The WORST episodes of Shark Week
Every episode of Shark Week ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Shark Week!
Every year we dedicate a full week to sharks, this includes newly made specials each year all featuring sharks and their attacks.
#1 - Brad Paisley's Shark Country
Season 2021 - Episode 8 - Aired 7/13/2021
Country star Brad Paisley and comedian JB Smoove meet in the Bahamas to attract new fans, Sharks! With Dr. Austin Gallagher's help, they put Brad's musical talents to the test in shark-infested waters to see how sound can attract or repel sharks.
#2 - Mystery of the Black Demon Shark
Season 2021 - Episode 18 - Aired 7/16/2021
In Mexico, legends swirl around El Demonio Negro, a 50-foot shark that has terrorized fishermen and tourists alike for generations. Is this an undiscovered predator? Forrest Galante hunts for answers in the most rugged and remote parts of the Baja Peninsula.
#3 - Monster Sharks of Andros Island
Season 2021 - Episode 17 - Aired 7/16/2021
Shark researchers travel to Andros Island in The Bahamas to determine if it's a new great hammerhead hotspot, and they're using reports of a half-octopus, half-shark creature known as the Lusca to help them locate massive sharks for their study.
#4 - Ninja Sharks 2: Mutants Rising
Season 2021 - Episode 16 - Aired 7/16/2021
In the icy waters of Alaska, off populated beaches of New York and lurking in ghostly shipwrecks off the coast of North Carolina, scientists have discovered three sharks that have developed unique and deadly ninja skills.
#5 - Mega Jaws of Bird Island
Season 2021 - Episode 15 - Aired 7/15/2021
South African great whites are on the brink of extinction, but experts believe there is at least one breeder shark left in the water surrounding Bird Island. A team will search and tag the last female great white mature enough to carry on the species.
#6 - Sharkadelic Summer 2
Season 2021 - Episode 14 - Aired 7/15/2021
Sharkadelic is back to find out if this summer will be the sharkiest on record. Snoop Dogg breaks down the craziest encounters, the wildest and most unpredictable reactions to discover if America is once again ground zero for the shark superstorm.
#7 - Dr. Pimple Popper Pops Shark Week
Season 2021 - Episode 13 - Aired 7/15/2021
Dr. Pimple Popper has entertained millions with her extreme pimple popping videos. Now she heads to Turks and Caicos with Dr. Austin Gallagher to explore the world of shark skin and how she can apply the science they gather to help human skin issues.
#8 - Return to Lair of the Great White
Season 2021 - Episode 12 - Aired 7/14/2021
Dr. Craig O'Connell and Marc Payne return to where they unexpectedly filmed a juvenile great white during a past mission. Believing there's a nursery nearby, they follow the trail to a discovery that could change everything we know about great whites.
#9 - The Real Sharknado
Season 2021 - Episode 11 - Aired 7/14/2021
We have all seen the movies, sharks jumping into boats, circling in tornados, and risking their lives to attack humans. Could these shark feasts happen? Ian Ziering and Tara Reid pick up their chainsaws once again to see if a Real Sharknado could happen.
#10 - Mechashark
Season 2021 - Episode 10 - Aired 7/14/2021
To track down New Zealand's monster great whites, researchers build a submersible designed to look like a shark and pilot it deep into what they believe could be a mating ground - the Holy Grail of shark science.
#11 - The Spawn of El Diablo
Season 2021 - Episode 9 - Aired 7/13/2021
In 2012, Michelle Jewell documented one of the largest great white mating scars ever recorded. Recently similar marks have appeared, leading her to believe this is a possible mating ground and that mega-shark El Diablo has returned to South Africa.
#12 - I Was Prey: Terrors From the Deep 2
Season 2021 - Episode 19 - Aired 7/16/2021
Two adventure seekers recount their horrifying shark attack experiences.
#13 - Mothersharker
Season 2021 - Episode 7 - Aired 7/13/2021
It's a great mystery where tiger sharks give birth. One team of scientists deploys an arsenal of new technology to find out, but they need to meet some of Bahamas' biggest tiger shark mothers face-to-face for it to work.
