‘Beyond The Gates’: Meet Michele Val Jean, the Writer Who Created Daytime’s First Ever Black Soap Opera
When Sheila Ducksworth was named president of CBS’ new production partnership with the NAACP back in 2020, one of her first ...
CBS' New Daytime Soap ‘Beyond the Gates' Was Launched From the Question, ‘What If the Matriarch of Its Family Had Been Diana Ross?'
CBS has taken a leap of faith, greenlighting the first daytime drama on any network in 25 years, at a time when the genre's ...
‘Beyond the Gates’ is making history, but it’s also a ‘messy and entertaining’ soap
The first soap opera to premiere in more than 25 years will feature a primarily Black cast, a historic breakthrough for a ...
“Beyond the Gates” Producer Promises a 'Rooted' Soap with an 'Accomplished Black Family' That's 'Messy as Hell' (Exclusive)
"We’re not going to have aliens or anything.... It’s grounded in family," 'Beyond the Gates' creator and executive producer ...
How "Beyond The Gates" is bringing a fresh approach to daytime drama
After a 25-year hiatus in new soap launches, the showrunners of "Beyond The Gates" are promising rich storytelling with ...
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How 'Beyond the Gates,' network TV's first largely Black soap, is 'rooted in reality'
The show, created by Black soap opera veteran Michele Val Jean, is the dream of producer and lifelong soap fan Sheila Ducksworth. "I've been a lover of soap operas since I was 10 years old ...
Come ‘Beyond the Gates’ for the first Black-led soap opera — the first new network soap in decades
That car and the glamorous woman behind the wheel are driving into TV history on Monday as CBS begins airing the first ...
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Tamara Tunie & Daphnée Duplaix On Making History With ‘Beyond The Gates’ — Daytime’s First Black Soap In 25 Years [Exclusive]
After pitching the idea and getting the approval, you began working with soap writer Michele Val Jean. Can you elaborate more on the development process? Shelia Ducksworth: It’s incredible.
‘Beyond the Gates’ is as messy as soap operas come, and so much more
Tunie, whom fans will recognize from her years on “Law & Order: SVU,” has returned to her soap opera roots in CBS’s “Beyond the Gates,” the first daytime serial centered on a Black family in the ...
What to Expect From ‘Beyond the Gates,’ According to Tamara Tunie, Jon Lindstrom, Clifton Davis & More
The 'General Hospital' star and his former wife and 'As the World Turns' costar, along with Tamara Tunie and Clifton Davis, open up about launching the brand-new soap.