Shark Week
2. August 2009 | 18:40Feeding frenzy: Fans eating it up as ‘Shark Week’ recalls the Jersey Shore panic of 1916
In July 1916, New Jerseyans didn’t need a Discovery Channel or a “Shark Week” to give them a shudder. They just needed a look at their local paper. “TWO MORE VICTIMS OF MAN EATING SHARK” screamed one headline 93 years ago, when all of New Jersey went shark-crazy. (News Source: The Record and Herald News - 11:57:22)
Take a bite out of ‘Shark Week’
Watching Discovery Channel’s annual “Shark Week” specials makes one wonder if the station is in cahoots with a swimming pool company. (News Source: The Buffalo News - 10:19:29)
It’s Shark Week on Discovery Channel
NONE OF US WOULD ever want to be a shark’s chum, but that doesn’t stop us from diving into shark lore for a week each summer. (News Source: Asbury Park Press - 11:11:39)
‘Shark Week’ kicks off Sunday
Bloodiest. Shark Week. Ever. Allow me the cadence of Comic Book Guy in my description of this year’s shark-themed programming on Discovery Channel starting Sunday night. (News Source: New Haven Register - 08:08:31)
Discovery Channel’s “Shark Week”
This year’s “Shark Week” kicks off Sunday night with intense interviews and docu-dramas. (News Source: TheCelebrityCafe.com - 03:16:13)
Discovery Channel’s Shark Week explores the depths of intrigue
No one wants to be a shark’s chum, but viewers are more than eager to kick back for a week every summer to dive into shark lore. Shark Week, which begins today on the Discovery Channel, features six new documentaries. (News Source: The Fayetteville Observer - 04:02:03)
Shark Week, ‘The Closer,’ ‘Burn Notice,’ ‘Monk’: TV’s best for Aug. 2-8
Discovery Channel Here, sharky sharky. Discovery Channel’s popular Shark Week starts Sunday.”Blood in the Water” (9 p.m. Sunday, Discovery Channel): This two-hour premiere is a retelling of the 1916 New Jersey Shore panic that partly inspired Peter Benchley’s 1974 novel,… (News Source: The Cleveland Plain Dealer - 16:27:55)
Discovery Channel’s wildly popular Shark Week is circling
Cue the ominous tubas from John Williams’ Jaws score. Check for dorsal fins.Shark Week is back. (News Source: USA Today - 17:15:49)
Duh-duh. Duh-duh. Duh-duh-duh-duh … (It’s Shark Week!)
Cue the ominous tubas from John Williams’ “Jaws” score. Check for dorsal fins. Shark Week is back. Discovery Channel’s popular annual fin … er, fan favorite summer programming block returns at 8 p.m. Sunday, aiming to scare, educate and entertain viewers with the first of six premieres, “Blood in the Water.” (News Source: Chicago Sun-Times - 09:21:27)
Shark Week 2009
Are you ready for Shark Week, beginning 9 p.m. Sunday? The annual event on the Discovery channel kicks off Sunday night with “Blood in the Water,” a look at a series if shark attacks off the Jersey coast in 1916, including one in Matawan and another off the Spring Lake beach. The attacks served as the inspiration for the book and subsequent movie of “Jaws.” Check back Sunday for details. … (News Source: Asbury Park Press - 10:57:20)
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