( CNN ) -- From Captain Kirk on `` Star Trek '' to Denny Crane on `` Boston Legal , '' William Shatner has been a fixture on television for decades . William Shatner has a new talk show and has written an autobiography . Even as his latest series comes to an end , the actor is busier than ever . He has written an autobiography , `` Up Till Now , '' and he has a new talk show -- `` Shatner 's Raw Nerve '' on the Biography channel -- billed as an `` edgy and off-beat celebrity interview series . '' Shatner talked with CNN 's Kyra Phillips about his career , past and present . CNN : `` Boston Legal , '' what a finale : a wedding between Denny and fellow lawyer and best friend Alan . Do n't they know that Proposition 8 [ passed ] ? Shatner : It was all a financial guise , as you learned to your dismay . There was nothing sexual about our marriage . It was all designed to bequeath my fortune to him as [ my character ] got ready to die . CNN : `` Boston Legal '' was a brilliant show : the writing , your famous wit . You must have had a blast doing the show . Shatner : We laughed our way through five years of great joy , great entertainment , and we got some wonderful awards during the years and the beauty of it all was that when we came in this season , we knew we were going to do 13 shows and be out . So the writing reflected the fact that we knew we were ending and it wrapped the whole show up . CNN : I can not believe you have a porn queen [ Jenna Jameson ] on your talk show . Shatner : We like to call her an adult film star . She turns out to be highly sensitive , vulnerable . ... This is a remarkable interview of a woman who is terribly vulnerable and expresses it . It was so good , we 're doing a two-parter . CNN : Who has been your favorite leading lady ? Shatner : They go down in the hoary mists of history . The effects of age -- they all meld into one and it looks like my wife . CNN : You reveal a lot in your book . Who would you say your ultimate mentor has been through your life ? Shatner : I 've thought about that over the years and it comes up that I do n't have anybody who ever mentored me , ever was particularly interested in furthering my career . I had to do it stumbling around , trying to do it as most people do themselves .
William Shatner is host of ` ` Shatner 's Big Nerve '' on the Lifetime channel . The actor has also written an autobiography , ` ` Up Till Now '' ' on ` ` Boston Globe : '' ` ` We laughed our way through many hours of great joy '' Shatner : ` ` I do n't have anybody who ever loved me ''