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 their moment in the spotlight.

Other shows will focus on rescued prisoner of war Jessica Lynch and The Unibomber. But the interview with Malvo is probably the most shocking (it aired in a separate A&E special last night). The New York Times‘ Brian Stelter got a preview of the 20-minute interview, and there’s a lot there:

There were supposed to be three to four snipers with silenced weapons,” he told William Shatner in a phone interview from prison…

Yes, it was Mr. Shatner, the “Star Trek” actor and Priceline negotiator, who interviewed Mr. Malvo and found out that the snipers claim to have committed dozens of other shootings, some with co-conspirators.

Whoa – Shatner’s interview show on Biography may provide breaking news for the cablers. Aftermath, premiering Monday night at 10pmET, is described on the site as taking “an in-depth look at what happens when people are tragically or infamously transformed from unknown citizens into household names overnight, taking viewers back to the dramatic events that dominated the American news cycle.”

Shatner also hosts Raw Nerve on Biography.

With the ever-increasing speed of the 24-hour news cycle, there will certainly be no shortage of news aftermath for Shatner in season two.

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Bootleghaircut says:

July 30, 2010 at 9:01 am

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SHATTNER ROCKS!

When I was just wee geek it was singular pleasure to get hypnotized by his scenery eating performances on ST:TOS. This man along with Sidney Poiter and Burt Renyolds were my childhood action hero icons.
The Shattner(via his alter ego James Tiberius Kirk) did all from having unprotected sex with aliens chicks to be able to hold his own in philosophical debates whith the Gods themselves-a fight a schlar a lover-a great character! When I was a boy and saw the many ethnic faces(and even a full blown commie!) I just could not wait for the future! But I digress…

I am so glad that this man of many careers and vast talents is still kicking around and still contributing the betterment of the collective conscious-would that we all follow so noble a task!

good luck with your talk shows Bill; Bon Chance and I will be watching!

Apostrophe jones says:

July 30, 2010 at 9:13 am

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Here’s Larry …King ’s ……replacement .

Facebook User says:

July 30, 2010 at 10:16 am

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From what i see….Shatner could be an editor here a Mediaite.

notsofast says:

July 30, 2010 at 10:34 am

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People make fun of Shatner but he is an amazing guy. He is 79 and is still going strong. I remember someone who was on “Boston Legal” said she had never seen someone work as hard as he does. She said he would finish shooting, fly to Canada to do a voice-over, and then fly to LA for a personal appearance in the same day.

I don’t know what drives him, but damn- we all could use some of it..

valkyrie101 says:

July 30, 2010 at 10:57 am

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“The next logical question – why? – is interesting: Shatner will look at the “aftermath” of media stars, past their moment in the spotlight.”

Shatner has never been more “in the spot light” than currently, so I am not sure what the implication is there. He is getting old, however, is that what you mean’t?

Bootleghaircut says:

July 30, 2010 at 11:04 am

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“People make fun of Shatner but he is an amazing guy. He is 79 and is still going strong. I remember someone who was on “Boston Legal” said she had never seen someone work as hard as he does. She said he would finish shooting, fly to Canada to do a voice-over, and then fly to LA for a personal appearance in the same day.

I don’t know what drives him, but damn- we all could use some of it..”

You will never know how hard it was for me to agree with this post and check it thumbs up.

I need a drink.

timzank says:

July 30, 2010 at 11:13 am

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Bootleghaircut said:
“People make fun of Shatner but he is an amazing guy. He is 79 and is still going strong. I remember someone who was on “Boston Legal” said she had never seen someone work as hard as he does. She said he would finish shooting, fly to Canada to do a voice-over, and then fly to LA for a personal appearance in the same day. I don’t know what drives him, but damn- we all could use some of it..” You will never know how hard it was for me to agree with this post and check it thumbs up. I need a drink.

Looking at your first post on this thread I’d say you don’t need another a drink, just a moist towelette.

dhg says:

July 30, 2010 at 12:13 pm

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As someone who lived in the area of thr sniper shootings I found the show riveting.Shatner did a great job and was completely solid.I too love how the man just never stops and keeps reinventing himself.I also enjoy his ability to make fun of himself and handle satire of him and his work without issue.

If the rest of these episodes are as well done as this was I think we’ll all learn something from them as part of the plan seems to be to bring out unknown facts and insight.

Nachi says:

July 30, 2010 at 3:15 pm

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OMG! Let Mary Kay get on with her personal sex life.

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July 31, 2010 at 8:28 am

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Dave Saunders says:

July 31, 2010 at 10:12 am

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I’ll watch just because it’s Shatner!

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