‘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 ...
‘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 ...
How 'Beyond the Gates,' network TV's first largely Black soap, is 'rooted in reality'
Generations after "Generations," CBS launches the first-ever predominantly Black soap as America grapples with race.
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, ...
CBS’ New Daytime Soap ‘Beyond the Gates’ Was Launched From the Question, ‘What If the Matriarch of Its Family Had Been Diana Ross?’
CBS' new daytime soap ‘Beyond the Gates’ was launched from the question, 'What if the matriarch of its family had been Diana ...
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The Return of Diversity: Cultural Commentary and Entertainment: How ‘Beyond the Gates’ Challenges Daytime Drama Norms | WATCH
CBS launched “Beyond the Gates,” a groundbreaking daytime soap opera that marks a significant moment in television history. This show holds the distinction of being the first new daytime drama from a ...
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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 ...
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‘Beyond the Gates’ is making history, but it’s also a ‘messy and entertaining’ soap
And for nearly as long, Michele Val Jean and Sheila Ducksworth have dreamed of making a soap about an affluent Black family. Their shared vision comes to fruition Monday when “Beyond the Gates ...
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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 future seems to be hanging by a thread. But “Beyond the Gates ...
‘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 ...