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"William Shatner has explained that his new sitcom $#*! My Dad Says will expand on the original Twitter feed. The upcoming CBS comedy is based on the Twitter account of Jim Halpern, who posts humorous quotes from his father online. Halpern has also published a book based on his original messages. Shatner told IGN: &amp;quot;What we discovered then was that in [Jim] Halpern&amp;#039;s book... there&amp;#039;s a deeper relationship between the father and the son. So what we&amp;#039;ve had time to do, between the pilot and when we start shooting, is to have conversations between me and the creators of the show about what I think [the father] is really about.&amp;quot; The actor explained that he had invented a fictional background for his character, which &amp;quot;will never probably be used [on the show] except by me when I say a certain line&amp;quot;. &amp;quot;The tweets themselves are pithy and carry no character,&amp;quot; he added. &amp;quot;But we&amp;#039;ve invented a more in-depth character who has a relationship with the two sons which varies like bonds tend to do. It&amp;#039;s tight and it&amp;#039;s loose.&amp;quot; $#*! My Dad Says will premiere on CBS on September 23. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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