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And the award is "presented by P&G." At the Paley event, there were quite a few executives from P&G present. They are very invested in this show, along with CBS.

Ashley and Derek were by far the most painfully boring and uncharismatic part of the first episode to me. They kind of come off that way in the bits we’ve seen in the trailer now that I think about it too… Dani is a character that will be highly divisive. That’s all I’ll say.

I posted this in the BTG thread, but Tamara Tunie stopped by the NYC owned and operated affiliate (WCBS) to promote BTG. Anyway, that affiliate is headquartered out of the CBS Broadcast Center where ATWT was produced out of for years (before moving to the old AW studio in Brooklyn in Jan 2000 where it stayed for the remainder of its run, that studio no longer exists). Anyway, she makes sure to note that the CBS Broadcast Center is her old stomping grounds, and she acknowledges a picture of Helen Wagner as Nancy Hughes on the wall.

This is a great one - the flagship CBS owned and operate affiliate in NYC (WCBS) did this interview with Tamara Tunie and Daphnée Duplaix. What's interesting is that WCBS is Headquartered out of the CBS Broadcast Center where ATWT was produced out of for years (until it moved to the former AW studios in Jan 2000 where it spent the rest of its time). Tamara makes nods to this being her old stomping ground and acknowledges the wall art which has a pic of Nancy Hughes (Helen Wagner).

I don’t think this was posted in this thread yet. A clip from Access Hollywood where they went on-set and conducted interviews with the Dupree core 4.

She’s primarily a comedic character (at least in the first episode). Think shades of Lucy Coe.

Trash show, but MVJ’s friends at B&B supporting her nonetheless:

I think the show is going for a slightly different demographic than the other soaps and they’re very intentional about that in the way the production is handled.

This is cute - Jibre Hordges’s sister is a local reporter and went on set to interview her bother. Local 12's Aleah Hordges sits down with Beyond the Gates actor and younger brother

Sherri show segment:

I will say, based on the first episode, the music scoring of the show might take some getting used to if you’re comparing it to the other daytime soaps. It’s quite different. Y’all will see on Monday.

Karla Mosley Says ‘Beyond the Gates’ Is ‘Best of What Soaps Have to Offer

I'm going to repost my original post on Monday as that's when the embargo expires. I had a whole post with thoughts on the first episode and characters featured. Not intended to be any type of spoiler - Jen Jacob and Ben Gavin were the weakest part of that first episode to me (characters and actors).

I'm not sure if it was how the episode was screened at the Paley Center, but the lighting was not super bright in the first episode I saw. There may have been some filtering/processing that happened in post-production that made the lighting more flattering than what we saw in the promos/previews.

Some things I am proud of tonight as a fan: - I was the first person that cheered and clapped when Sheila Ducksworth mentioned Michele Val Jean's name - I was the first person that cheered and clapped when Tamara Tunie mentioned ATWT

Looks like I gave too much away and the first post had to be removed, oh well, lol. Will post again on Monday.

Or maybe it was specific for this Paley screening - it was a slightly extended opening featuring a lot more of the cast than the version released earlier today online.

The opening shown at the screening for the first episode is longer and features more cast members.

The opening shown at the screening for the first episode is longer and features more cast members.

The screening ended, will post non-spoiler thoughts later. We’re at the panel stage.

We’re still waiting for the panel to come out, but here’s the stage, lol

It’s almost a packed house here at the Paley Center. Also a very diverse crowd. We’re not allowed to take pics or record, but hoping I can sneak something in, lol