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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@Errol Are we to assume the Jacksons are now the Dupres? Betty is Anita, Jessica is Nicole and Sara is potentially Dani?

Edited September 19, 20241 yr by Liberty City

Not to stir up anything but I do think @Darn’s concerns are valid. We do need a diversity of skin tones, hair textures, etc if this is going to be a good representation of even a family. Colorism is a real issue (even KSJ spoke in somewhat scathing terms of Y&R’s issues with colorism.

In addition to TT, I also said that I want TP and LL and LR because all are talented (TP is also a singing powerhouse), experienced in the daytime soap world and telegenic. We do need to see the skin tone spectrum represented and to avoid those mistakes borne of pathology that have been committed on soaps of the previous generations.

I was just thinking of Kristoff. I wish he was here for this.

6 minutes ago, Liberty City said:

@Errol Are we to assume the Jacksons are now the Dupres? And Betty is now Anita?

Anita is definitely Betty based on the description of "Patrick." If the Jacksons were the core family described previously, then yes, Dupree is their new family name.

Name changes happen for a lot of reasons, including the retitling of the show's name, but I have a few suspicions about why they changed it from Jackson.

Where’s Obba Babatundé living these days? He was one of the first actors who expressed interest when this was announced, I believe.

Just now, Errol said:

Anita is definitely Betty based on the description of "Patrick." If the Jacksons were the core family described previously, then yes, Dupree is their new family name.

Name changes happen for a lot of reasons, including the retitling of the show's name, but I have a few suspicions about why they changed it from Jackson.

So then, Jessica is Nicole and I would assume Sara is Dani? And I'm also wondering why Jackson was changed to Dupree.

1 minute ago, Errol said:

Name changes happen for a lot of reasons, including the retitling of the show's name, but I have a few suspicions about why they changed it from Jackson.

Hoo boy. Now so do I.

3 minutes ago, Vee said:

I was just thinking of Kristoff. I wish he was here for this.

Me too.

Just now, Errol said:

Anita is definitely Betty based on the description of "Patrick." If the Jacksons were the core family described previously, then yes, Dupree is their new family name.

Name changes happen for a lot of reasons, including the retitling of the show's name, but I have a few suspicions about why they changed it from Jackson.

Care to share? Inquiring minds want to know. 

Now that you mention reasons at least one is coming to mind lol.

This is excellent casting. I love the title change

MVJ deserves all her flowers

4 minutes ago, DramatistDreamer said:

Not to stir up anything but I do think @Darn’s concerns are valid. We do need a diversity of skin tones, hair textures, etc if this is going to be a good representation of even a family. Colorism is a real issue (even KSJ spoke in somewhat scathing terms of Y&R’s issues with colorism.

It is valid. I agree. My earlier response was not meant in any way to invalidate that.

My earlier reply was only meant to say that Black comes in all varieties and that at least in the case of Karla, she's as Black as me. I am far from "light skin." The light-skinned people I've seen heavily used on TV typically are those who are either mixed race or very similar. I expect with additional casting announcements, we'll even see some darker skin compared to the ladies, but overall, Black is still Black. 

GH has no intention of using Gavin Houston (Zeke), and he’d be a good hire.  He was well-received on GH, and I’d love to see him thrive on their time slot competitor to spite them:

 

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4 minutes ago, Errol said:

It is valid. I agree. My earlier response was not meant in any way to invalidate that.

My earlier reply was only meant to say that Black comes in all varieties and that at least in the case of Karla, she's as Black as me. I am far from "light skin." The light-skinned people I've seen heavily used on TV typically are those who are either mixed race or very similar. I expect with additional casting announcements, we'll even see some darker skin compared to the ladies, but overall, Black is still Black. 

Totally and completely; the complaint is so far-fetched and very disappointing, honestly. It's three of many people cast.

7 minutes ago, Liberty City said:

So then, Jessica is Nicole and I would assume Sara is Dani? And I'm also wondering why Jackson was changed to Dupree.

Right. Didn't catch that one before.

So, "Jessica" (now Nicole) and "Sam" have a daughter named "Allison":

“Allison” is described as Black, female and in her mid- to late 20s. She’s the miracle baby that Jessica and Sam never thought they’d have. Not surprisingly, Allison has been indulged all her life. She’s spoiled, as a result. She can be dismissive towards those she considers beneath her. Confident and secure, Allison doesn’t like sharing. However, all that may change in the near future…

https://www.tvinsider.com/1151054/the-gates-new-characters-descriptions-cbs/

1 minute ago, Errol said:

Right. Didn't catch that one before.

So, "Jessica" (now Nicole) and "Sam" have a daughter named "Allison":

“Allison” is described as Black, female and in her mid- to late 20s. She’s the miracle baby that Jessica and Sam never thought they’d have. Not surprisingly, Allison has been indulged all her life. She’s spoiled, as a result. She can be dismissive towards those she considers beneath her. Confident and secure, Allison doesn’t like sharing. However, all that may change in the near future…

https://www.tvinsider.com/1151054/the-gates-new-characters-descriptions-cbs/

As "Sara" (now Dani) has two daughters: "Cheryl" and "Jillian". Dani's ex-husband is "Joseph" and Anita's husband is "Patrick".

2 minutes ago, Errol said:

It is valid. I agree. My earlier response was not meant in any way to invalidate that.

My earlier reply was only meant to say that Black comes in all varieties and that at least in the case of Karla, she's as Black as me. I am far from "light skin." The light-skinned people I've seen heavily used on TV typically are those who are either mixed race or very similar. I expect with additional casting announcements, we'll even see some darker skin compared to the ladies, but overall, Black is still Black. 

I didn’t see your response as a dismissal of those concerns at all. One of the things I appreciate most about this message board in particular is the fact that we can discuss these issues and I appreciate it being brought up. It is indeed early casting and I expect to see the spectrum of skin tones and shades represented. I also hope whoever is peeping our comments on this board will be reminded that we are mindful so they should also be mindful.

I admit, I didn’t pay much attention to the earlier character descriptions because I knew there would be some changes. I think of my own writing of characters and there are almost always changes.