There are only so many ways to capture the majesty of sharks in reality television programming. In a genre all-but dominated by Discovery Channel’s Shark Week and National Geographic’s SharkFest, how can a contender like Netflix make a splash in the shark space? How about steal the hook of the Pokémon Snap games, but replace every Pokémon with a breed of shark?
That’s effectively the premise of All the Sharks, a new reality competition series coming to Netflix this summer.
Netflix says All the Sharks is a “fin-tastic,” “first of its kind reality competition where four teams of shark FINatics travel the world trying to find and photograph every shark imaginable in hopes of claiming the $50,000 prize.” In practice, this looks like a Pokémon Snap trainer visiting shark-filled locations in hopes of photographing a rare spawn, centering it in frame, and capturing the beauty/terror of nature. Points for good snaps are
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