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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Who's going to go report for us?!

On second thought, no spoilers!

49 minutes ago, watson71 said:

The SCAD TV Fest will have a preview and panel discussion of Beyond the Gates on Wednesday, February 5th at 4:30 PM in Atlanta, GA.  

 

https://www.scadtvfest.com/2025/screening/beyond-gates

Ugh?! If only it weren't on a weekday, I'd try and make that.

$5.00 for a ticket is nothing!

1 hour ago, watson71 said:

The SCAD TV Fest will have a preview and panel discussion of Beyond the Gates on Wednesday, February 5th at 4:30 PM in Atlanta, GA.  

 

https://www.scadtvfest.com/2025/screening/beyond-gates

OMG, I would love to go. Too bad I'm on the West Coast. Hopefully, someone will be able to go and tell us everything 🤞🏾🤞🏾🤞🏾

On 1/22/2025 at 8:15 PM, GLATWT88 said:

Similarly, will they try to innovate in some ways? I think weekly/monthly summary episodes with the highlights would be great for new viewers trying to get into watching that may not want to start from the very beginning or feel like they don't have the time to always watch all 5 episodes each week. 

I think would be smart to post bite-size recaps on YouTube, TikTok, and similar sites for those with low attention spans. Post just enough to tempt them to stream the whole show.

CBS needs to push streaming hard. That's where the bulk of potential viewers can be found. Unless I was visiting my mom, I haven't seen a soap on linear TV/DVR since 2016. In 2023, Deadline reported the average age for the 3 linear soaps was almost 70 y.o! I do believe Y&R has a solid

If CBS is really committed to BTG building a following, I hope CBS.com unlocks more than the 5 most recent episodes. Not sure what Paramount+ does, but CBS should keep those episodes free at least for the first couple of months.

I'm not exactly hopeful since Paramount refuses to pay the license fee for even the most recent seasons of Y&R/B&B.

5 hours ago, edgeofnik said:

If CBS is really committed to BTG building a following, I hope CBS.com unlocks more than the 5 most recent episodes. Not sure what Paramount+ does, but CBS should keep those episodes free at least for the first couple of months.

I'm not exactly hopeful since Paramount refuses to pay the license fee for even the most recent seasons of Y&R/B&B.

I had reason to check Y&R on Paramount+ recently. It was about Jan. 10th & at that time Y&R had episodes still up dating to 12-23.

12 hours ago, Errol said:

A little bit of housekeeping for this Beyond the Gates thread.

Instead of closing the thread once the show begins its daytime run, I'm leaning toward keeping the thread going, with it emerging as the Beyond the Gates Behind the Scenes, Articles and Photos thread, akin to the ongoing threads we already have in place for the other four soaps.

The thinking is that the monthly discussion thread is specifically for episode discussion (for the most part), and this thread is already host to much of what the other show's threads consist of in terms of content relating to historical articles, behind-the-scenes happenings and information about the latest soap.

Great idea! 

I'm running a poll on several platforms. If anyone here is interested, you can vote just by replying with the # you best feel represents your Point of View.

Where do you stand on Beyond The Gates at this moment?

1-Definitely will be watching

2-Yes I plan to check it out

3-Wait & see

4-Give it maybe 2 weeks

5-Not interested

6-I just do not have the time to add another soap.

That's it! Have fun!

One month from today!

14 hours ago, Errol said:

A little bit of housekeeping for this Beyond the Gates thread.

Instead of closing the thread once the show begins its daytime run, I'm leaning toward keeping the thread going, with it emerging as the Beyond the Gates Behind the Scenes, Articles and Photos thread, akin to the ongoing threads we already have in place for the other four soaps.

The thinking is that the monthly discussion thread is specifically for episode discussion (for the most part), and this thread is already host to much of what the other show's threads consist of in terms of content relating to historical articles, behind-the-scenes happenings and information about the latest soap.

Sounds perfect Errol!

42 minutes ago, Liberty City said:

One month from today!

🥳🥳🥳🍸🍸🍸

2 minutes ago, skiman12082004 said:

🥳🥳🥳🍸🍸🍸

23 minutes ago, skiman12082004 said:

🥳🥳🥳🍸🍸🍸

Such an exciting time. We're getting so close!!

8 hours ago, Contessa Donatella said:

I'm running a poll on several platforms. If anyone here is interested, you can vote just by replying with the # you best feel represents your Point of View.

Where do you stand on Beyond The Gates at this moment?

1-Definitely will be watching

2-Yes I plan to check it out

3-Wait & see

4-Give it maybe 2 weeks

5-Not interested

6-I just do not have the time to add another soap.

That's it! Have fun!

It's a 1 for me...live at 2pm...via Paramount+!! Can't wait.

1 minute ago, adrnyc said:

It's a 1 for me...live at 2pm...via Paramount+!! Can't wait.

You're in a good company! (a large group!) #1 and #2 are winning by huge margins.

I'll be watching GH at 2 & so will watch BTG at 3.