TV Time - Nat Geo's SharkFest

Dive into Nat Geo’s 4-week long Summer programming event perfect for viewers of all ages. The year, Nat Geo’s SharkFest makes a splash with 26 hours of original entertaining and educational programming that everyone will want to take a bite out of. From exploring a newly discovered great white shark nursery off the coast of New York City to following ultra-marathon sea swimmer Ross Edgely as he attempts to pit his mind and body against the ocean’s apex predator, viewers will plunge into the shark-infested waters, while also learning about the importance of conservation, and taking care of the planet’s oceans and beaches. 

Some of the jaw-some programming includes…

SHARK BEACH WITH ANTHONY MACKIE: GULF COAST

National Geographic – Premieres June 30 at 9/8c

Disney+ and Hulu – July 1

Shark Beach with Anthony Mackie: Gulf Coast follows Mackie in his hometown of New Orleans, where he grew up boating and fishing, and still fishes its waters to this day. In this hour-long special, Mackie investigates a fishing phenomenon called depredation, in which a shark preys upon a fisherman’s catch and consumes it before it can be retrieved. Across the globe, more and more fishermen are encountering this competition for food, bringing humans and sharks in closer proximity than ever before. After an increase in shark sightings in his hometown, Mackie sets out to learn more about these cases from the local Louisiana fishing communities affected as well as specialist scientists. He discovers how these human-shark encounters may be pointing to larger environmental issues on the shores of Louisiana and through the Gulf of Mexico.

SHARK VS. ROSS EDGLEY 

National Geographic – Premieres June 30 at 10/9c

Disney+ and Hulu – July 1

Ultra-athlete and shark advocate Ross Edgley goes head-to-head against four of the ocean’s most formidable sharks. He’s won the world record for the world’s longest assisted stage sea swim of nearly 1,800 miles but now Ross is pushing himself even further and testing his speed, strength, endurance, and digestive system. In four jaw-dropping shark challenges, Ross attempts a G-force turn like a hammerhead, a polaris jump out the water like a white shark, to out swim the mako — the world’s fastest shark — and finally, he tries to feast like a tiger shark.

BABY SHARKS IN THE CITY 

National Geographic – Premieres July 2 at 8/7c

Disney+ and Hulu – July 1

Shark biologists have discovered a nursery of Atlantic great whites right off the coast of New York City! Watch as they deploy a state-of-the-art camera tag to reveal the secret life of the baby great white for the first time in these Atlantic waters, and study how climate change may impact the future of this shark population.

Don’t miss SHARKFEST premiering June 30th on National Geographic 

and Steaming July 1 on Hulu and Disney+