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‘Beyond the Gates’ Writing Team Revealed: Michele Val Jean and Bob Guza Jr. Named Co-Head Writers; Ron Carlivati, Gregori Martin Among Breakdown Writers
Following the start of production and premiere date announcement, CBS’ new daytime series Beyond the Gates on Friday introduced its staff of writers. With show creator, executive producer, and showrunner Michele Val Jean and co-head writer and EP Bob Guza Jr. at the helm, the writers room is comprised of a diverse team of soap and television scribes.
In addition, other notable members of the team are very familiar to soap audiences for the work. They include: former Days of our Lives, General Hospital, and One Life to Live head writer, Ron Carlivati, and The Bay’s creator, Gregori J. Martin, as well as longtime writers from The Young and the Restless scribes, Sara A. Bibel and Theresa Zimmerman, plus soap journeyman, Christopher Dunn, Susan Dansby and more. Script writers include: Danielle Paige, Jazmen Darnell Brown, Cheryl L. Davis and Lynn Martin, among others.
Beyond the Gates is set to premiere on February 24th, 2025 as a one-hour soap opera. The new daytime drama series from the CBS Studios/NAACP Venture will air weekdays at 2:00 p.m. ET/1:00 p.m. PT on CBS and will be stream Live and On Demand on Paramount+*.
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Take a look below at the official writing team of Beyond the Gates; who will shape the characters and the story in daytime’s newest soap opera since Passions in 1999.
Michele Val Jean – Creator/Head Writer/EP/Showrunner
Credits: Script Writer, Generations; Script Writer/Script Editor, Santa Barbara; Associate Head Writer/Script Editor/Script Writer/Breakdown Writer, General Hospital; Script Writer, Bold & Beautiful, Consulting Producer/Script Writer, Ambitions, Jake & The Fatman (2scripts)
Bob Guza Jr. – EP/Co-Head Writer
Credits: Writer, Santa Barbara; Creator, Sunset Beach; Co-Head Writer, Loving; Head Writer, General Hospital
Susan Dansby – Script Editor
Credits: Story Consultant, Young and the Restless; Consulting Producer, Ambitions; Script Writer, Young and the Restless; Script Writer, Breakdown Writer, Assoc. Head Writer, As the World Turns; Director, Port Charles; AP, Director, General Hospital
Michael Montgomery – Continuity Producer
Credits: Script & Story Coordinator/ Breakdown Writer and Script Writer, Young and the Restless
SCRIPT WRITERS:
Judy Tate
Credits: Breakdown Writer/Script Writer, Another World, As the World Turns, Days of our Lives Feature Short, Keepers of the Flame
Danielle Paige
Credits: Script Writer, Guiding Light, Days of our Lives; Novelist, Dorothy Must Die, Stealing Snow, The Ravens, The Monarchs, Holos
Jazmen Darnell Brown
Credits: Staff Writer, BMF, Ambitions, Saints and Sinners
Cheryl L. Davis
Credits: Scriptwriter, As the World Turns, Days of our Lives; Staff Writer, Law & Order: SVU
Lynn Martin
Credits: Script Writer, The City, Port Charles, Another World, As the World Turns, Young and the Restless
BREAKDOWN WRITERS:
Ron Carlvati
Credits: Script Writer/Head Writer, One Life to Live; Head Writer, General Hospital; Head Writer, Days of Our Lives
Sara A. Bibel
Credits: Script Writer, Breakdown Writer, Assoc. Head Writer, Young and the Restless
Christopher Dunn
Credits: Breakdown Writer, Santa Barbara, General Hospital, Sunset Beach, Guiding Light, All My Children, Days of our Lives, Young and the Restless; Script Writer, Guiding Light, Days of our Lives
Gregori J. Martin
Credits: Creator/Head Writer, The Bay; Screenplay Adaptation, Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven
Teresa Zimmerman
Credits: Breakdown Writer, Young and the Restless; Scriptwriter, Young and the Restless; Associate Head Writer, Bold and the Beautiful
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Well… if ReRon is involved, that makes this show less of a threat to GH at least.
The irony of him and Bob Guza working together though…..
I hear you! Two different styles!
Lather, rinse, repeat. WHY do they keep regurgitating soap writers?
