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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So most of these people are related right? The kids all are cousins.

 

Looking back at other soaps' premiere casts, it was usually a mix of a few known names and a bunch of newbies.

So BTG is not unusual in that aspect. And some gems are uncovered in the cast - while others not so much. So there might be adjustments(recasts) in the first few months, or we will have to watch them grow onscreen.

4 hours ago, Liberty City said:

I *believe* this is how characters lined up from the casting breakdowns to the casting announcement:

• Sam > Ted Richardson
• Marcus > Martin Richardson
• Allison > Katherine "Kat" Richardson
• Armand > Andre Hamilton
• Joseph > Bill Hamilton
• Jillian > Naomi Hamilton Hawthorne
• Cheryl > Chelsea Hamilton
• Elizabeth > Hayley Lawson
• Dana "Leslie" Thomas
• Kate > Eva Thomas

I think most of that is right except Dana is "Courtney" and Eva is "Diane," not Katie. The language for the character descriptions matches the casting call descriptions. In addition, Katie was a white female character. @BetterForgotten correctly guessed they would be mother and daughter. 

"David" was Jillian's , now Naomi's, husband. 

I haven't seen anything suggesting Bill Hamilton was Nicole's ex-husband, but maybe I missed something. 

Edited October 25, 20241 yr by dc11786

18 minutes ago, dc11786 said:

I haven't seen anything suggesting Bill Hamilton was Nicole's ex-husband, but maybe I missed something. 

Oh yes, it does say Bill is Dani's ex-husband. FRICK! Names are important, lmao. So much info at once.

So, realistically, based on the previously-announced breakdowns, we're awaiting these to be cast:

• Patrick
• Stacy
• Luis
• Rick
• David
• Katie
• Tomas "Tom" Hernandez
• Mike

Potential castings: Martin's husband and their two adopted children

15 hours ago, te. said:

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

The show is being made in collaboration with the entertainment division of the NAACP. There could definitely be a battle over how much politics will be present, but I don't know how the optics would play out. The show's target audience isn't going to be the typical net and if the stakeholders involve try to treat it that way (which they absolutely might) I don't think that will play out well for the show in the long run.

6 hours ago, Liberty City said:

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....

It hasn't been said, but I am assuming Bill Hamilton has political aspirations given the legal background and the publicity seeking. 

On a side note, Timon Durrett's wife is Kristen Renton (ex-Morgan, DOOL).  

6 hours ago, BoldRestless said:

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.

I think shooting in Atlanta was going to bring a different group of actors together logistically. A lot of these roles were listed in the second two casting announcements. People who haven't been announced from those role include Patrick (who people think is going to be a name), Stacy, and Luis (who was initially a contract role and is now listed as a recurring role). 

4 hours ago, Liberty City said:

Not the only one missing. These characters are missing:

Plus, Marcus' unnamed husband.

Marcus/Martin's husband was Daniel, which is probably why there was confusion between Daniel / David. Daniel was a former reporter. 

1 hour ago, Sapounopera said:

So most of these people are related right? The kids all are cousins.

Andre, Naomi, and Chelsea are cousins with Kat and Martin. Andre is Martin and Kat's cousin, but not Naomi and Chelsea's. I suspect Andre and Chelsea might be paired because of their potential connection to the modelling industry. 

Just now, dc11786 said:

Marcus/Martin's husband was Daniel, which is probably why there was confusion between Daniel / David. Daniel was a former reporter.

Daniel / David. Praying this shït is fixed in their actual final names, lmfao. And their seven-year old children, both siblings. Wonder if they'll be an inter-racial couple raising inter-racial children? Now that in a political setting would be.... interesting!

2 minutes ago, dc11786 said:

The show is being made in collaboration with the entertainment division of the NAACP. There could definitely be a battle over how much politics will be present, but I don't know how the optics would play out. The show's target audience isn't going to be the typical net and if the stakeholders involve try to treat it that way (which they absolutely might) I don't think that will play out well for the show in the long run.

It hasn't been said, but I am assuming Bill Hamilton has political aspirations given the legal background and the publicity seeking. 

On a side note, Timon Durrett's wife is Kristen Renton (ex-Morgan, DOOL).  

I think shooting in Atlanta was going to bring a different group of actors together logistically. A lot of these roles were listed in the second two casting announcements. People who haven't been announced from those role include Patrick (who people think is going to be a name), Stacy, and Luis (who was initially a contract role and is now listed as a recurring role). 

Marcus/Martin's husband was Daniel, which is probably why there was confusion between Daniel / David. Daniel was a former reporter. 

Andre, Naomi, and Chelsea are cousins with Kat and Martin. Andre is Martin and Kat's cousin, but not Naomi and Chelsea's. I suspect Andre and Chelsea might be paired because of their potential connection to the modelling industry. 

Yes. I remember the name Daniel being mentioned as husband to Marcus, and David as a police officer husband to one of Marcus ' female cousins.

2 hours ago, Sapounopera said:

So most of these people are related right? The kids all are cousins.

 

Which makes me wonder how is this supposed to work. Too many people being related makes this dicey, so there has to be more characters coming.

9 minutes ago, vanguard said:

Which makes me wonder how is this supposed to work. Too many people being related makes this dicey, so there has to be more characters coming.

I'm sure there will be, but the description (when it was The Gates) was focusing on a "wealthy Black family" in a gated community. So, this was known to us. The Thomases are not related (that we know of) and we have the other recurring characters.

Unknowns being cast keeps the budget lean and also allows for the show to build a following that isn't tied to star power.

7 minutes ago, ReddFoxx said:

Unknowns being cast keeps the budget lean and also allows for the show to build a following that isn't tied to star power.

And allows actors the chance to shine, which I love!!! I love that it's not all names we've seen previously in daytime! And one of them, Colby Muhammad, was just on Broadway. That is exciting!

3 hours ago, dc11786 said:

On a side note, Timon Durrett's wife is Kristen Renton (ex-Morgan, DOOL).  

Now my turn to correct myself… Renton appeared with Maurice Johnson as a married couple in a film… they are not married. I don’t even know why I had TD’s name in my head. 

I wonder what the issue is with the names. Why bother going from Daniel to David and so forth? It doesn't make any difference...

8 hours ago, ReddFoxx said:

Unknowns being cast keeps the budget lean and also allows for the show to build a following that isn't tied to star power.

I mean, historically that's how daytime soaps have always operated due to how large their casts are. I guess since there's only four soaps left, we've gotten used to established soap actors moving around like chess pieces. Just look at the casts of soaps launched in the past... plenty of newbies with the odd established actor to draw people in. KKL was an unknown when Bold & the Beautiful started.

3 hours ago, Aback said:

I wonder what the issue is with the names. Why bother going from Daniel to David and so forth? It doesn't make any difference...

Right! I much preferred Marcus over Martin, but anyway....

4 hours ago, Aback said:

I wonder what the issue is with the names. Why bother going from Daniel to David and so forth? It doesn't make any difference...

Most casting calls / breakdowns don't include the actual name of the character, to avoid spoilers, etc. so it doesn't surprise me all of the names have changed. Especially since the family was originally the Jacksons and is now the Duprees, etc. and now we see other surnames: the Richardsons, the Hamiltons and the Thomases.