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    Shark Week 2013

    SUNDAY, AUG. 4

    Air Jaws: Countdown to Shark Week 2013 8pm

    Air Jaws programming has pushed and expanded our understanding of great white sharks andhas become one of the iconic Shark Week programs. In Air Jaws: Countdown to Shark Week2013, a documentary crew goes behind the scenes to see how Air Jaws has changed what weknow about these incredible creatures and to give Shark Week viewers a sneak peek into the nextAir Jaws special, Finding Colossus, which will air during Shark Week 2014.

    Megalodon: Monster Shark Lives 9pmIn April 2013, a fishing vessel was attacked off the coast of South Africa, killing all on board. ATV crew documented marine biologist Collin Drake as he worked to determine the predatorresponsible. As the investigation goes on, time is running out to positively identify the predator.Will Drake and his team positively identify the predator before another attack? This two-hour

    program is the exclusive documentary following his expedition.Shark After Dark Live 11pmDiscoverys first ever late -night live talk show will be featured each evening during Shark Week2013. Comedian Josh Wolf will lead viewers through an hour-long celebration of all thingsshark-related that will include celebrity guests, shark experts and shark attack survivors, amongothers. Wolf will also look back at some of the highlights from the past 26 years of Shark Week,and look ahead to give viewers a sneak peek at the next days Shark Week 2013 programs. Theshow will also give viewers the first opportunity to interact live on-air every night with tweets,questions to the shark experts and more.

    MONDAY, AUG. 5

    Sharkzilla: Sharktweeto 8pmOn this Sharktweeto edition featuring bonus footage and your tweets, meet Sharkzilla, a 52-footmechanical Megalodon, a prehistoric mega shark that ruled the oceans as recently as 2 millionyears ago. The build team has brought this giant shark to life with the help of the Mythbusters,

    just to see what it can really do.

    Return of Jaws 9pmWith the first shark attack in the state of Massachusetts for nearly 80 years, Return of Jawsreveals brand new revelations about how the great whites live and hunt off Cape Cod by trackinga 17-foot shark with a robot submarine a Shark Week first.

    Voodoo Sharks 10pmThis special follows a team of Cajun fishermen out to prove the existence of a monster sharkreported to be living in the bayous of Louisiana. Meanwhile, a shark scientist also attempts toresearch bull sharks living in a freshwater lake just outside of New Orleans.

    Shark After Dark Live 11pm

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    TUESDAY, AUG. 6

    Return of Jaws: Sharktweeto 8pmA Sharktweeto edition of the Return of Jaws special, featuring bonus footage and viewer tweets.

    I Escaped Jaws 9pmThese are the harrowing firsthand tales, many caught on camera, of people who stared into the

    jaws of a shark and survived. These survivors used their wits and experience, and all lived toshare their chilling stories.

    Spawn of Jaws 10pmMaverick scientist Dr. Michael Domeier launches a dangerous mission. Helped by The Fast andthe Furious star Paul Walker, he risks life and limb to unravel the mystery of where Jaws gives

    birth. To pull it off he needs to get within arms reach of the oceans fiercest predator with the biggest bite in the water.

    Shark After Dark Live 11pm

    WEDNESDAY, AUG. 7

    Voodoo Sharks: Sharktweeto 8pmFeaturing bonus footage and viewer tweets, this is a special edition of Voodoo Sharks.

    Top Ten Sharkdown 9pmTiger sharks, bull sharks and great whites kill more humans than all other shark speciescombined, but do you know which will be number one? Using the most recent shark-attack stats,discover how these notorious man- eaters hunt, and meet two elusive species that you really dontwant to meet snorkeling.

    Great White Serial Killer 10pmCalifornias Surf Beach may be haunted by a serial killing great white shark that returns everytwo years, on virtually the same day, to kill. The key to solving this mystery is a CSI-styleforensic study that analyzes bite patterns and uses DNA sampling of tooth fragments found inone of the victims.

    Shark After Dark Live 11pm

    THURSDAY, AUG. 8

    Spawn of Jaws: Sharktweeto 8pmSpecial edition of Spawn of Jaws, featuring bonus footage and viewer tweets.

    Sharkpocalypse 9pmShark attacks have been increasing in number, but surprisingly shark numbers are at an all-timelow due to the shark-finning trade. Could there be a connection between the two? Could the

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    destruction of sharks by humans actually be causing an increase in the number of shark attacks?To explore this theory, wildlife filmmakers Devon Massyn and Andy Casagrande take an insanetrip around the globe, diving with great whites, tiger sharks, great hammerheads, bull sharks,lemons and reef sharks. Through the explosion of amazing footage they captured and some crazyexperiments, theyll test several theories to find out if the 100 million sharks being killed every

    year could potentially lead to us into a Sharkpocalypse.

    Alien Sharks 10pmThis special follows American and Japanese scientists as they descend into the deepest anddarkest unexplored oceans on earth in search of some of the more incredible and bizarre sharkson the planet, from the Goblin shark to the elusive, giant Megamouth shark.

    Shark After Dark Live 11pm

    FRIDAY, AUG. 9

    Great White Gauntlet 8pmDivers brave a shark gauntlet in Australias treacherous coastal waters to capture a lucrative seacreature. Fierce competition and dangerous currents add to the tension in a job where death byshark attack is very real.

    SATURDAY, AUG. 10

    Sharkpocalypse: Sharktweeto 8pmBonus footage and viewer tweets in this edition of the Sharkpocalypse special.

    Megalodon: Monster Shark Lives: Sharktweeto 9pmBonus footage and viewer tweets in this edition of the Megalodon special.