Celebrate 50 years of ‘Jaws’ with Shark Week 2025. See dates, schedule for annual TV event

Braceyourself—SharkWeek2025isalmosthere,andthisonewillbeespeciallyjaw-someastheDiscoveryChannelcelebratesthe50thanniversaryof“Jaws.” TheDiscoveryChannelbegantheannual,week-longprogrammingeventdedicatedtotheseadogsin1988.Thepopculturephenomenonfeaturesdocumentaries,educationalprogrammingandentertainmentshowsintendedtocelebrateandexplorethebiology,behaviorandimportanceofsharkswithinmarineecosystems. Whilethetraditionusuallyleanstowardeducationalcontent,thisyearwillfeedonfearwithshowslike“GreatWhiteReignofTerror”and“Florida’sDeathBeach.” SteveKessel,directorofmarineresearchatChicago’sSheddAquarium,believesSharkWeekholdsinvaluableeducationalopportunities—butadmitstothestronginfluenceofmedialike“Jaws,”whichgrossedover$470milliongloballyforfuelingnightmaresabouttheseapredator. “SinceSharkWeekstarted,it’sgoneinwavesofmoreeduc