Canadian soap fans who’ve been looking forward to watching the first brand new daytime drama series in more than 25 years from the beginning can breathe easy thanks to CHCH-TV.
A spokesman for the network has confirmed to Soap Opera Network that CHCH holds the Canadian broadcast rights to the soap opera beginning with its premiere episode on Monday, February 24.
The network will air new episodes of the series weekdays at 2:00 p.m. ET in simulcast with U.S. broadcaster CBS. Currently, CHCH only holds linear TV rights to the series in Canada. A streaming option has not been announced for the country.
We’re told Paramount Global Content Distribution, a division of Paramount Global, owner of CBS, will distribute the series internationally. At press time, no specific details had been announced by Paramount on where the series would air outside of the U.S. and Canada.
In the U.S., “Beyond the Gates” airs weekdays at 2:00 p.m. ET/1:00 p.m. PT on CBS, beginning Monday, February 24, and streams Live and On Demand on Paramount+.
“Beyond the Gates” marks a return to the world of daytime soaps for CHCH as the network previously carried fresh episodes of “As The World Turns,” “Guiding Light,” “Sunset Beach” and “The Young and the Restless,” with the latter series moving to Global TV in the early 1980s.
Broadcasting since 1954, CHCH has been the news leader for Hamilton and the surrounding Halton and Niagara regions. Owned by the independent media company Channel Zero, the network is available to over 92% of Ontario households and is viewed by millions nationally each week.
Watch a CHCH-branded promo for “Beyond the Gates” below.
The TV Watercooler was the first to report the news of “Beyond the Gates” airing on CHCH.
