The Culture Watch Time

The Culture Watch Time is an American entertainment and gossip news television show created by Kolton England and Trystan Blair. It premiered on November 29, 1992 and ended on September 25, 2007.

The show was a long-running, live daily entertainment news program featuring interviews with celebrities and newsmakers. It was a hybrid of news, interviews, humor, celebrity gossip, and pop culture commentary, with regular contributors.

The hosts also read news headlines, and offer commentary on issues affecting society and culture, and take questions from viewers, via telephone or the Internet. However, the brand is still in use for its website since its launch in 1997. It offers general news content, interviews with celebrities, entertainment news, pop culture, and social issues and commentary. The program covered every branch of the entertainment industry, including film, music, television, fashion, books, and video games.

The show was a pioneer of using audience interactivity to inform its content. It would ask the public for their opinions on topics, by holding telephone polls, and allowing viewers to email and webcast their opinions during commercial breaks, and through special features. The show had a unique slogan: "I think, you think, they think, we think." The program was noted for its humor and irreverence.

Format
The program was a live series. In the final 5-minute-long news summary at the end of each hour, Kolton England and Trystan Blair would review all the entertainment news of the day, and would include video clips and video highlights of segments covered throughout the hour. At the end of the program, they would introduce a "final thought" that was usually funny. The program typically began with the hosts greeting viewers and saying their goodbyes. They would wish each other "good luck," often holding a fist bump before ending the segment.

"I Think You Think, They Think, We Think"
The show's motto and mantra was "I think, you think, they think, we think." After a commercial break, Kolton England and Trystan Blair would recite the manta, which was accompanied by a short video clip showing various members of the cast and crew, with images of the words "I think" and "You think," and ending with the words "They think" and "We think."

Fight or Flight
In November 2006, "Daily Show" creator and host Jon Stewart came to the show to make his first official network appearance on The Culture Watch Time. They discussed his appearance on the show and his show's popularity. They also discussed some of the topics on the "Daily Show," including The Presidential Daily Brief, an early morning briefing for the President of the United States. The show was a "live" edition of the "Daily Show," which featured news clips that were not edited. As a result, the clips were sometimes shown out of order, causing laughter among the hosts, and the staff members.

Broadcast
In Canada, The Culture Watch Time is shown on CTV. In Australia, it was broadcast on cable/satellite channel until September 2007.

Criticism
Critics have noted that some celebrities refuse interviews on the show. Many critics have also commented on the quality of the interviews. When celebrities refuse to be interviewed, producers are not allowed to discuss it publicly, as the "refusal" would affect the program's credibility, which is built upon celebrities' willingness to appear on the show. As a result, interviews with celebrities were frequently done in hotel rooms, on tour buses, or in restaurants, with the celebrity's back to the camera.

Tape delay
Following the September 11 attacks, the show's staff was evacuated from its Los Angeles studio. On September 12, an editor at Culture Watch was seen outside the building wearing an "I Survived 9/11" T-shirt. Actor Rob Schneider, on leave from the set of Saturday Night Live, sat in for hosts Kolton England and Trystan Blair for two weeks. On the final day of his stint, Schneider wore an "I'm Cool Now" T-shirt. England and Blair returned to the air on September 25, 2001, following a 33-day absence.

Cracial Reconciliation
The show's producers said that the reason the Culture Watch program was in a negative state in 1998, was the "painful" lack of reconciliation between England and Blair.

Website
The website that shares its name with the show, was created in 1997. It was the first "webcast" dedicated to the entertainment industry. The website is primarily focused on celebrities, as well as other celebrities, and news related to the show. The website was also the first to allow a celebrity to post his own message to the fans. Among the website's features are interviews, reviews, video clips, photo galleries, and news. The website is the only television show dedicated to the entertainment industry that includes its own website. The website also includes its own editorial board, which helps the hosts select what to discuss on the show.

The website's popularity resulted in the show's hosts becoming celebrities in their own right, and the website became the most popular entertainment website on the Internet, and ever since its show ended. As a result, the website received praise for its ability to become a reliable source for celebrity news.

Reviews
The show was received critically. In 2002, "Variety" described the show as "unapologetic in its celebrity-pampering and sneers at the less-talented." In 2004, "The Associated Press" described the show as "a lively hour of celebrity gossip." In 2005, "Time" described the show as "the only TV show on network television that's actually interesting." In 2005, "The New York Times" described the show as "pure entertainment." In 2005, "Entertainment Weekly" described the show as "slick, brash and brash-tastic." In 2006, "Cable World News" described the show as "a high-energy, sometimes irreverent TV show devoted to music and celebrity interviews." In 2006, "Entertainment Weekly" described the show as "one of the most unique shows on television." In 2006, "Entertainment Weekly" named the show the best show on television.

Awards and nominations
For their work on the show, Kolton England and Trystan Blair won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Entertainment Program in 2006.

Notable guests
The show was a popular place to host events. During the show's early years, the hosts would frequently be seen with stars and celebrities, including:


 * Bill Cosby, Fat Albert
 * Muhammad Ali, Rocky
 * The Temptations, My Girl
 * The Beach Boys, Surfin USA
 * The Monkees, Girl
 * The Beatles, You Can't Buy Me Love
 * Lovin Spoonful, Diddley Diddley
 * Bernard Cornwell, Harold Humping
 * Harry Belafonte, Bridge Over Troubled Water