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Shatner's Raw Nerve
EMAILPRINTSERIES: Biography, Tuesday 10:00p (30 minutes)
Generally favorable reviews
Based on 8 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 2 votes
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Show Info
Genre(s): Interview
Created By: Scott Sternberg
First Air Date: December 2, 2008
Summary
Starring William Shatner
Shatner returns to television, this time as a TV host for his new talk show on the Biography channel.
Also On The Web: Official Show Site
What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
Hollywood ReporterBarry Garron
You might not think of William Shatner as a talk show interviewer but, in his own way, he is surprisingly effective at getting his celebrity subjects to reveal aspects of their lives that are fresh and surprising.
Read Full Review >Baltimore SunDavid Zurawik
The interview was fascinating with Shatner bringing [Valerie Bertinelli] back from PR speak with wisecracks.
Read Full Review >NewsdayVerne Gay
What's surprising is how serious this show is, and how grounded is its host.
Read Full Review >Entertainment WeeklyClark Collis
The result is mildly entertaining but serves as a remainder that, as Dr. McCoy might have put it, Shatner is an actor, not a psychiatrist.
Read Full Review >The New York TimesGinia Bellafante
Shatner’s Raw Nerve puts its host’s peculiar brand of intensity on full display.
Read Full Review >Boston GlobeMatthew Gilbert
While the smarm of "Entertainment Tonight" can be excruciating, and the reverence of James Lipton can be comic, Shatner's bullying seems out of proportion to the importance of his endeavor.
Read Full Review >New York Daily NewsDavid Hinckley
It's your basic celebrity gossip show, in other words, with Shatner adding a layer of Dr. Phil Lite and removing the overt "Gotcha!" from his responses. It's not much more than that, frankly.
Read Full Review >VarietyBrian Lowry
Shatner's Raw Nerve, despite the catchy title, proves neither raw nor nervy enough to be consistently interesting.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this show is 8.5 (out of 10) based on 2 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
robert pi. gave it a9:
The show is too short for real exploration.
Quinn K. gave it an8:
I am a fan of Shatner, and as his interviews are fairly interesting, they seem to use him as an attraction, yet besides the fact that he is asking questions, you really get none of the actor.
