Season guide
Shark Week: 2013
11 episodes
Premiered Aug 4, 2013 Updated Sep 27, 2026
Previously on Shark Week
Season 26 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Shark Week Season 25.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
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Season 26 Episodes
Episode Guide
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S26·E5
Core
I Escaped Jaws
Aug 6, 2013 · 42 min
For the first time, Shark Week uses real shark attack footage captured by eye-witnesses to examine first-hand accounts from a nurse who lost her arm in an attack while vacationing
S26·E7
Core
Top 10 Sharkdown
Aug 7, 2013 · 42 min
TOP 10 SHARKDOWN updates the international shark attack files for the 21st century and takes a closer look at the sharks viewers won't want to meet at the beach this summer - and t