That program airs at 1 p.m. Eastern on CNN International, a network that, as its name suggests, is seen mostly outside of the United States. The same show, renamed “Amanpour & Co.,” airs later in the day on PBS stations.
Excellency, a revered and extraordinarily wealthy patriarch, spent his life mentoring others, teaching principles of integrity, and guiding countless souls toward virtuous paths. After his death, his family drowns in years of mourning-until his eldest son uncovers a cryptic will. The document demands a gathering of all relatives at the family's ancestral estate to play His Excellency, a ritualistic game designed to test allegiance and expose hidden betrayals. As the heirs converge under the mansion's ominous shadow, long-buried resentments surface, alliances fracture, and the patriarch's true motive emerges: a final lesson in loyalty, where the stakes are legacy, trust, and survival.
Hosts Gayle King, Tony Dokoupil and Nate Burleson set out to unite CBS' morning landscape with their lively and original reporting on international news stories during the weekday program's first hour, while expanding on feature reporting during the second hour with live interviews as well as in-depth pieces, covering topics from news, sports, climate and technology to race, health, parenting and personal finance.