For anyone who lost track of William Shatner's career after "Star Trek" came to an end, the actor is currently investing his time and talent into a new project, a TV chat show that premiers Tuesday.

The "Boston Legal" actor serves as a host for his own talk show, "Shatner's Raw Nerve," which is a little different from most talk shows out there, he will purposely try to "get on people's nerves" by asking indiscreet questions, like Shatner needed a show especially designed for that.

The show, which debuts with two episodes on Tuesday, Dec. 2 beginning at 10 p.m., on Biography Channel, will have the 77-year-old actor interview his subjects without any trace of mercy. In his view, Shatner considers his talk show as an opportunity to have a meaningful dialogue with some of his friends or acquaintances.

"I'll tell you. I have pity on the poor interviewee," Shatner reportedly told IGN. "Thusly, I'm not after tabloid gossip or a funny story per say. I'm not 'after' them or trying to get them with a question. And the people who come on the show recognize that I'm a kindred spirit. I'm after a conversation. I'm after the transfer of information that leads us to some insight into that person that may not be known or not particularly well know. I'm there to try and get to know them better and in the process let the audience know them better. The "raw nerve" that I wish to touch is a nerve that they might not know themselves, that we reach together in the act of conversing."

The first show features former "One Day at a Time" child star Valerie Bertinelli, who within moments of arriving, launches into a somber conversation about her admitted drug use, adultery and subsequent divorce from rocker Eddie Van Halen.

"She was a rock 'n' roll wife; now she isn't," Shatner says as he welcomes her. "She was fat; now she isn't. She was an addict; now she isn't. How did she do that? Let's try and find out."

Obsessed with Bertinelli's Catholic upbringing, Shatner grills the actress about her notions of heaven, hell, sin and goodness. New details about their painful pasts including addicted spouses and long-postponed divorces emerge. The chat takes a new twist when personal dreams and plan come into view.

Next in line is Tim Allen, who will discuss about his early career as a stand-up comedian before his major breakthrough, while next week's show will features an equally serious chat with talk-show host Jimmy Kimmel. Shatner's upcoming guests on "Raw Nerve" include his "Star Trek" co-star Leonard Nimoy, Drew Carey, Howie Mandel, Kelsey Grammer and Jenna Jameson. The show's makers are counting on the show's success to convince more celebrities to appear on the show in the future.  

It's good that Shatner now has a show to talk about his issues as well as his guests' problems. The actor has been pretty vocal recently about being left out from the upcoming "Star Trek" prequel, directed by J.J. Abrams who said that he did offer Shatner a part, but he wanted more than a cameo.