sunday’s new programming concludes with Invasion of the Mega Sharks at 10 p.m. ET\/PT, which follows shark researcher Dr. Neil Hammerschlag and Shark Week expert Paul de Gelder on a mission to track down “Big Rose,” a record-breaking great white shark.<\/p>\n Shark Week 2026’s “Invasion of the Mega Sharks” The second night of Shark Week starts with Bull Shark Dinner Bell at 8 p.m. ET\/PT. In the show, shark attack survivor and advocate Paul de Gelder works with apex predator specialist Rosie Moore to investigate what triggers bull sharks to confront humans. At 9 p.m. ET\/PT, House of Sharks takes viewers to the waters outside New Zealand where great white sharks compete to gain control of the nearby feeding ground. The evening ends with Biggest Mako on Earth at 10 p.m. ET\/PT, where marine biologist Tristan Guttridge, conservationist Kendyl Berna and shark tagger Keith Poe explore rumors that 15 to 20-foot mako sharks are in the deep waters off Southern California.<\/p>\nSUNDAY, JULY 26<\/h3>\n
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Credit: Courtesy: Discovery Channel<\/i><\/p>\nMONDAY, JULY 27<\/h3>\n