Shark Week Still Has Bite for Discovery

Specials Mythbusters: Shark Special , Dirty Jobs: Greenland Shark Quest help to boost ratings for Discovery Channel's Shark Week.

By Alex Weprin -- Broadcasting & Cable, 8/6/2008 8:40:00 AM

The 21^st installment of Discovery Channel’s Shark Week, which ran July 27-Aug. 2, delivered a total of 29.1 million viewers, up from 27.2 million during last year’s run.

Those numbers were helped by six premiere episodes, two of which cracked the top-10-rated Shark Week programs.

Mythbusters: Shark Special, which kicked off the week, drew 6.2 million unique viewers, while Dirty Jobs: Greenland Shark Quest drew 3.9 million unique viewers.

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