“The Gates,” the first all-new daytime drama to receive a series order by a broadcast network since the 1999 launch of “Passions,” has been retitled, CBS announced on Thursday.
Now titled “Beyond The Gates,” the drama series tells the story of the Duprees, a powerful and prestigious multi-generational family that is the very definition of Black royalty, according to a newly released synopsis for the series.
Set in a leafy Maryland suburb just outside of Washington D.C., and in one the most affluent African American counties in the United States, “Beyond The Gates” is where viewers will find a posh gated community filled with winding tree-lined streets and luxurious mansions that the wealthy call home.
Behind the pristine walls and lush, manicured gardens are juicy secrets and scandals waiting to be uncovered. As for those living outside the gates, they are indeed watching closely. For every person who has “made it,” there are always those who have not. Follow the characters as they live, love, work, and play, all while trying to navigate life, some more gracefully than others.
In addition to a name change, CBS has also announced that the soap has cast daytime alums Tamara Tunie (“As The World Turns,” “Days of our Lives”), Daphnee Duplaix (“One Life to Live,” “Passions”) and Karla Mosley (“The Bold and the Beautiful,” “Guiding Light”) in key roles, marking the first official casting announcements for the series.
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Best known to daytime fans for her portrayal as Jessica Griffin on “As The World Turns,” Tunie is set to play “Anita Dupree,” the family’s matriarch who at one time was a famous singer. Since leaving that life behind, Anita has worked hard for her success, while also raising two daughters with her now-retired senator husband. Underneath her glamorous and refined exterior, there is a fierceness she’s gained from her humble beginnings in Chicago.
Duplaix and Mosley are set to play Anita’s daughters, Nicole and Dani, respectively.
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A high-achieving and competitive philanthropist and psychiatrist, Dr. Nicole Dupree Richardson (Duplaix) exudes warmth, empathy and compassion. Although her seemingly perfect life includes being married to a surgeon husband, not everything is as it appears on the outside… inside.
As for Nicole’s sister, Dani (Mosley), she’s a former model turned “momager” who gave up her career for love. As the Dupree family’s wild child, the free-spirited, headstrong and uninhibited Dani dropped out of school to pursue a high-flying modeling career, and she has always marched to the beat of her own drum.
Created by Michele Val Jean, who also serves as showrunner/executive producer, “Beyond The Gates” is produced by the CBS Studios/NAACP Venture, led by Sheila Ducksworth, in partnership with P&G Studios, a division of Procter & Gamble.
Robert Guza Jr. (“General Hospital,” “Sunset Beach”), Julie Carruthers (“All My Children,” “Port Charles”), Leon Russell, Derrick Johnson, Kimberly Doebereiner and Anna Saalfeld are set as executive producers alongside Val Jean and Ducksworth.
Production on the show is set to begin later this fall in Atlanta with CBS saying the show will premiere in early 2025. Previously the network announced the series would launch in January 2025.