Animal Planet TV Guide — Saturday TV Listings & Schedule

Browse the full Animal Planet TV guide for Saturday, 8 August 2026. 25 programmes listed , including 6 tonight. US listings updated daily — scroll down to tonight's highlights or use the day tabs above to browse the weekly schedule.

Early Morning

00:00 1h

Attack of the Devil Shark

Nature Special

A team sets out to track down the rogue tiger shark responsible for attacks in St. Martin and uncover a force that may be causing aggression in sharks.

01:00 1h

What Shark Attacked?

Information Special

Shark attacks are extremely rare, but when they happen, the first question is always the same: what kind of shark was it?

02:00 1h

Chum Island: Catching a Killer

Documentary Special

Dr. Riley Elliott comes eye-to-eye with massive great whites while on a mission to tag the culprit of a shark attack spree that wrecked an Australian community.

03:00 1h

Secrets of the Great White Kill

Documentary Special

For centuries, great whites were believed to simply stalk their prey.

04:00 1h

Attack of the Devil Shark

Nature Special

A team sets out to track down the rogue tiger shark responsible for attacks in St. Martin and uncover a force that may be causing aggression in sharks.

05:00 1h

Great White Serial Killer: Sea of Blood

Nature Special

Shark attack survivor Paul De Gelder teams up with two specialists to investigate two vicious Great White Shark attacks that occurred near Mexico.

Morning

06:00 1h

Great White Assassins

Nature Special

Marine biologist Alison Towner and marine life photographer Dickie Chivell team up in New Zealand to investigate how killer whales hunt great white sharks.

07:00 1h

Gator Boys

S1 · E1 · Alligator Rampage True

Alligator Rampage

Tensions reach a new level when Paul and Jimmy deal with an all-time high number of calls about nuisance alligators; alligators are spotted near golf courses.

08:00 1h

Gator Boys

S1 · E3 · Mama Gator Mayhem True

Mama Gator Mayhem

Paul, Jimmy and their team prepare for a dangerous mission to capture alligator hatchlings, and Paul and Jimmy realize that Scott has a bad attitude.

09:00 30m

Hard Truths of Conservation

S4 · E7 · Elephant in the Room Sports

Elephant in the Room

Elephant populations in protected African reserves are expanding, but what happens to them when a reserve reaches its capacity?

09:30 30m

Nature's Strangest Mysteries: Solved

S1 · E14 · Disco Spider Nature

Disco Spider

A look at disco dancing spiders; an investigation into an unknown creature stalking Europe's sheep; a town is engulfed in bubbling foam.

10:00 1h

Jurassic Sharks

Documentary Special

Global expeditions yield new evidence of the strangest sharks to ever roam the ocean, and groundbreaking CGI technology brings them back to life.

11:00 1h

Jaws vs. Orca

Documentary Special

Experts push into dangerous waters off the coast of Spain, provoking attacks on their boats to reveal how killer whales dominate their deadliest rival.

Daytime

12:00 1h

House of Sharks

Documentary Special

In New Zealand's waters, great white houses battle for dominance. Experts risk it all to reveal the bloodlines that determine their allegiances.

13:00 1h

Invasion of the Mega Sharks

Documentary Special

A shark team attempts to find the elusive Big Rose: a female great white believed to be one of largest predators in the North Atlantic.

14:00 1h

Bull Shark Dinner Bell

Documentary Special

Shark attack survivor Paul de Gelder and predator specialist Rosie Moore head to Jupiter, Fla., to uncover what's fueling a surge in bull shark aggression.

15:00 1h

Air Jaws: Red, White and Breach

Documentary Special

Great white sharks are emerging along the US coastline.

16:00 1h

Air Jaws: Final Frontier

Nature Special

Shark filmmakers Andy Casagrande and Jeff Kurr hunt for "Air Jaws" in New Zealand's famous launch pad to uncover the secret of breaching great whites.

17:00 1h

Air Jaws: The Hunted

True Special

Alison Towner partners with Chris Fallows and Andy Casagrande in an attempt to find out how five sharks, which were found dead in South Africa in 2017, died.

Evening

18:00 1h

Great White Fight Club

Nature Special

A group of experts head to the hazardous waters of New Zealand to gather startling new evidence that female great whites are the dominate sex.

19:00 1h

Great White North Invasion

Nature Special

Great white sharks flood the shores of Nova Scotia, threatening locals and beginning a mission to track the biggest sharks to identify the most dangerous areas.

20:00 1h

Caught! Sharks Strike Back

Nature Special

Featuring the craziest moments of when sharks strike back, from a shark who slapped a fisherman in the face and a great white stalked a kayaker for 10-minutes.

21:00 1h

Ultimate Shark Dive

Documentary Special

Molly Carlson leaps from a helicopter hovering above the open ocean.

22:00 1h

Biggest Mako on Earth

Documentary Special

A team of experts heads to the Pacific Ocean to track down a 15-foot mako shark off the coast of Mexico and find the biggest mako in the world.

23:00 1h

Sharkzilla Takes New York

Documentary Special

Dr. Craig O'Connell launches an investigation to find the culprit.

Early Morning

Morning

Daytime

Evening

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