For other uses, see Shark (disambiguation).

Shark
File:Shark Season1.jpg The Cast of Shark.
Directed by	Spike Lee
Starring	James Woods Jeri Ryan Samuel Page Danielle Panabaker Sophina Brown Sarah Carter Henry Simmons
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	15 (list of episodes)
Production
Running time	60 Minutes
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	September 21 2006 – present

Shark is an American television show that is a part of the new crop of CBS shows in the Fall 2006 line up. Shark aired in Canada on Global as a simsub as well as airing in the UK on Five US with repeats on UKTV Gold and it has been airing in Iceland on Stöð 2 since January 8th. It will also air in Australia on the Seven Network in 2007 and in Norway on TV3 starting January 4. In the US, this show premiered on September 21, 2006, in The Netherlands Shark premiered on RTL4 on October 30, 2006.

The drama features American actors James Woods and Jeri Ryan. Shark is about a notorious Los Angeles defense attorney who becomes a prosecutor. The pilot was directed by Spike Lee. CBS debuted Shark in the coveted 10 p.m. ET Thursday night spot. The show followed Survivor and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.

On October 20, 2006, it was announced that CBS has renewed the show for a full 22-episode season. [1]

The table below summarizes the main cast of Shark.

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Deputy District Attorney Martin Allende was killed off the show in the January 4, 2007 episode, The Wrath of Khan.

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Stark has 3 rules, which he refers to as his "Cutthroat Manifesto:"

• "Trial is War. Second place is death."
• "Truth is relative. Pick one that works."
• "In a jury trial, there are only 12 opinions that matter and yours [speaking to his team] is not one of them."

• Shark was in jeopardy of getting cancelled before it even started, but James Woods gave the legal drama new life once he signed on to star in the pilot. Both James Woods and Spike Lee have spent most of their careers focusing on feature films, not television.
• In episode four, during an exterior shot of a hotel right before a scene where Casey and Raina question a bartender, a bus with an ad for Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip passes in front of the camera. CBS had previously lost a bidding war to NBC for the rights to Studio 60 in October 2005.
• Shark is slightly inaccurate in implying that the Los Angeles County District Attorney is controlled by the City of Los Angeles. The District Attorney is actually an independently elected official of the county government. If anyone could pressure the D.A. to hire a former criminal defense attorney like Sebastian Shark, it would be the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, who control the county budget. The City of Los Angeles does have a City Attorney, but that official prosecutes only misdemeanors and files a variety of civil lawsuits against criminals, rather than the high-stakes felony prosecutions depicted in the show.

Country	TV Network(s)	Series Premiere	Weekly Schedule
United States	CBS Television	September 21 2006	Thursdays 10:00pm ET
Canada	Global Television Network	October 262006	Thursdays 10:00pm ET
Australia	Channel Seven	2007
The Netherlands	RTL 4	October 30, 2006	Mondays 9:30pm CET
United Kingdom	Five US (first run) and UKTV Gold (repeats)	2007
Sweden	TV3	January 16, 2007	Tuesdays 8:00pm CET
Norway	TV3	January 4, 2007	Thursdays 9:30pm CET
New Zealand	TV3	February 2, 2007	Friday 8.30pm
Hong Kong	TVB Pearl	March 5, 2007	Mondays 10:35pm
Latin America	Fox Broadcasting Company	February 5, 2007	Mondays 10:00pm
Portugal	SIC	TBD	TBD
Brazil	FOX Network	February 1, 2007	Thursdays 10:00 pm

|- | South Africa || MNET || February 1, 2007 || Thursdays 8:00pm

• CBS Upfront page for Shark
• James Woods Stars in CBS Shark
• Shark at IMDb
• Thefutoncritic.com Development Update: October 17 2005
• TV Guide's "Shark" page