#14 - Expedition Unknown: Shark Trek
Season 2021 - Episode 6 - Aired 7/12/2021
Josh Gates links up with his childhood hero, William Shatner, to boldly go where Shark Week has never gone before. The mission: enter shark-infested waters to understand the nature of fear and come face to face with an apex predator. This is Shark Trek.
#15 - Jaws Awakens: Phred vs. Slash
Season 2021 - Episode 5 - Aired 7/12/2021
Rumor has it that two of the largest sharks in existence have been recently roaming New Zealand waters, but nobody knows which one is the largest. Brandon McMillan and Dickie Chivell are heading out to see which one takes the cake -- Phred or Slash?
#16 - Air Jaws: Going for Gold
Season 2021 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/12/2021
The Air Jaws team returns to Seal Rock to capture the highest breach ever recorded. Rocket Shark holds the record at a 15-feet. Will he return to jump even higher, or will a new shark take the World's Highest Flying Great White Shark title?
#17 - Jackass Shark Week
Season 2021 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/11/2021
Johnny Knoxville sends Steve-O, Chris Pontius and new Jackass cast members on a Shark Week mission for the ages. They'll dial up a series of shark stunts that test their bravery and threshold of pain as they put common shark myths to the test.
#18 - Tiffany Haddish Does Shark Week
Season 2021 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/11/2021
Tiffany Haddish hosts Shark Week! While her fantasy was to uncover the secrets of shark sex sailing on the fanciest yachts, surrounded by friendly sea creatures and pampered by a handsome merman, she's in for the sharkiest of wake-up calls.
#19 - Crikey! It's Shark Week
Season 2021 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/11/2021
Robert Irwin comes face to face with a great white shark for the first time ever. Following his father's footsteps, he will get as close as possible to these incredible creatures to determine which apex predator reigns supreme – crocs or great whites?
#20 - Naked & Afraid of Sharks 2
Season 2020 - Episode 24 - Aired 8/16/2020
On the edge of the Bermuda Triangle, five Naked and Afraid veterans — Matt Wright, Jeff Zausch, Serena and Amber Shine, and Alex Manard — attempt to survive on a remote strip of islands whose waters are so teeming with predators, locals call it ‘Shark Alley.’ With limited resources and punishing conditions on land, they’ll have no choice but to take to the waters and compete with hungry sharks for the same food.
#21 - I Was Prey: Terrors from the Deep
Season 2020 - Episode 23 - Aired 8/15/2020
A California surfer, a Canadian thrill-seeker, an Alabama football coach, and a mother from North Carolina reveal how they each came face-to-face with the ocean's top predator and lived to tell their stories.
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#22 - Sharks Gone Wild 3
Season 2020 - Episode 22 - Aired 8/15/2020
Everything you always wanted to know about viral shark videos but were afraid to ask! Sharks Gone Wild 3 reviews everything from viral videos and the biggest news stories to the latest in cutting-edge shark science.
#23 - Impractical Jokers: Shark Week Spectacular
Season 2022 - Episode 7 - Aired 7/26/2022
The Impractical Jokers are the kings of hijinx and fearlessness in the face of public humiliation but see what happens when they set out to dispel the myth that sharks are man-eating beasts the only way they know how – with extreme, mortifying challenges and dares.
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#24 - Clash of Killers: Great White vs. Mako
Season 2022 - Episode 17 - Aired 7/29/2022
Scientist Dr. Riley Elliott is tracking two of the ocean's most legendary apex predators – great whites and makos – as they head on a collision course during their yearly migration off the coast of New Zealand.
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#25 - Jaws vs. The Blob
Season 2022 - Episode 16 - Aired 7/29/2022
A new ocean phenomenon known as The Blob sends juvenile great white sharks straight into a feeding frenzy for monster 20ft adults off the coast of Guadalupe Island. A team of shark experts dives deep to discover if the young sharks survive or become a snack.
Watch Now:Apple TV