King is a co-host of CBS Mornings and Barkley is a panelist on Inside the NBA, which is also produced by CNN's parent company Warner Bros.

The show was the brainchild of former CNN chief Chris Licht, who had wanted more personality-based programming.

The program was described as "a talk show centered around the news stories and cultural moments that Gayle and Charles are most interested in" and not a straight newscast.

The program is prerecorded, which makes it subject to preemption due to breaking news events.

[7] According to CNN, the show was planned as a limited series to begin with and they decided not to extend the length of it afterwards.