[3] The program ran a mix of features reporting and interviews, effectively acting as a cross between a newsmagazine and an American-style Sunday talk show, and aired reportage and panel discussions featuring journalists from both Global News and the network's co-owned CanWest News Service network of newspapers.

[1] The program's launch also spurred both of Global's major rival networks, CTV and CBC, to relaunch Sunday public affairs shows.

[3] On February 24, 2002, the show staged and broadcast the candidate debates in the inaugural leadership convention of the then-new Canadian Alliance political party, with Adler as moderator.

[8] In early 2003, Global named a permanent host in Danielle Smith, who at the time was an editorial writer for the Calgary Herald.

[8] In 2004, the program introduced "The Final Round", a weekly debate segment featuring Stephen LeDrew and Ezra Levant.