New Details Announced (TL; DR) - November 12, 2024:

• Beyond the Gates premieres Monday, February 24, 2025 on CBS. Stream Live and On Demand on Paramount+ with SHOWTIME subscription.
• The series will air weekdays at 2:00 p.m. ET/1:00 p.m. PT on CBS.

 

New Details Announced (TL; DR) - September 19, 2024:

• "The Gates" is now called "Beyond The Gates."
• Key Art/Logo for "Beyond The Gates" released.
• Soap alums Tamara Tunie ("As The World Turns"), Daphnee Duplaix ("One Life to Live," "Passions") and Karla Mosley are the first actors officially cast by the show.
• "Beyond The Gates" is a one-hour daytime drama.
• The series is set to premiere in early 2025. Previously, CBS announced it would debut in January 2025.
• CBS has formally announced the series will begin production later this fall in Atlanta; confirming the film location (city), but not studio.
• Robert Guza Jr. ("General Hospital," "Sunset Beach") and Julie Carruthers ("All My Children," "Port Charles") are officially confirmed as executive producers, joining a team led by creator, showrunner, and executive producer Michele Val Jean, and fellow executive producers Sheila Ducksworth, Leon Russell, Derrick Johnson and Kimberly Doebereiner.
• Anna Saalfeld is also a new addition to the executive producer team, having never been previously announced. This makes it eight executive producers behind "Beyond The Gates," the most for a daytime drama series ever.
• P&G Studios, a division of Procter & Gamble, remains on board as a partner on the series which is being developed and produced by the CBS Studios/NAACP Venture, led by Ducksworth.
• An official synopsis has been released for "Beyond The Gates."

For the full story, click here.

Note: "BTG" will be the official acronym used for "Beyond The Gates" on the SON Community. Posts/threads created should always start with "BTG:" going forward.

For reference, the current soap acronyms are "B&B" (The Bold and the Beautiful), "DAYS" (Days of our Lives"), "GH" (General Hospital") and "Y&R" (The Young and the Restless). "ALL" is for all shows, while "AMC" is for All My Children.

 

• Michele Val Jean’s CBS Daytime Drama ‘The Gates’ Retitled ‘Beyond The Gates’, Sets Early 2025 Launch

 

• Tamara Tunie Returns To Daytime Playing Family Matriarch In CBS Drama ‘Beyond The Gates’

 

• Soap Alums Karla Mosley & Daphnee Duplaix Join ‘Beyond The Gates’

Also, #BeyondTheGates is the official hashtag to be used on social media, per CBS.

Facebook and Instagram pages have been created, but are not active. Will share the link when they are officially available.

 

 

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https://www.soapoperanetwork.com/2024/03/cbs-studios-naacp-the-gates-daytime-drama-series-cbs

10 hours ago, Alan said:

In the first clip Sheila Ducksworth mentions that there are around 40 characters! I know many here prefer a small cast, but I love a big sprawling cast. When used properly, a big cast allows soaps to tell large scale, immersive stories about entire communities which are hard to replicate in other genres.

I also love that Ducksworth says BTG will last for 100 years. She spent 3 decades midwifing this show and she is going to fight for her show!

Same; the excitement Sheila Ducksworth has for not only the soap genre but for Beyond the Gates has always been encouraging, especially now. And knowing 20 of those 40 total are series regular is exciting, too. I know Michele Val Jean and company are working things properly. I just know it.

10 hours ago, Alan said:

Ducksworth says BTG will last for 100 years. She spent 3 decades midwifing this show and she is going to fight for her show!

Oh that's an interesting way to describe it.
Val Jean as the creator/mother who gave birth to BTG, and Ducksworth as the midwife.

Edited February 6Feb 6 by janea4old

Beyond the Gates Video: Golf Club-Wielding Dani Is New CBS Soap’s ‘Loose Cannon,’ Warns Karla Mosley

 

https://tvline.com/interviews/beyond-the-gates-karla-mosley-preview-cbs-soap-opera-dani-dupree-1235406293/

12 minutes ago, Marco Dane said:

Beyond the Gates Video: Golf Club-Wielding Dani Is New CBS Soap’s ‘Loose Cannon,’ Warns Karla Mosley

 

https://tvline.com/interviews/beyond-the-gates-karla-mosley-preview-cbs-soap-opera-dani-dupree-1235406293/

Amazing; thanks so much for sharing!! So excited to see Karla Mosley really rock it as Dani.

47 minutes ago, Marco Dane said:

Beyond the Gates Video: Golf Club-Wielding Dani Is New CBS Soap’s ‘Loose Cannon,’ Warns Karla Mosley
https://tvline.com/interviews/beyond-the-gates-karla-mosley-preview-cbs-soap-opera-dani-dupree-1235406293/ 

For anyone who can't see it, here's the raw mp4 file of the embedded video within this Feb. 6. 2025 TVLine article:
https://vid.connatix.com/pid-0763198a-5674-4e21-af3d-1f1bb2122b83/11f5cd23-2ad3-48ad-94ce-14fa2df270f7/mmid-77d6cbb4-bbdd-cfa7-2130-f1fd9d4d1f84/0.mp4

Ah here is the same Feb 6 TVLine video with Karla Mosley at SCAD-TVFest
 

 

Edited February 6Feb 6 by janea4old

A decent amount of recurring characters is a great idea. That gives the opportunity for the writers to create a variety of different interactions and story potential.

1 minute ago, ReddFoxx said:

A decent amount of recurring characters is a great idea. That gives the opportunity for the writers to create a variety of different interactions and story potential.

Exactly! It's not overrun by contract nor recurring; it's an even split, which is exciting.

2 hours ago, janea4old said:

Maybe he's defining "creator" of a soap differently than we would?

Nah, he's just being ignorant.

awesome video: Ms. Tamara Tunie tells of her start in show business!

https://www.instagram.com/p/DFtXgzmoWwx/
 

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Edited February 6Feb 6 by janea4old

I do know these 4 are on the recurring list.

Jan Morgan (Ashley's mom)

Caroline (Some gal intertwined with Kat and Tomas).

Randy Parker (No characterization of this dude *BEYOND* his name).

AND

Dr. Doug McBride (Vanessa's husband in name only. Whatever that may possibly mean).

they just opened up the ny times piece to comments. 

free link. 

ny times beyond the gates

CBS posted a YouTube-version of this video as well:

 

CBS uploaded the TVLine video, sand the logos.

18 days & counting & every single day CBS surprises me with the amazing consistent quality way they are promoting this!! Very serious kudos to someone.