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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Mark Kennedy

Discovery 'Shark Week' has breaching great whites, looks back at 'Jaws' and starts with some dancing

TV Shark Week - (© 2025 Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. or its subsidiaries and affiliates. All rights reserved.)

Fifty years ago, “Jaws” unlocked dread in millions about man-eating sharks. This summer, that fear may be somewhat reduced as they become contestants on a TV dance show.

Former “Dancing With the Stars” host Tom Bergeron steps up for a marketing masterstroke by Discovery Channel’s “Shark Week” — “Dancing with Sharks,” where humans and 20-foot-long hammerhead sharks do a little mambo.

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