Syfy Sets ‘Sharknado’ Marathon For April 5

By Michael Malone
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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Syfy hosts a 16-hour Sharknado marathon Sunday, April 5. The event starts at 8 a.m. and ends at midnight. All six franchise movies will air.

The Sharknado franchise debuted on Syfy in 2013 and concluded, after six movies, in 2018. The movies are Sharknado, Sharknado 2: The Second One, Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!, Sharknado: The 4th Awakens, Sharknado 5: Global Swarming and The Last Sharknado: It’s About Time.

Actors Ian Ziering and Tara Reid play fearless shark killers in the over-the-top horror movies, which offer loads of celeb cameos. Asylum Entertainment produces and Anthony C. Ferrante directs. 

Michael Malone
Michael Malone

Michael Malone, senior content producer at B+C/Multichannel News, covers network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television. He hosts the podcasts Busted Pilot, about what’s new in television, and Series Business, a chat with the creator of a new program, and writes the column “The Watchman.” He joined B+C in 2005. His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Playboy and New York magazine.