BetterForgotten

She better - you don’t hire Tamara Tunie to just give out sage advice. Of all the soap matriarchs, I’ve always felt Anita would be most similar to Stephanie.

Adamson always felt too old and too blue collar for Noah (and Michael for that matter) to me.

Anita Dupree’s character profile as posted on IG: https://www.instagram.com/share/BAFZD5afne

Bill and Haley aren’t in this version that was released, and they’re pretty major players, so I always knew they’d be other iterations of this opening.

I’m heading out to the Paley Center event soon! So excited!

Y&R does the names, too.

I love that she gets to solidify her mark on entertainment and her legacy with this show. She’s had such a respectful and diverse career, and has always kept her class. I never imaged she would return to daytime, but I am glad she did and now I can’t picture anyone else playing Anita Dupree. The opening credits!

We’re so lucky to have TT as the figurehead lead in this ensemble.

I could see it, and she’s close to age IRL for the character from what we’ve been told. But looks like MVJ had her heart set on Karla, and that was that when she accepted the role. The age of an actor has never mattered on soaps - but KM does still look like she’s in her late 30’s. It will be interesting to see how it comes off on-screen with her playing mom to two grown ass kids on this soap.

This? https://www.cbs.com/shows/video/crj5fCrk7A7phkhxKQHOVZ7fiuLWi4pt/ From Black Enterprise: ‘BEYOND THE GATES’ BRINGS EXCELLENCE TO THE FIRST BLACK-LED SOAP OPERA

The full CBS Mornings segment:

As much as I haven't been a fan of Julie Hanan Carruthers in her past work, in yesterday's Welcome the Neighborhood episode when she talked about coming in there last August and having to facilitate the building of sets, a control room, and making the soundstage technically coherent was proof of why she was hired. I think facilitating AMC's move between coasts must have been an invaluable experience for her to do able to get all the technical elements off the ground before BTG started taping last November.

And here's the (totally unfunny waste, IMO) segment of After Midnight where Clifton Davis and Karla Mosley appeared:

If you haven't listened to it, Tamara Tunie's full Lecture at Carnegie Mellon is up. At various points, she bakes in stories from both ATWT and BTG. The part that got me was when she talked about how often she was the only black contract player on ATWT, and what a burden that could be for both her and the show. She said something to the the effect that when you have one minority/black person in your cast, that character (intentional or not) is supposed to be represent an entire community, and that wasn't fair since black people are not a monolith and that was feedback she gave to the producers. She gave the example of black viewers often writing into the show about why none of Jessica's black love interests ever lasted, and why her only successful relationship was with a white man. She said BTG has the opportunity right out the gate to showcase a variety of black characters at the same time, which is not something she had experienced before.

Looks like they’ve started doing character-specific promo on social media. Starting with Nicole: https://www.instagram.com/share/BAR5xlW_6j

Basically admitting that B&B's wardrobe has gone to sh!t since Jeresa left.

Here's that CBS Mornings promo (albeit in bad quality):

What a Queen:

CBS just aired a promo during Y&R for tomorrow’s CBS Mornings airing where Tamara Tunie will be a guest and promoting BTG.

Yes, and notice how they just fade into the background, and BTG just pops in the center with its backdrop colour? lol

Ms. Tunie posted this trailer today. Think it’s slightly updated from the one earlier this week? Or not? Hard to tell anymore, lol https://www.instagram.com/share/_hbrqjFnq