Well, we have some good news and some bad news this morning. The bad news: Shark Week is officially over. The good news: Discovery’s first Shweekend (shark + weekend = shweekend…get it?) is coming your way this August featuring even more jawsome shark programming for the biggest fin-atics out there. Stay tuned for more information as the date approaches!
In the meantime, here is some other news you may have missed from this past week:
- Animal Planet Renews ‘Last Alaskans’ for Second Season (Exclusive) (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Discovery CEO Zaslav Chats About $1.4B Winning Olympic Bid (NY Post)
- Discovery’s ‘Cuban Chrome,’ About the Restoration of Old American Cars, is the First U.S. TV Series Filmed Entirely in Cuba (New York Daily News)
- Volkswagen Plays New Music with Discovery’s Shark Week (MediaPost)
- TLC Launches Chat Show for Arab Women Across Middle East and North Africa (Variety)
- Animal Planet’s ‘Dr. Jeff: Rocky Mountain Vet’ Is Not for the Faint of Heart (Yahoo! TV)
- Arthur Bastings Boards DNI as Head of Asia-Pacific(Realscreen)
- Shark Week Host Eli Roth on Why He’s Afraid for the Great Whites (Vanity Fair)
- Discovery’s Shark Week Gets Back to Reality (USA Today)
- It’s Shark Week, So This ‘Jawsome’ Mural Has Taken Over the Discovery Building (Washington Post)