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William Shatner: Comparing President Obama To Captain Kirk Is Unfair

On Friday, CNN's American Morning aired an Ali Velshi interview with William Shatner, in which Shatner, famous for his role as Captain James T. Kirk in Star Trek, brushed aside the idea that President Obama needed to be more like Kirk and less like Mr. Spock.

Rachel Maddow Recites Jon Huntsman’s New Campaign Ad As Beatnik Poetry

Before today, most of what the media knew about 2012 Republican candidate Jon Huntsman was that he seems to like the desert, motorcycles, and very weird campaign ads. That's still most of what is known today, but at least his latest ad makes an attempt of assembling facts, and Rachel Maddow tonight made an...

CBS Developing Another Twitter-Based Sitcom (Presumably Due To Sins In America’s Past Life)

I blame you, everyone who watched $#*! My Dad Says last Thursday. After the William Shatner starring sitcom debuted to strong ratings, keeping a large amount of the lead in from Big Bang Theory, the network announced the development of a show based on the popular Twitter feed @shhdontellsteve. Clearly "popular Twitter...

DVRs Can’t Find CBS’ $#*! My Dad Says (Four People Trying To Tape It Reportedly Very Sad)

When CBS' new series $#*! My Dad Says, a show already being called the best series based on a Twitter account and starring William Shatner ever, premieres tonight, some viewers are are going to have a hard time watching the Shatner-filled shenanigans. That's because some DVRS are incapable of locating the show due to...

William Shatner Interviews The D.C. Sniper, Mary Kay Letourneau And More

William Shatner (yes, that William Shatner) interviews one of the D.C. snipers Lee Boyd Malvo, the teacher in the student relationship that lasted Mary Kay Letourneau and more for his new Biography Channel show, Aftermath.The next logical question - why? - is interesting: Shatner will look at the "aftermath" of media stars, past...

William Shatner Performs At Olympic Closing Ceremony – Video

The 2010 Winter Olympics came to a close, and judging by the very unscientific method of Twitter commentary insta-poll, the highlight of the event was the surprise appearance of William Shatner. The Canadian actor dropped some Canadian-centric bromides about the making love in a canoe, beer and other stuff lost on many of us who...

Weekend Vid Picks: All Hail William Shatner

I have one mission today, guys, and that is to get you excited about famous actor and Canadian William Shatner joining the cast of upcoming Twitter-to-television sitcom pilot S— My Dad Says (new, TV-friendly title still to be determined) as the titular Dad. I come armed with decades of video from the man’s past...

Too Soon? Conan O’Brien’s 7 Greatest Tonight Show Moments In 7 Months

Conan O'Brien's announcement that he would not host The Tonight Show any later than its established 11:35 pm slot has been praised for its jokes, burns and most of all, emotion. The show, he wrote, was still "in its infancy" after only seven months. But what of that time? We've collected seven of the...

This Exists: Rush Limbaugh And William Shatner Debate Health Care

William Shatner's new television show premiers this Friday, and footage leaked makes us think that it has potential to be a very entertaining show -- though we aren't exactly clear it it will entertaining in the way the producers meant for it to be. Nonetheless, the following clip demonstrates an animated discussion over health care...

Shatner Corrects The Record With Real Levi Johnston Quotes

In much the same way he had done for Sarah Palin's speech in July, William Shatner appeared on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien Wednesday night to do a dramatic reading of an almost-member of Palin's family: Levi Johnston.Except it turned out to be a fake, and last night Shatner was back to correct...