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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Politics is no longer an off-limits topic because more and more people have been forced ro be political. It can be touched upon without being heavy handed within the fictional universe.

I'd think that the issue with politics on soap has been the issue of putting viewers, advertisers and affiliates off. 

Wasn’t Scandal a soap, albeit a primetime soap? I don’t think daytime dramas can rebuild relevance without some risk. 
I get a lot of reports concerning the state of the entertainment industry and the studies cited illustrate that topical subject matter with diverse BIPOC casts tends to result in very successful ratings and box office. Shondaland was built on this principle. Something tells me that Rhimes might just be a major influence on what MVJ is trying to achieve.

Not to mention, no one is stated it's going to be PRESIDENTIAL politics, as there are many facets of the political game. This wold be involving the Senate, with patriarch "Patrick" being a retired Senator. "Marcus," thus far, is the only character we've been made aware of who has a career in politics, as a congressman, with the desire of becoming the first Black openly gay President. Everyone else appears to be in the law career or medical career; again, we don't know all characters et al, but from what we know....

 

Never heard of a single one! Probably good news.

Oh wait, I know Timon Durrett from Queen Sugar. He's so fine.

Edited October 25, 20241 yr by Vee

 

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Joining the daytime drama about an affluent African American county in Maryland are Brandon Claybon, Timon Durrett, Sean Freeman, Marquita Goings, Maurice Johnson, Trisha Mann-Grant, RhonniRose Mantilla, Ambyr Michelle, Colby Muhammad and Arielle Prepetit. They join previously announced stars Tamara Tunie (Anita Dupree), Daphnee Duplaix (Dr. Nicole Dupree Richardson) and Karla Mosley (Dani Dupree).

 

Here’s a breakdown of the characters:

 

Maurice Johnson (Chicago Fire) stars as Ted Richardson, husband to Dr. Nicole Dupree Richardson and father to Martin and Kat. Ted is a brilliant plastic surgeon with an ultra-exclusive private practice.

Brandon Claybon (Grey’s Anatomy) stars as Martin Richardson. Martin, who is gay, is a congressman who lives outside the gates in a Washington, D.C. 

Newcomer Colby Muhammad stars as Kat, who lives in her parents’ guest house. Kat’s been indulged all her life, which has made her spoiled, entitled and dismissive of those she considers beneath her.

Sean Freeman (Finding Happy) stars as Andre Hamilton, nephew of Ted Richardson. Andre tragically lost his parents in a plane crash and inherited a double fortune, which allows him to live his bliss as a photographer.

Timon Durrett (Queen Sugar) stars as Bill Hamilton, Dani Dupree’s ex-husband and father to Naomi and Chelsea. Bill is an opportunist, publicity hound and narcissist, according to his ex-wife, Dani.

Arielle Prepetit (BMF) stars as Naomi Hamilton Hawthorne, Dani Dupree and Bill Hamilton’s oldest daughter and Chelsea’s older sister. Naomi lives outside the gates, where she humbly serves as a civil attorney.

Newcomer RhonniRose Mantilla stars as Chelsea Hamilton, Dani Dupree and Bill Hamilton’s youngest daughter and Naomi’s younger sister. Chelsea is a social media influencer and has been a successful but reluctant high fashion model since she was 18.

Marquita Goings (Woke) stars as Hayley Lawson, a paralegal at Bill Hamilton’s firm. Hayley is gorgeous, intelligent, charming, witty and the new fiancée of Dani Dupree’s ex-husband, Bill Hamilton.

 

Trisha Mann-Grant (Family Business) stars as Dana “Leslie” Thomas, Eva Thomas’ mom and a long-time waitress and bartender. Dana “Leslie” is not wrapped all that tight and intense, but she’s charming and easy out in the world.

Ambyr Michelle (Snowfall) stars as Eva Thomas, Dana “Leslie” Thomas’ daughter and Nicole Dupree Richardson’s new assistant, who vibrates with intensity and purpose.

 

Interesting.

Edited October 25, 20241 yr by Liberty City

So this is "Marcus", or what was perceived as the name for him. I wonder who his husband is or did they decide to eliminate that? And where's Patrick in this ensemble?

Edited October 25, 20241 yr by vanguard

Well, so much for all the fan driven dream casting, hah. This explains why they weren't dribbling out names and waited to announce a large group. They'll save the remaining bigger names (whether from soaps or elsewhere) til close to premiere.

Between the political angle and the casting, definitely feels like they are going for the streaming audience and not the network soap audience.

10 minutes ago, vanguard said:

So this is "Marcus", or what was perceived as the name for him. I wonder who his husband is or did they decide to eliminate that? And where's Patrick in this ensemble?

They seemed to have announced others outside of the Dupree family, and I doubt "David" has been nixed, because even the press release mentions he lives with his husband. I have a feeling they're holding out on the final round of castings ⏤ the recurring roles and the role of "Patrick" ⏤ until the end.

Oh this is gonna be exciting. Unheard names, good. 

2 minutes ago, MichaelGL said:

Oh this is gonna be exciting. Unheard names, good. 

Unheard of to daytime, mostly. Brandon Claybon did a stint on General Hospital as one of Curtis' physical therapists. So, thankfully, he should know how not to act on a soap opera.

Hopefully these relative unknowns can act or have a lot of charisma/sex appeal. Soaps are reliant on creating new/breakout performers, so this will be crucial to the success of this new show regardless of what the creative material entails. 

This is an exciting announcement! The more we learn, the more real it is starting to feel. Also, while these aren't names known to daytime, I do love that so many of these actors have worked on popular Black projects. That's going to help bring in their fanbases who watch the soaps on streaming and BET, but may not immediately want to watch a daytime soap. 

We still have quite a few names to be announced so I'm sure we'll have some more big names coming, but I love that we have a lot of new blood as well. Let them make their own stars like many of the other soaps did.