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Shatner Signs With Biography For Talk Show

  • Variety, Wednesday, July 18, 2007 10:45 AM
William Shatner has been tapped by the Biography Channel to do a new celebrity interview show. The actor, who first came to fame as Captain Kirk of the USS Enterprise, is currently part of the cast of "Boston Legal" and a frequent ad pitchman.

The new half-hour program will have him interviewing actors and politicians and be called "Shatner's Raw Nerve." It will explore "life's most intriguing questions and unearth his guests' strange and unknown stories," the net says. Thirteen episodes have been ordered and are set to run next year.

The move comes as the channel is striving to be seen as more contemporary, and Biography general manager Bob DeBitetto says its new focus is "true stories about fascinating people."

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