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Exclusive: Lifetime is expanding its programming slate this summer with two new caught-on-camera clip shows led by Outrageous Love with Nene Leakes.

Leakes will appear in Outrageous Love, premiering on July 1st at 10 p.m. Et. The show will highlight the ups and downs of couples’ love lives with commentary by Leakes, who will also draw from her life experiences to give additional insight.

Leakes was one of the original cast members of The Real Housewives of Atlanta, which premiered in 2008. In her 11-season tenure on the lifestyle series, Leakes created many meme-able moments and one-liners like “Oh, not a white refrigerator,” “I said, what I said,” “So nasty, and so rude,” and many more.

Following the success of the hit Bravo franchise, the reality star took a shot at acting. She landed a recurring role on Ryan Murphy‘s Glee as Roz Washington which she followed with a role...

Shark of Darkness: Wrath of Submarine premiered Sunday night on the Discovery Channel to kick off the network’s annual Shark Week.

Submarine Shark Hoax: 'Shark of Darkness: Wrath of Submarine'

According to Discovery, Shark of Darkness: Wrath of Submarine "explores the legend of 'Submarine,' an enormous great white shark off the coast of South Africa. This 30-foot shark is said to be the largest great white shark of all time. Locals believe that this shark is responsible for countless fatal attacks, but its existence has never been proven. This documentary explores the evidence and asks the question: can Submarine exist?”

Wrath of Submarine claims that the Submarine shark, measuring up to 30 feet long, was a menace that victimized False Bay, South Africa between the 70s and 90s. In the lead up to the premiere of the “documentary,” Discovery Channel hosted a blog penned by “Senior Fellow at the...

As Shark Week begins Sunday, Aug. 10, so does viewers’ amazement at the titles of Discovery’s new specials. “We have brainstorm meetings for titles on every show, and I’m telling you, when a brainstorm meeting on the next car show comes up, you go to a conference room and there’s like four people in it,” Michael Sorensen, VP of development and production for the channel, says. “Anytime we have a Shark Week brainstorm for titles, you have to get more seats. It’s packed, people throwing out mash-ups: One of my favorites that came out of one of these meetings was Sharkcano.

Dang, you people dig sharks: Discovery reports that its annual Shark Week posted the highest ratings ever in its 26-year history. The week of programming from Aug. 4 to Aug. 10 also pulled in a record number of eyeballs in the persons 18-49 demo.

The bragging rights continued among men 18-49 demo: Shark Week helped Discovery to become the No. 1 network in all of TV among dudes, including broadcast and cable. Many of the network’s shark programming enjoyed high-rated premieres in persons 18-49, including Voodoo Sharks, I Escaped Jaws, Great White Serial Killer and Great White Gauntlet.

A lot of the...

A Discovery Channel special that speculated about whether a giant prehistoric shark could still exist today has drawn a passionate response from viewers — both good and bad.

The program, Megalodon: The Monster Shark Lives, opened Discovery’s annual Shark Week this weekend. With an estimated 4.8 million viewers, it had the largest audience of any show in the 26 years that Discovery has made Shark Week a part of its summer programming.

Yet it drew a heated response online from viewers who said airing a “mockumentary” that talks seriously about the existence of a creature known only from its fossils compromises the network’s reputation.

Discovery Communications is standing by its Megalodon faux-documentary. Shark Week executive producer Michael Sorensen defended Sunday's two-hour special, which included found footage and so-called "evidence" that the prehistoric shark with teeth the size of an adult hand was very much alive. (The Megalodon lived approximately 1.5 million years ago.) "With a whole week of Shark Week programming ahead of us, we wanted to explore the possibilities of Megalodon," Sorensen said in a statement. "It's one of the most debated shark discussions of all time, can Megalodon exist today? It's Ultimate Shark Week fantasy. The

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New York — Comic Josh Wolf may not want to hear the word "shark" after next week, much less bump into one.

Discovery has given him a unique assignment: host an hour-long talk show for five nights in a row on the menacing beast, a new wrinkle in the network's annual "Shark Week."

"Shark After Dark" will debut Sunday at 11 p.m. Edt.

Wolf, who's a recurring character on Fox's "Raising Hope" and perhaps best known as a regular guest on E! Entertainment's "Chelsea Lately," said he's looking forward to the challenge.

"Not only have I always been fascinated with `Shark Week,' I've always wanted to do a late-night talk thing," he said. "That's been on the bucket list. This kills two birds with one stone."

So how do you fill an hour each night with chatter about a creature that does all its talking with its teeth?

Wolf will...

New York — Colliding stunts on Discovery and The Weather Channel next week feel like another "Sharknado."

Discovery is holding its 26th annual Shark Week of programming at the same time The Weather Channel is airing Hurricane Week.

The weather folks can't resist a joke about it, airing a promotional ad that depicts a giant shark flying away in a stiff wind that references both Shark Week and "Sharknado," the Syfy network movie that has become a campy classic this summer.

"If having a little fun with this very serious topic helps get a little more attention, we're all for it," said David Clark, Weather Channel president.

Shark Week is a mixture of fun and science, even including a shark talk show this summer. Discovery's embrace of the week's pop culture status was signaled with the Snuffy the Seal ad that has received more than 5.5 million views on YouTube and the Discovery website.