After nearly 15 years co-hosting ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars,” veteran TV personality Tom Bergeron felt like he was done working on a weekly series. However, he didn’t want to “disappear into the hinterlands,

Discovery Channel’s “Shark Week” kicks off with a unique twist this year: “Dancing with Sharks.” Hosted by former “Dancing With the Stars” host Tom Bergeron, the show features scuba-diving shark handlers performing underwater dances with hammerhead sharks.

Shark Week kicks off on Sunday, July 20, with three shows - “Dancing with Sharks” at 8 p.m., “Air Jaws: The Hunt for Colossus” at 9 p.m. and “Great White Assassins” at 10 p.m. LIVE STREAM: Shark Week fans can watch Discovery without cable on Philo, which offers a seven-day free trial; DirecTV, which has a five-day free trial; and SlingTV.

Tom Bergeron talks hosting Shark Week's "Dancing With Sharks" and the "sad" trophy. "That's the same reaction I had with the 'DWTS' trophy."

“Dancing with Sharks” kicks off the week of programing, which includes shows on how to survive a shark attack, why New Smyrna Beach in Florida has earned the title of “The Shark Attack Capital of the World” and whether a mysterious dark-skinned shark off the coast of California is a mako, mutant or possibly a mako-and-great white hybrid.