What's On Tonight (Saturday): All right, Mr. Gregory, Sharks are ready for their Close Up

Sharks Up Close with Bertie Gregory

It's a hard world for little things! Here's what's on television for tonight, Saturday, July 5!

Our Top Pick tonight is Sharks Up Close with Bertie Gregory (National Geographic, 8 p.m. / Hulu & Disney+, Sunday). Kicking off SharkFest 2025 is the documentary special Sharks Up Close, hosted by one of my favorite current nature presenters Bertie Gregory, whose previous series was Animals Up Close. Here, Gregory is gonna swim with the great whites without a cage for protection. So this could also serve as his final special.

Elsewhere, Joe Dante picks Two, Hikaru has a secret, more sharks overtake National Geographic, and Dinner and a Movie leaps tall buildings in a single bound.

(All times are Eastern. All listings are new unless otherwise stated. For more listings, visit The Futon Critic or Gracenote.)

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EARLY STREAMING & EVENING

The Summer Hikaru Died (Netflix, 3 a.m.): SERIES PREMIERE. "Six months ago, Hikaru vanished for a week. Now, as his best friend Yoshiki senses something amiss and confronts him, the harrowing truth emerges."

WHAT ELSE IS ON

⚾ Baseball Night in America (Fox, 7 p.m.): Houston Astros at Los Angeles Dodgersl or Detroit Tigers at Cleveland Guardians

🕗 PRIMETIME 🕚

Investigation Shark Attack (National Geographic, 9 p.m. / Hulu & Disney+, Sunday): SERIES PREMIERE. "The team investigates California's growing population of great whites."

⭐ Sharks Up Close with Bertie Gregory (National Geographic, 8 p.m. / Hulu & Disney+, Sunday): "Bertie journeys to South Africa to dive with great white sharks." Without a cage.

🎥 Two for One: The Night of the Hunter / The Fool Killer (TCM, 8 p.m.): Director Joe Dante picks our double feature of the essential 1955 thriller Night of the Hunter, starring Robert Mitchum in one of cinema's most villainous roles. Following is the 1965 adventure flick with young Edward Albert traveling the post-Civil War countryside, meeting various people, including philosophical axe murderer Anthony Perkins.✔️

WHAT ELSE IS ON

AEW Collision (Max & TNT, 8 p.m.)

🎥 Dinner and a Movie (TBS, 8 p.m.): Superman

House Hunters (HGTV, 10 p.m.)

Love Island (Peacock, 9 p.m.)

🎥 Sinners (HBO, 8 p.m. / Max, now)

🎥 Svengoolie (MeTV, 8 p.m.): The Return of the Vampire

Super Shark Highway (National Geographic, 10 p.m. / Hulu & Disney+, Sunday): Series premiere

Night of the Hunter (via Tenor)

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Key Sources: The Futon Critic; Gracenote; IMDb; TV Passport

⭐: Top Pick
💲: Game show
📡: Linear broadcast

🇰🇷: Korean Drama
🎥: Movie
📺: Throwback

✔️: Video/gif/photo included

🏈🏀⚾⚽🎾🏌️🏒🏎️: Sportsballs

Happy watching, everyone!