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*Shark*
Shark
	File:Shark - EP02 0001.jpg Title Card
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	22 (list of episodes)
Production
Running time	60 Minutes
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	September 21 2006 –; present

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For other uses, see Shark (disambiguation).

Shark is a legal drama series starring James Woods as Sebastian Stark, a notorious Los Angeles defense attorney who becomes a prosecutor. It premiered on CBS in Fall 2006, in the 10 p.m. Eastern timezone Thursday night spot. The pilot was directed by Spike Lee.

History

On October 20, 2006, it was announced that CBS had picked up the show for a full 22-episode season.^[1] CBS announced on May 16, 2007 that Shark would return for a second season.^[2]

In Shark's second season, it will move to Sunday Nights at 10:00pm, switching timeslots with Without a Trace, competing against another highly-rated series, Brothers & Sisters.

At one point Shark was in jeopardy of getting canceled 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.

Cast members

Current Cast
The table below summarizes the main cast of Shark.

Character	Actor/Actress
Deputy District Attorney Sebastian Stark	James Woods
Former District Attorney Jessica Devlin	Jeri Ryan
Julie Stark	Danielle Panabaker
Deputy District Attorney Casey Woodland	Samuel Page
Deputy District Attorney Raina Troy	Sophina Brown
Deputy District Attorney Madeline Poe	Sarah Carter
District Attorney Investigator Isaac Wright	Henry Simmons (Episode 8 - present)
District Attorney Lloyd Cutler	Kevin Pollak (Season 2 - present) ^[3]
Deputy District Attorney William Lyons	Kevin Alejandro (Season 2 - present) ^[3]

Former Cast
The table below summarizes former cast members of Shark.

Character	Actor/Actress
Deputy District Attorney Martin Allende	Alexis Cruz (Episodes 1-11)

Episodes

Ratings

USA TV Ratings

Seasonal rankings (based on average total viewers per episode) of Shark on CBS:

Season	Timeslot (EDT)	Season Premiere	Season Finale	TV Season	Rank	Viewers (in millions)
1	Thursday 10:00 P.M.	September 21, 2006	May 3, 2007	2006-2007	#24	13.7^[4]
2	Sunday 10:00 P.M.	September 23, 2007	May, 2008	2007-2008

Australian TV ratings

The first episode of Shark aired on August 6, up against new episodes of ER in the Monday 9.30pm timeslot. Shark only rated 813,000 mainland capital city viewers,^[5] compared to ER's 910,000 viewers. The second episode dropped to 708,000 viewers.^[6]

Cutthroat Manifesto

Stark has three 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 twelve opinions that matter and yours [speaking to his team] is not one of them."

Creative license

Shark is slightly inaccurate in implying that the Los Angeles County District Attorney is controlled by the Mayor 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 Stark, it would be the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, who control the county budget. However, in the context of the program, the Mayor has a good deal of political influence and could pressure the D.A. to make an appointment. When the Mayor withholds his support, the D.A. is defeated for re-election.

Visual in-references

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.

International Broadcasters

Country	Alternate title/Translation	TV Network(s)	Series Premiere	Weekly Schedule
United States		CBS Television	September 21 2006	Thursdays 10:00pm ET
Canada		Global Television Network	October 26 2006	Thursdays 10:00pm ET
Australia		Channel Seven	August 6 2007	Mondays 9:30pm
Brazil		FOX	February 1, 2007	Thursdays 10:00 pm
Belgium		VTM	June 12, 2007	Tuesdays 10:00 pm
Costa Rica		FOX		Mondays 8:00pm
Finland		MTV3	2007
Germany		Vox	October 2007
Hong Kong	律政狂鯊(Legally Fierce Shark)	TVB Pearl	March 5, 2007	Mondays 10:35pm
Iceland		Stöð 2	January 8th, 2007	Tuesdays 9:35pm GMT
Israel	שארק	yes stars 2	March 8, 2007
Latin America		Fox Broadcasting Company	February 5, 2007	Mondays 10:00pm
Malaysia		ntv7	August 2, 2007	Thursdays 11:15pm
The Netherlands		RTL 4	October 30, 2006	Mondays 9:30pm CET
New Zealand		TV3	February 2, 2007	Friday 8.30pm
Norway		TV3	January 4, 2007	Thursdays 9:30pm CET
Portugal	A Lei do Mais Forte (The Law of the Strongest/ Survival of the Fittest)	FOX and SIC	March 29, 2007	Thursdays 10:15pm (reruns Wednesdays 11:50pm and Fridays 7:55pm) and Wednesdays 0:15am GMT
South Africa		M-Net	February 1, 2007	Thursdays 7:30pm
Spain		La Sexta	2007
Sri Lanka		Channel-1 MTV	January 18 2007	Thursdays 9:30pm
Sweden		TV3	January 16, 2007	Tuesdays 8:00pm CET
Thailand		True Series		Thursdays 8:00pm
United Kingdom		Five (first run), Five US (repeats) and UKTV Gold (syndication)	March 22, 2007	Thursdays 10.00pm GMT
Philippines		C/S Crime and Suspense (Cable TV)	June 8, 2007	Fridays 10:00pm

References

^ CBS Gets Chummy With Full 'Shark' Season
^ CBS ANNOUNCES 2007-2008 PRIMETIME SCHEDULE
^ ^a ^b Andreeva, Nellie (2007-07-09). "Pollak signs on to swim with "Shark"". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2007-07-09. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
^ "Hollywood Reporter: 2006-07 primetime wrap". May 25 2007. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Unknown parameter |source= ignored (help)
^ "SMH - Stay In Touch". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 14 August. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
^ "SMH - Stay In Touch". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 14 August. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)

External links

[1] CBS Gets Chummy With Full 'Shark' Season

[2] CBS ANNOUNCES 2007-2008 PRIMETIME SCHEDULE

[RECAST1-3] Andreeva, Nellie (2007-07-09). "Pollak signs on to swim with "Shark"". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2007-07-09. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

[HRwrap2006-07-4] "Hollywood Reporter: 2006-07 primetime wrap". May 25 2007. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Unknown parameter |source= ignored (help)

[5] "SMH - Stay In Touch". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 14 August. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)

[6] "SMH - Stay In Touch". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 14 August. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)

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