This week, the cast, crew and creatives of CBS’ Beyond the Gates celebrated the taping of the freshman soap opera’s 200th episode. The series made its debut earlier this year on February 24, 2025 and became the historic first hour-long Black-led daytime drama.
Taking to social media (which we have to give kudos to the actors for this as they are very active on their X, IG and Tiktok accounts) the cast and more acknowledged this milestone in grand fashion.
The series, which is shot in Atlanta at Assembly Studios, will be wrapping production on season one shortly. Episodes from season one will continue to air throughout the end of 2025. Meanwhile, production will begin on season two after a brief hiatus. Those episodes are slated to air in 2026. Take a look below at some of the celebratory remarks for #BTG200!
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Michele Val Jean, series creator and head writer, expressed via X on the series latest milestone, “To my Beyond the Gates family: can you believe we shot episode 200 today?! I’m so grateful for every single one of you and I love you all with my whole heart. Thank you for your talent, commitment and dedication. Here’s to the next 200.”
Ambyr Michelle (Eva) took to Instagram with a video message which said and read, “We officially made it to 200 episodes! God is sooo amazing!! Here’s to 2,000 more! And BEYOND that!!!” She added, “Although there’s no ‘wrapping’ in the Soap World — we’re honored to go into episode 201. Stay Tuned!!!”
Lauren Buglioli (Vanessa) expressed as she danced on her Instagram post, “Beyond grateful to be shimmying into episode 200 of @beyondthegatescbs! could not love this cast, crew and creative team more. thank you to everyone who’s watching and supporting the show! we love you (and your memes that are MEMEinggg)”
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Jon Lindstrom (Joey) shared on X, “Joey Armstrong. I only say it once. And if I call for you, don’t make me wait.’ Having such a damn good time playing this terrific character, on a terrific show, that happens to be a terrifically big hit. These things don’t come along every day, you know. Happy 200th episode!”
Colby Mohammed (Kat) along with Brandon Claybon (Martin) danced it out on her Instagram account sharing,”We finished filming TWO. HUNNID. EPISODES! Insane. Feeling blessed and excited to start filming season two! Can ya’ll feel the excitement from the cast and crew?!”
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Sean Freeman (Andre) leapt for joy on his Instagram post, expressing, “Yooo! We did it!!! Andre Richardson has successfully completed the 1st 200 episodes one of BTG!! My 1st series regular role (main cast) on daytime television. Lord u have been so faithful & your grace has been sufficient. NOTE: We don’t have “seasons” in the soap world, but here’s to the next 200, and beyond! LFGOOO”
Keith D. Robinson (Ted), along with Tamara Tunie (Anita), Daphnee Duplaix (Nicole) and more took to X and expressed, “Happy 200th Episode to the amazing cast and crew of Beyond the Gates!”
Karla Mosley (Dani) posted on Instagram, “It’s giving 200 episodes in the can, baby… You know what that means? IT’S GO TIME!!!!!”
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Jen Jacob (Ashley) shared on Instagram, “200 episodes later and I am not the girl I started this show as. Ashley has grown me so much. There were days I showed up to work not recognizing myself. For good and for bad…but all growth. All a test to keep getting better. Stronger. More compassionate. Having faith in and patience with myself. It’s a pretty unbelievable thing to be able to witness dreams coming true all around you. To be fully present in knowing the experience you’re living is a big core life change—for everyone. And to do it among people I whole heartedly respect, learn from and aspire to be more like each day? What a gift. This cast and crew and creative team are truly lightening in a bottle.⚡️ CBS Studios, thank you for believing in us and letting the story continue to unfold. Can’t wait to see where Ashley takes me next.”
Jibre Hordges (Jacob) took to Instagram with, “200 episodes in the books! Wow. This journey has been everything I dreamed of. Don’t get me wrong, getting here wasn’t easy. Having to remember 30/40 pages of new dialogue everyday, basically doing a play a day, after 200 episodes, it’s a lot! But it makes it that much more gratifying when you’re living your dream, making a living from doing what you love so it never feels like “work”, knowing you’re inspiring the world each and every day on the number 1 television network. That’s the best feeling } Thankful to God for receiving that call back in October that this will be my new life. I haven’t stopped smiling since! I’m taking the next 2 weeks and getting back to traveling the world because after 10 months of hard work, I’m about to enjoy this Most importantly, thank y’all! For showing love and supporting the show. Keep tuning in because Season 2 is loading.”
Share your congrats to ‘Beyond the Gates’ for reaching their 200th episode milestone via the comment section below, and if let us know, if you are enjoying daytime’s newest soap opera thus far? Then, take a look below at some of the social media celebrations from the cast!
