Beyond the Gates: Premiere Date, Time Slot Set by CBS

[Liberty City]

Who knows. I mean, they're shooting in Atlanta. That would be a ten-hour travel for location shoot. But Assembly Studios does have exterior locations available for shoot that I am sure they could makeup to look like the D.C. area.

[BetterForgotten]

Maybe they’ll occasionally do some exteriors here and there in DC, but I doubt it will be anything too significant. 

[Vee]

If it's DC some of us will know it.

There better be go-go music somewhere!

[Contessa Donatella]

Me, too! I really totally misunderstood what you were saying. I thought you were down on the whole thing, not at all just the new title tweak. 

[DramatistDreamer]

This isn’t some nondescript Midwestern town, this is the District of Columbia and/ DMV area with a very distinct cultural imprint. There will need to be some indication of specificity of place, or else why both naming the setting with a real (and really distinct) city? It would defeat the entire purpose of setting the story in a recognizable place.

[Liberty City]

Did they name the city they're in specifically? They just stated the area for which the soap is going to be centered? I see that no different than stating General Hospital is set in the New York area of Port Charles, etc.

[Taoboi]

Yeah, I could see them going to DC to do some location shots/establishment shots. Perhaps like PASSIONS controversial location shots in London.

So much this. There's nothing as soapy as the haves and have-nots. 

[janea4old]

Well it says that characters "Marcus" and "Jillian" both live in D.C.
https://www.tvinsider.com/1148106/the-gates-characters-casting-cbs/

But no they haven't yet named the Maryland suburb where "Fairmont Estates" is located.

[DramatistDreamer]

We’ll have to see, but for Black people the DMV area has a distinct cultural footprint. Remember, Hillman College on the first season of ADW vs, Hillman during the 2nd season and thereafter?

[Marco Dane]

Yep and Debbie Allen knew how to fold DC into Hillman, Virginia... I guess thats the city. They never really discussed that. I'm assuming it was a suburb of Richmond clearly very close to D.C. 

[ReddFoxx]

DC/MD/VA definitely has historical value and was one of the first areas to have a high concentration of successful Black people. There are so many different places that you can be generic but still have a distinct geographic location that is well known.

[watson71]

It’s probably Potomac, MD. They should specify the real city, rather than a fictional soap city name since DC will be featured on the show.

[Sapounopera]

I can't wait for the show to premiere, so that I get to read the entire thread all over again.

[SFK]

I'm thinking Prince George's County rather than Montgomery (my home). For decades, PG County had the highest concentration of wealthy blacks in America. Lots of DMV locals felt that one of PG's affluent suburbs would have been a better pick for a predominantly black Housewives franchise.

On Capitol, most of the action took place in the fictional suburb, Jeffersonia. I don't mind if BTG makes up a place, uses a real location, or leaves it nebulous. "The gated community of Fairmont Estates in suburban Maryland" paints enough of a picture for me.

[Darn]

Port Charles, Loving, Passions and Santa Barbara all began their first weeks with location shoots. I hope this show continues that tradition. It would be nice to get a sense of place initially.