The show that started it all premiered in 2013, giving viewers a never-before-seen look into the lives of the crews who work and live on luxurious superyachts during charter season. Captain Lee Rosbach has remained at the helm throughout Below Deck's entire run—a whopping nine seasons, with a 10th confirmed to be in the works—though the same can't be said for many of the other crew members, save Kate Chastain. She was a fan-favorite chief stew until she departed Below Deck in 2020.
Over the years, the series' many yachts have traveled to the most gorgeous of locales, including Sint Maarten, the British Virgin Islands, the Bahamas, Tahiti, Phuket, Antigua and St. Kitts.
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The first Below Deck spinoff launched in 2016 and took viewers to "the world's oldest cruising grounds," a.k.a. the Mediterranean Sea. Captain Mark Howard led the way during Below Deck Mediterranean's first season, but Captain Sandy Yawn took the reins the next year and has yet to miss a charter season since. Chief stew Hannah Ferrier was long synonymous with the show, but she was swiftly fired in 2020 after then-bosun Malia White told Sandy that Hannah had undeclared Valium and a CBD pen on board. (Hannah has since explained that the Valium was prescribed and the CBD was legal where they were sailing.)
Below Deck Mediterranean is now in its seventh season, set to premiere July 11.
Below Deck Sailing Yacht premiered in 2020, introducing viewers to the massive Parsifal III. Captain Glenn Shephard has led three charters since then—one in Greece, another in Croatia and most recently, one in Spain—and while many crew members from season one didn't return, the following year set the stage for Gary King, Colin Macrae and Daisy Kelliher. All three went on to star on Below Deck Sailing Yacht's most recent season, which wrapped in June.
The latest installment, Below Deck Down Under, hit Peacock in March. Just as the title implies, the show traveled all the way to Australia, where a brand new crew—headed by Captain Jason Chambers and including familiar face Aesha Scott, who previously starred on Below Deck Med—boarded a 150-foot-plus superyacht known as "Thalassa."
Coming soon to Bravo, Below Deck Adventure will take wealthy thrill-seekers on the mega-yacht trip of a lifetime where they'll experience thrilling adventures and daredevil activities, all against some of the world's most beautiful backdrops. Up first? The glacial fjords of Norway, where season one's charter guests will paraglide, cave rappel and cold-water plunge their way through the day, dine on freshly caught seafood straight from the Scandinavian waters in the evening, and still get all steamed up in the hot tub by night.