On Sunday, January 19, “CBS News Sunday Morning” will feature a segment highlighting “Beyond the Gates,” the first new network television soap opera in more than 25 years.
According to a logline, correspondent Nancy Giles will talk with the creative minds and actors from the groundbreaking series which follows a powerful and prestigious multigenerational family living in a gated community outside of Washington, D.C., and is the very definition of Black royalty.
Created by Michele Val Jean (“The Bold and the Beautiful,” “General Hospital”) who also serves as head writer, executive producer and showrunner, the series cast is led by Clifton Davis (Vernon Dupree), Tamara Tunie (Anita Dupree), Daphnee Duplaix (Dr. Nicole Dupree Richardson) and Karla Mosley (Dani Dupree).
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“Don’t miss it! A whole feature on #BeyondTheGates, including an on-camera interview with @SheilaDucks [Sheila Ducksworth] and Yours Truly,” wrote Val Jean on X (formerly Twitter) in teasing the segment. Ducksworth is one of eight executive producers attached to the series.
Developed and produced by the CBS Studios/NAACP Venture, led by Ducksworth, in partnership with P&G Studios, a division of Procter & Gamble, “Beyond the Gates” marks the first-ever one-hour Black daytime soap opera and the first daytime drama series to premiere since “Passions” in 1999.
Anchored by Jane Pauley, “CBS News Sunday Morning” airs Sundays from 9:00-10:30 a.m. ET on CBS and available to stream Live and On Demand via Paramount+*. Rand Morrison is the executive producer.
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Premiering Monday, February 24 at 2:00 p.m. ET/1:00 p.m. PT on CBS and available to stream Live and On Demand on Paramount+*, the “Beyond the Gates” cast also includes Alex Alegria, Lauren Buglioli, Brandon Claybon, Timon Kyle Durrett, Sean Freeman, Ben Gavin, Marquita Goings, Jibre Hordges, Jen Jacob, Maurice Johnson, Trisha Mann-Grant, Mike Manning, RhonniRose Mantilla, Ambyr Michelle, Colby Muhammad and Arielle Prepetit.
The production team includes Robert Guza Jr. (“General Hospital,” “Sunset Beach”), one of the aforementioned eight executive producers as well as co-head writer, working alongside Val Jean. The remaining executive producers are Julie Carruthers (“All My Children,” “Port Charles”), Leon Russell, Derrick Johnson, Kimberly Doebereiner and Anna Saalfeld.
*Paramount+ with SHOWTIME subscribers will have access to stream Live via the live feed of their local CBS affiliate on the service, as well as On Demand. Paramount+ Essential subscribers will not have the option to stream Live but will have access to On Demand the day after the series airs.
Get a sneak peek at “Beyond the Gates” below.
