{"id":40623,"date":"2022-07-29T19:25:15","date_gmt":"2022-07-29T23:25:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=40623"},"modified":"2022-07-29T19:25:15","modified_gmt":"2022-07-29T23:25:15","slug":"cnn-to-broadcast-great-white-open-ocean-saturday-july-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2022\/07\/29\/cnn-to-broadcast-great-white-open-ocean-saturday-july-30\/","title":{"rendered":"CNN to Broadcast &#8220;Great White Open Ocean&#8221; Saturday, July 30"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-40622\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/discovery-shark.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"616\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/discovery-shark.jpg 616w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/discovery-shark-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 616px) 100vw, 616px\" \/>For the first time, CNN will broadcast a SHARK WEEK documentary when <strong><em>Great White Open Ocean<\/em><\/strong> airs in primetime on Saturday, July 30 @ 9:00PM ET.<\/p>\n<p><em>Great White Open Ocean<\/em>, a 90-minute documentary, features shark diving expert Jimi Partington who nearly died in the jaws of a great white shark in 2020. One year later, Jimi looked to overcome the traumatic event and get back in the water with the ocean&#8217;s biggest mega-sharks. 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