Shockwave is an American documentary television series that premiered on November 30, 2007, on the History Channel.

The program compiles video footage and eyewitness accounts to the headline making events and attempts to educate the viewer as to what really happened in a particular event.

The show depicts the United Airlines Flight 232 crash, USS Forrestal fire, the Killdozer, the Mount Hood hiking incident, the deadly Ramstein airshow disaster, and the PEPCON disaster.

The toolbox of resources which the show employs to perform this task include the following items: Each episode has typically four, five or six stories (or events).

*denotes lack of info for show due to unavailability of episode Common Sense Media rated the show 3 out of 5 stars.