It’s Shark Week, and Will Smith is involved
Photo: Benjamin Lanpher/Discovery Channel
Here’s what’s happening in the world of television for Tuesday, August 11. All times are Eastern.
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Will Smith: Off The Deep End (Discovery, 9 p.m., one-hour special): It’s Shark Week, a week in which the Discovery Channel celebrates some of the most magnificent creatures on earth airs TV programs about sharks, movies about sharks, movies about unlikely meteorological phenomena and sharks, and this year, a thing in which Will Smith does something with sharks. Take it away, press release!
Will Smith is diving headfirst into action, excitement, and shark infested waters, as he confronts his fear of the open seas and the open jaws of nature’s fiercest predators.
In lieu of a trailer, please enjoy this clip from Shark Tale, featuring Will Smith.