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

[Maxim]

Yes! My favorite archetype. I love that kind of messy girl. 

[Sapounopera]

Sounds very interesting. I really want this show to be successful and force the other CBS soaps to wake up.

[Maxim]

From your keyboard to God's ears! 

[detroitpiston]

I’m hoping JHC can get Judy Blye Wilson to do some casting work for the show.

[titan1978]

I love how much I recognize the classic soap staples and yet this casting breakdown also feels like a soap being created today. It feels fresh by having more age range than the youth obsessed 90’s and 2000’s, being I assume mostly Black characters, and a gay power couple. None of the other soaps feel at all like they are current. At least we know that in Atlanta these performers will have people bts that can make Black and Brown people look beautiful onscreen.

Execution will determine success, but it looks great so far. 

[Liberty City]

That all sounds amazing, plus:

All roles are contract players and must be Atlanta residents. The show is set to commence taping in November.

WOW

[Maxim]

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[Liberty City]

CBS and the NAACP are doing this right, and it's very exciting.

[MichaelGL]

I'm so excited!! These sound like excellent archetypes. Classic soap. 

[Sapounopera]

(Does this mean that Betty and her two daughters have already been cast?)

[AbcNbc247]

Live watch party on the day of the premiere?

What do you say, y’all?

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[Maxim]

I am down. 

[Liberty City]

Who knows; possibly? It's also interesting the nine players TV Insider revealed were all series regulars. Are the names of other spouses already cast or are they recurring?

[BetterForgotten]

From the descriptions alone, you can almost feel that this is MVJ’s life work after having to write for all those ridiculous stories for white folks on GH and B&B for so many years, lol

And from the description for Jillian, they’re really drilling the fact that Betty is a singer and Jillian inherited her talent. I think they’re going to cast actors who can also sing for these roles or people with musical theater experience. 

[Rmodelboy]

The descriptions sound fantastic.  Have there been any fan casting now that we know the characters ?