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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I love the names so far. Really love them. 

28 minutes ago, BetterForgotten said:

https://www.instagram.com/p/DAHMXLqT4jz/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

 

Hmm, MVJ's IG post has TT labeled as "Rosalind" and DD labeled as "Crystal" - I wonder if those character names changed again, lol. "Dani" for KM is at least consistent with today's reports. 

Love those pictures. Especially the regalness in TT's. 

Tamara released a Jazzy Pop album (Dreamsville), and the cover is everything:

 

 

This has been such an exciting day! As I said in the other thread, TT has always been one of my favorite actors. She is the perfect actor to lead BTG. Thrilled to see KM back in a leading role. I was seriously bummed the way B&B boxed her in. There is no doubt I'll be streaming BTG daily now.

I'm certain we'll see a few other familiar CBS daytime actors pop up on BTG. It makes sense at the beginning.

I imagine the show will launch Jan 27. Here's why: CBS is broadcasting the AFC Championship Game on Jan 26 in primetime. The primetime Championship game is usually the 2nd highest rated TV show of the year (55MM+). Just like the SB, the next day, the network that aired the game gets a ratings bump. Plus CBS can drop a promo or two because plenty of women watch the NFL. I'm excited. I just hope the show doesn't get continually pre-empted for soccer.

 

14 minutes ago, edgeofnik said:

I imagine the show will launch Jan 27. Here's why: CBS is broadcasting the AFC Championship Game on Jan 26 in primetime. The primetime Championship game is usually the 2nd highest rated TV show of the year (55MM+). Just like the SB, the next day, the network that aired the game gets a ratings bump. Plus CBS can drop a promo or two because plenty of women watch the NFL. I'm excited. I just hope the show doesn't get continually pre-empted for soccer.

Yes. Per what edgeofnik and I said on this thread five months ago
at  (Link to post)  
@Errol per what we said in that old post, and also edgeofnik's new post above, 
what about soccer preemptions, football promos, etc.  Have they thought about that at all,
or is it more depending on what happens with the election etc?

Edited September 19, 20241 yr by janea4old

5 hours ago, BetterForgotten said:

Again, having a theatrically trained and veteran actress like TT is such a huge boon to this new show. She’s at the top of the cast list and sets the tone. 

I wonder if VR or DM for that matter were ever really in any consideration, but I think they made the right decision here. TT can sing and has a working class upbringing that really gels with the character description for Betty/Anita. To me, this is perfect casting.

There is also something to Tunie being known, talented, but not a daytime  mega superstar like DM and VR. They walk in the door with Angie and Dru written all over them when it comes to a daytime audience. I’m not saying they are not all talented and Tunie wasn’t popular. She’s very beloved and well known in daytime and primetime. I know any of them are capable of playing something different. I am thinking more about the perception of their past characters being with them- Angie was part of a supercouple, and Dru was like a centrifugal point on Y&R- as anchoring to me as a viewer as Jill, Nikki, Ashley, etc.

MVJ was a special writer on GH, mentored there and allowed to put her stamp down under Labine and Guza, supported by Riche. That must have been a nurturing place for BTS talent during the 90’s, before things started to get toxic from ABC and power struggles over creative.

Rosalind like Rosalind Cash.

2 minutes ago, Faulkner said:

Rosalind like Rosalind Cash.

I thought of that too.

Late to the party but I had just seen the news about Tunie joining the cast I’m completely stoked! Same with seeing Karla Mosley being added to the show! ❤️

 

I also like adding the word “Beyond” to the title. I was fine with just “The Gates” but “Beyond The Gates” just gives a nice old time soapy throwback to the daytime soap titles of the 60’s and 70’s. Like Beyond the Gates sounds like a daytime show name while The Gates is sounds more primetime (and of course was once used for a primetime show several years back).

So to follow up on that abbreviation post I made like 2 days ago here, I like BTG 😃

1 hour ago, Faulkner said:

Rosalind like Rosalind Cash.

I thought the same. Really touching if that is her intention.

1 minute ago, titan1978 said:

I thought the same. Really touching if that is her intention.

I thought Rosalind Carter. But maybe she spells it Rosalynn.

3 hours ago, BetterForgotten said:

https://www.instagram.com/p/DAHMXLqT4jz/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

 

Hmm, MVJ's IG post has TT labeled as "Rosalind" and DD labeled as "Crystal" - I wonder if those character names changed again, lol. "Dani" for KM is at least consistent with today's reports. 

The character names released today are the official names of the characters. No way a big release like that would be revised within hours from a post on Instagram.

I believe Michele posted an older screenshot she took off of her computer screen with the headshots of the three actresses shared as part of a family tree. I believe the character names she has under them are the names of the characters at the point they auditioned or were submitted for.

2 hours ago, janea4old said:

Yes. Per what edgeofnik and I said on this thread five months ago
at  (Link to post)  
@Errol per what we said in that old post, and also edgeofnik's new post above, 
what about soccer preemptions, football promos, etc.  Have they thought about that at all,
or is it more depending on what happens with the election etc?

No information at this time as the premiere date is no longer penciled in for January. As I previously stated, it is now just "early 2025." That could still end up being in January, or it can be anytime through even April. We'll know more about scheduling once we know an official premiere date.

1 hour ago, Errol said:

The character names released today are the official names of the characters. No way a big release like that would be revised within hours from a post on Instagram.

I believe Michele posted an older screenshot she took off of her computer screen with the headshots of the three actresses shared as part of a family tree. I believe the character names she has under them are the names of the characters at the point they auditioned or were submitted for.

That makes sense.  I think the headshot of Tamara Tunie in purple may have come from photos of her appearance at the Tony Awards in June, as seen in pics on her IG and Getty  (Link)

5 hours ago, janea4old said:

^ Rosalind?  I thought Ms. Tunie's character is Anita?

First Betty, then Anita, and now Rosalind? What is this?