Shark Week

I usually watch these episodes with the volume off and captions on as I get so sick of the yelling and high fives as if these people are at a sports match because a shark has appeared. Always some unknown "marine biologist" who overact with their 15 minutes of fame and sensationalize their shark research. The research they are conducting is usually something really ridiculous that I can't imagine any funding would sponsor. The shark pictures are great but the sompeople on these episodes and what they are trying to accomplish is just the stuff of nothing but show biz. I notice over the past few years the history channel has really gone down hill.

This should be made illegal. Such over hyped rubbish or even completely fabricated "facts" should be against the law.

Discovery channel has failed! Over and over again. Shark week doesn't need SciFi, joking celebrities or every episode about Great Whites (my favorite shark). It needs science, facts and information on as many sharks as feasible. The new standard for Shark Week...Nat Geo Shark Fest! Absolutely amazing, they focus on everything Discovery can't seem to.

This is "Whale Wars" for sharks. 60 min episodes that are dragged on and on with overhyped forced and phony drama of things that never materialize into anything entertaining.

They try to turn every moment into a big dramatic moment but never actually delivers. Whether it a shark about to bite, someone drowning etc nothing comes out of it. A big bore fest.

This show which began as a groundbreaking exploration into my favorite animal has turned into some thing that appears to be written produced and edited by children.

Every season should bring more insights, more scientific data, and bring the viewer into the evolving world of shark knowledge. Over the years there were some great devices and strategies for learning more about these animals and regular updates could make the show more valuable or worth watching however season after season these initiatives are never updated going back to or further developed instead viewers are being fed a pathetic amount of facts data and information which could be told in 3 minutes but they milk over an entire episodes. Instead of getting smarter and building peoples knowledge of these animals it gets dumber by the season - more and more uneducational.

Is there anyone left in the world actually doing real shark science, if there is they are not featured in this program any longer. Not only has the show stopped having goals or quests or studies or missions that are scientifically significant but the claims they make, processes they follow and conclusions they present are pathetic and mostly bad-fake-false science.