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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On 8/9/2024 at 4:13 PM, dragonflies said:

Could she be heading to "The Gates" since it says Atlanta?? 👀

Oh she's going to The Gates. Everyone jumping ship, LOL!

On 8/1/2024 at 1:35 PM, mikelyons said:

 A friend of mine worked on the show when it came to Los Angeles and JHC was more concerned with buying sandwiches at Costco, cutting them up, and putting them on trays than EPing that show. She ran PC, Night Shift, and AMC into the ground and now they think it's a good idea to give her The Gates? The Santa Barbara Crew was struck again. When will their hold on daytime cease? 

I'm intrigued by this insight. Please share more. What kind of sandwiches were they? Did Julie use her own Costco card or borrow a friend's? 😂

1 hour ago, Jonathan said:

I'm intrigued by this insight. Please share more. What kind of sandwiches were they? Did Julie use her own Costco card or borrow a friend's? 😂

Me too. How could I have missed this post?

I'm surprised to see Julie Hanan Carruthers involved in this project, given that she's been out of the industry for over a decade and has been working in real estate. While I understand the value of working with trusted colleagues from the past, I believe this is also an opportunity to bring in fresh talent. It's a chance to take a bold step, much like Mickey Dwyer Dobbin did when she took a chance on Wendy Riche.

8 hours ago, Jonathan said:

I'm surprised to see Julie Hanan Carruthers involved in this project, given that she's been out of the industry for over a decade and has been working in real estate. While I understand the value of working with trusted colleagues from the past, I believe this is also an opportunity to bring in fresh talent. It's a chance to take a bold step, much like Mickey Dwyer Dobbin did when she took a chance on Wendy Riche.

While I would agree, the Wendy Riche situation was a different one. This isn't a new name coming in to take-over from an executive producer, such as Gloria Monty, whose tenure was not turning out as TPTB had hoped. This is a brand-new venture, which has a lot riding on its success. This is the first brand-new soap opera since Passions in 1999. This is a major deal. You need names, such as Bob Guza & Julie Hanan Carruthers, who are able to steer the ship as individuals with backgrounds in daytime, along with Sheila Ducksworth, Leon Russell, Derrick Johnson & Kimberly Doebereiner. You do. And it's very clear Michele Val Jean trusts them both and, I trust her, so...

21 minutes ago, Liberty City said:

This is a major deal. You need names, such as Bob Guza & Julie Hanan Carruthers, who are able to steer the ship as individuals with backgrounds in daytime, along with Sheila Ducksworth, Leon Russell, Derrick Johnson & Kimberly Doebereiner. You do.

Plus, I'd be willing to bet that at least a couple of these people will eventually step back once the show is properly launched and running smoothly. But obviously, being able to set up proper production schedules and control the budget will be important in making this show work and new people stepping into a show without any formula set would likely get out of control quickly.

 

All Contract roles

Must be Atlanta Based

“Elizabeth” is described as a Black female in her mid-30s. Described as gorgeous, intelligent, charming and witty, Elizabeth also holds an air of mystery about her. Elizabeth landed a job as a paralegal and began a love affair with Joseph, who was married at the time to Sara—the woman who suggested her husband hire Elizabeth!

I LOVE THIS. 

Elizabeth is the Brooke of the show! LOVE IT. 

“Diane” has two faces. The one that she shows to the world and one that is reserved for private moments. 

And beware... the psycho is called Diane.

LOVE IT. 

All of that sounds great and I love that they have characters living outside of the gates with high ambitions.

Given the way the other soaps write for LGBTQIA+ characters and relationships, the Marcus character should be interesting to see how this show represents and writers for him.

I hope the casting people are bringing their A game here - soaps need both talented AND charismatic actors to elevate the material. That’s incredibly important for a new soap. 

It sounds like classic soap at heart.

1 minute ago, BoldRestless said:

It sounds like classic soap at heart.

Yes. Yes. Yes. I love all of them. I can't believe I'm saying this. 

 

21 minutes ago, Maxim said:

“Elizabeth” is described as a Black female in her mid-30s. Described as gorgeous, intelligent, charming and witty, Elizabeth also holds an air of mystery about her. Elizabeth landed a job as a paralegal and began a love affair with Joseph, who was married at the time to Sara—the woman who suggested her husband hire Elizabeth!

I LOVE THIS. 

Elizabeth is the Brooke of the show! LOVE IT. 

 

I was thinking she sounded similar to Y&R’s Jill, but Brooke also works. 

Just now, BetterForgotten said:

I was thinking she sounded similar to Y&R’s Jill, but Brooke also works. 

Yes! My favorite archetype. I love that kind of messy girl.