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Laura Hurley

Shark Week Expert Weighs In On Jaws As ‘One Of The Best Movies Ever Made,’ But ‘Pretty Bad PR’ For Sharks

Jaws invading boat.

Discovery's Shark Week has been delivering seven days of shark-filled TV every summer for more than thirty years now, but this summer of the 2025 TV schedule really stands out on the shark front thanks to the 50th anniversary of Jaws. The anniversary was almost exactly one month before Shark Week familiar face Paul de Gelder took the screen for his How to Survive a Shark Attack special, so I seized my opportunity during Discovery's press day to ask for his take on the beloved film that did not quite accurately portray great white shark behavior.

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