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

[Liberty City]

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 Oh Lordy, I can only imagine the Passions one, haha. It annoys me when I see YandR or even BOLD for The Bold and the Beautiful.

[Vee]

I might've gone with GTS for Gates a la SuBe or PSSNS but I guess it's not really many more letters. GAT is not an option based on recent slang lol.

[Liberty City]

"GATES" just feels appropriate at this point.

[MichaelGL]

Same,  it does. 

[soapfan770]

I got my soap abbreviation terminology from how SOD styled them is i.e. ATWT, DAYS, Y&R etc. while using the whole name for single name soaps like Loving and Passions, while BEACH was used to distinguish itself from SB (Santa Barbara). As for older soaps I remember SOD used SFT, EDGE, and RH.

SOD never liked to use the word “the” hence in the recaps it was always “Bold and Beautiful” and “Young and Restless”. I don’t remember at all how they handled The City, except using CITY to refer to the show.

So I concur GATES would be most appropriate following the SOD tradition  

I recall it was either SPW or SOU that used stuff like “World Turns”, “One Life” “Restless” etc. 

[SteelCity]

This just made me miss all the soap mags!

[Errol]

So, it looks like a new acronym will be needed, but I ain't saying shit until I'm allowed.

[skiman12082004]

Now you have my curiosity piqued. Is there going to be a name change???

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[Maxim]

This is so exciting! OMG! I can't wait for the news!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Antoyne]

Omg now I’m totally curious!!

[Contessa Donatella]

Look, the software let you type the word [!@#$%^&*]. 

We understand that you can't say anything until a specific time arrives. We do not understand why you cruelly tease us. I'm personally very interested because I have not thought THE GATES was a very good choice. This is Wednesday. Do you think this news will break on Friday?

So much for the software allowing something unusual. Must've been a fluke. 

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[Chris B]

I do think it needed a better title, so I'm hopeful that's what Errol is hinting at. The Gates is too generic and might box them in story wise. I feel like that would work better on a primetime show. I hope the new title is more catchy.

[vanguard]

New acronym? My immediate thought would be something obviously related to the show's location of Washington DC. So the title of the show is simply DC without the Washington. A surprising acronym choice would also be location-based IF they've decided on a quick change behind the scenes before taping starts.

 

 

ATL (most people know what this references)

[Jonathan]

Is there a character from the released descriptions that Debbi Morgan could play? I assume she's a top contender for both MVJ and JHC. Or perhaps MVJ created a character specifically for her, and the casting description hasn't been made public yet.

[Forever8]

We officially have casting news, and a new title change too!