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."

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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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1 hour ago, Alan said:

Cady was hiding in the promos all along! There she is, right behind Daphnée Duplaix. 

WOW! WHAT AN EYE! 

19 minutes ago, Alan said:

I think that Bill blackmails Vernon into bringing the family there.

Good thought, I agree. I suspect Bill blackmails them to be there to shine up his public profile. The Duprees turn the tables by showing up in mourning clothes.

I thought Cady might be in that wedding shot but didn't go back and look. Well spotted!

The comment in the TV Insider article by Clifton Davis about being there as long as he could was touching.

57 minutes ago, ranger1rg said:

Cady might be a better fit for BTG than she was on DAYS, where I never really liked her as Jennifer. CM is better at playing larger than life characters.

I liked her as Jenn early on, for let's say her first tenure but the further guest appearances? Whew, nope 

Just now, Joseph said:

I liked her as Jenn early on, for let's say her first tenure but the further guest appearances? Whew, nope 

Likely because the "writer" did what he often does: wrote for actor not character.

6 minutes ago, Liberty City said:

Likely because the "writer" did what he often does: wrote for actor not character.

Could be that, yes! Good thought!

I'm just wondering how it will be For McClain and Lindstrom to work together after their rather recent separation? Even if they appear to have parted on good terms

2 hours ago, Alan said:

Cady was hiding in the promos all along! There she is, right behind Daphnée Duplaix. 

Well one thing that I have really liked in the promoting of the show is how so many delicious things/tea are right there in plain sight. This. The Grande Dame. 

 

LOVE. 

The biggest joy of the Jon/Cady news for me is that we have this to look forward to all year and beyond. It's just amazing to think that we now have a fifth soap to surprise us with these announcements. We also know they're really trying to do good work at BTG so we can actually get excited by news like this. 

Another thing that I love is that they've been filming for months and we had no idea. If this was any other soap I feel it would've leaked. I hope this continues once the show is on the air! It's nice to be surprised.

5 minutes ago, Chris B said:

I hope this continues once the show is on the air! It's nice to be surprised.

This! I so Agree!

1 hour ago, Taoboi said:

Well one thing that I have really liked in the promoting of the show is how so many delicious things/tea are right there in plain sight. This. The Grande Dame. 

 

LOVE. 

Right! I am tempted to lowkey go through every piece of footage and that has been released and study it like "Where's Waldo" b/c they are doing a stellar job of hiding stuff in plain sight. 

1 hour ago, Chris B said:

The biggest joy of the Jon/Cady news for me is that we have this to look forward to all year and beyond. It's just amazing to think that we now have a fifth soap to surprise us with these announcements. We also know they're really trying to do good work at BTG so we can actually get excited by news like this. 

Another thing that I love is that they've been filming for months and we had no idea. If this was any other soap I feel it would've leaked. I hope this continues once the show is on the air! It's nice to be surprised.

You saying "a fifth soap" really made me pause. I know many of us would never have imagined we would ever get a brand new soap opera again, especially in daily form and on network TV. Yet, tomorrow we get our first preview episode. 

I'm excited to be home tomorrow to watch it and discuss with you all here. 

From the Atlanta screening today Feb. 16. 
hosted by Trell Thomas and "Black Excellence Brunch".
All the cast, crew, and attendees wore white to the event.

 

have to wonder who’s editing cady’s wikipedia page… detailed accounts of her film, theater, and primtime work. but, this is it regarding daytime:

Daytime television

“McClain won Emmys for three of her four daytime drama roles — spanning three networks, over three decades.^[3] In 2025, it was announced McClain had joined the cast of Beyond the Gates as Pamela Curtis.^[4][5][6]”

From the Atlanta screening today Feb. 16. 
the cast and guests  reacting to *that* scene, as the caption says
(sound up)

Edited February 17Feb 17 by janea4old

more crowd reaction from Atlanta screening

 

1 hour ago, janea4old said:

From the Atlanta screening today Feb. 16. 
the cast and guests  reacting to *that* scene, as the caption says
(sound up)

Whew! Juicy stuff incoming, cant wait. Havent been this excited for daytime in a long time. Love seeing the reactions, how rewarding seeing the final product of your work.