Deadliest Catch

Name: Deadliest Catch
Genre: Reality
Released: 2005-04-12
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Bill "Wild Bill" Wichrowski, Keith Colburn, Sig Hansen, Mike Rowe

RETURNING22 Seasons386 Episodes★ 7.2

Deadliest Catch is a reality series on Discovery that premiered in 2005, with 22 seasons and 386 episodes to date. Its most recent episode aired on Sep 25, 2026, and more episodes are on the way.

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NetworkDiscovery

First AiredApr 12, 2005

Last AiredSep 25, 2026

GenreReality

Created ByThom Beers

LanguageEnglish

CountryUnited States

ProductionOriginal Productions

Forty-foot waves, 700 pound crab pots, freezing temperatures and your mortality staring you in the face…it's all in a day's work for these modern day prospectors. During each episode we will watch crews race to meet their quota and make it home safely.

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Cast

Bill "Wild Bill" Wichrowski

Self

Keith Colburn

Self

Sig Hansen

Self

Mike Rowe

Self - Narrator (voice)

Seasons & Episodes22 seasons · 386 episodes

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E1Kings of the Frozen North

May 8, 202689m★ 8.7

In the season premiere, the captains find a rare strain of red King crab in the north amid crushing ice and violent storms. Sig deploys an underwater drone to pinpoint the horde. Jake revives the legendary Cornelia Marie to battle perilous northern seas.

E2Headlong Into Halong

May 15, 202642m★ 8.0

With no port for shelter, Johnathan fights to protect his crew as Typhoon Halong pounds the northern grounds. Rick's Red King jackpot halts when a line fouls his prop. In 25-foot seas, Jake discovers the limits of the Cornelia Marie's fishing operations.

E3Stack Fire

May 22, 202642m★ 8.7

After joining forces, Sig and Jake set their boats on a collision course. Crew tensions explode on the Time Bandit, leading Keith to lure Freddy back to the Wizard. When the Aleutian Lady's exhaust stack bursts into flames, Rick must fight fire with fire.

E4Hunger Game

May 29, 202642m★ 8.3

When the Time Bandit's freezer fails, John makes an emergency trip to St. George Island to feed his hungry crew. Sig and Jake lure crab to their own side of a maritime boundary. Rick battles a perplexing engine issue amid the biggest waves of the season.

E5Saltwater Runs Deep

Jun 5, 202642m

A dream leads John to a crab hotspot, but a rival trawler shares the vision for filling its own massive nets. Keith's crew races to save the Wizard when seawater breaches the engine room. On the Northwestern, Clark gets dragged across the deck by an erratic crane.

E6Rocked to the Core

Jun 12, 202642m

When a rogue wave pummels the Wizard and sidelines its crew, Keith reconsiders the risks he's taking. Racing to make an offload, Sig loses a deckhand to a crushed toe. Rick finds crab but needs new tactics to fish a seafloor bristling with old crab pots.

E7Wrong Side of the Law

Jun 19, 202642m

When Monte discovers Keith set pots in an illegal zone, he and the Wizard crew must pay the price in blood and treasure. A storm reconnects Jake to the larger-than-life hero of the Cornelia Marie's past. Johnathan gambles on a million-dollar fall season.

E8Anything That Can Go Wrong

Jun 26, 202642m

When Sig's crane blows a hydraulic line, Clark ascends the rig in 20-foot seas for a critical repair. The Cornelia Marie crew battles a fire as Jake's engine room fills with smoke. Monte fights a generator outage while Rick dumps pots to avoid capsizing.

E9Nine Souls on Board

Jul 10, 202642m

In the winter season premiere, Sig teaches Sophia how to captain the Northwestern at the Russian line. Jake stacks the Cornelia Marie for a risky trip north. When a crab boat sinks near St. George, the Wizard is the only vessel close enough to reach it.

E10He's In the Water!

Jul 17, 202642m

When Wizard deckhand Lynn Guitard falls overboard in 15 foot seas, Keith and Monte scramble to rescue him before hypothermia sets in. On the Northwestern, Sig lets Sophia prove herself at the Russian line. A greenhorn joins the crew of the Aleutian Lady.

E11O Captain, My Captain

Jul 24, 202642m

On the Aleutian Lady, greenhorn Todd's abscessed tooth forces Rick to consider a costly return to Dutch Harbor. Sig hands new protégé "Bob" the helm for her first-ever opilio season. Johnathan performs surgery-at-sea on his favorite Time Bandit shipmate.

E12Crushing Ice

Aug 7, 202642m

Arctic ice is wreaking havoc on the fishing grounds, putting a fortune in crab pots at risk for Rick. Johnathan puts the reinforced bow of the Time Bandit to the test in an attempt to save the gear. Meanwhile, a health crisis on the Wizard leaves Keith with a life-or-death decision.

E13Those in Peril on the Sea

Aug 14, 202642m

Captains Sig and Sophia shift their fishing strategy as back-to-back injuries plague the Northwestern deck crew. When a Time Bandit crewman suffers a concussion, John must make a perilous harbor entry. Jake loses power in heavy seas on the Cornelia Marie.

E14

E14Curse of the Hybrids

Aug 21, 202642m

Captains Sig & Sophia locate hybrid crab, hitting the jackpot -- but filling their tanks creates an imbalance, putting the Northwestern on the brink of capsize. After OJ receives tragic news at sea, the Time Bandit crew races incoming ice to get him home.

E15

E15Aleutian Solution

Aug 28, 202642m

Sig's crew races to jettison pots and repair a flooding compartment below deck. Rick radios Johnathan to help hide his honey hole, but when Jake spots the Time Bandit's unusual movements, he calls Rick's bluff and puts the Cornelia Marie on hot fishing.

E16

E16Contagion

Sep 4, 202642m

As Jake sets gear in heavy seas, a painful skin infection spreads among the Cornelia Marie crew. Sig cleverly sets in a col between two storms, but pays a price when he returns to haul. As the ice line overruns 22 of his pots, Rick faces a $100K loss.

E17

E17Raw Nerves

Sep 11, 202642m

On the Time Bandit, Johnathan delegates dentistry duties when his brother Neal's dental implants fail far out to sea. Battling 25-foot waves, Keith leans heavily on his co-captain Monte. Rick must reverse course after his greenhorn suffers a head injury.

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E18Runaway Train

Sep 18, 202642m

As 25-foot breakers pound the fleet, critical systems fail at the worst possible time. Sig's engine runs wild, Jake loses power, John's crane cracks and Rick must replace a lackluster deckhand, opening the door for the return of a favorite greenhorn.

E19

E19Father, Brother, Sailor, Son

Sep 25, 202642m

As the season nears its end, tragedy strikes on the Aleutian Lady when greenhorn Todd Meadows falls overboard. As Captain Rick and the crew fight to save their crewmate, the true stakes of fishing on the Bering Sea hit home for everyone across the fleet.

About Deadliest Catch

Deadliest Catch is a reality series on Discovery. The show first aired on Apr 12, 2005 and currently has 22 seasons and 386 episodes. Deadliest Catch is currently airing; its most recent episode aired on Sep 25, 2026. It has a rating of 7.2/10 based on 180 votes. The cast includes Bill "Wild Bill" Wichrowski, Keith Colburn, Sig Hansen, Mike Rowe. Created by Thom Beers.