I’m sorry! Why Ron Carlivati????!!! Total camp!!
You spelled “crap” wrong.
No Satan, I am.saying his plate writing style is campy. Some folks love it, but it’s not my cup of tea. One Life to Live and GH totally changed under his tenure: and OLTL never recovered. Fortunately GH did.
I liked when Ron wrote for OLTL
I smell a woke soap and the woke world ended November 5th.
Keep dreaming – we’re not going anywhere. There’s a market out there for this. Money talks (as you should well know).
We’ll see.
The market is dominated by MAGA. Look at the ratings of the legacy networks, the spinoff of MSNBC because of a huge drop in audience and profits, the sale of ABC by Disney, and the rise of new 24 hours live streaming channels funded by conservatives.
How do you define “woke”? And what gives you the impression the soap will be “woke”?
Take your garbage to Fox News or X.
What garbage? Vote for Kameltoe and Walz 2024 signs? Gladly.
Leave the discussion to the adults in the room. That you have to resort to childish name calling is rather pathetic.
Mimi. You’re what’s wrong in this world. Enjoy your darkness and ugliness.
Fox News is globalist establishment media.
Spoken like someone who doesn’t know what the word means.
“Ooooh rush me to the Burn Center”
Can’t do that. It just got shut down because Bobby Brainworm doesn’t believe burns are real. Even though several famous members of his own family could testify otherwise, if you know what I mean.
Donald couldn’t give a shit about you or any of his supporters so it’s time to wake up to reality.
Neither does Kameltoe
You must be a rebellious 13 year old girl.. you have the mean spiritedness.. like crude name calling.. grow child grow… if you can
KAMALA baby! Get it right! If you love Donald good for you! No need to be rude and disrespectful.
Bulls-eye. No doubt about its commitment to wokeness….. the writing team and major sponsor are testimonies.
Denise, are you able to expound on what is meant by a “commitment to wokeness”? This is the second or third comment about it this new soap being “woke,” but no one has squarely defined it.
This list of writers is impressive to say the least. Yes, Ron and Bob are negatives to this writing team.
The “writer” yes, although, he’s only a breakdown writer so he has no control. Guza Jnr isn’t as bad as many believe him to be. He knows how to move a Sweeps storyline, and he’s been out of the game 13 years. I’m sure he has some solid ideas.
Guza is good I will say
Honestly, overall, this writing team is solid. Real solid. Michele Val Jean is class and our head honcho leader & Robert Guza Jnr, despite all of his faults, will bring some real excitement to Sweeps period, and they both worked together on General Hospital, so that’s a promising sign. Susan Dansby is finally getting her due as script editor⏤which means bullshit won’t be making it onscreen. And I’m happy they have a continuity producer. I don’t believe any other soap has one of those, especially the one with a “historian” as head writer.
The two names I don’t like seeing are Sara A. Bibel & Ron Carlivati, both of whom I’m at least in comfort knowing are breakdown writers, only. Their roles will be tight and restricted, thankfully. But, I love seeing an all-POC team of script writers, which will provide a very unique POV to American daytime viewers. Let’s go!!! Bring it on!!!!!!!
I hope this soap is about real issues and not science fiction/devil worship/return from the dead/who’s the daddy. These issues have been done to death. I hope Guza does an amazing job. I am intrigued.
I trust Val Jean and the vision she has for HER show. She is creator, show runner, executive producer AND head writer. She knows what she’s doing.
Hey, what’s wrong with Devil storylines? I did some of my best work on Days!
You were good on Dark Shadows, too! Pity you needed an assumed name and only got two days of work! Here’s looking at you, Diabolos!
People want romance on soaps real issues are boring. As for “devil” stories, Days devil story in the early 90s was basically told as a love story so I don’t mind the dumb storylines of they are done with that mind.
Just what I thought, a supposedly all Black cast but the entire writing staff is white. So it’s going to be the same old treatment of black people on American soap operas. The characters will be Black by face only and living a lily white life! To the writers, I don’t watch American soap operas anymore because you tend to turn the black characters into white characters. All the black men usually end up with white women and the black women be placed in the background. But, to Black viewers, I suggest you take a look at South African soapies on YouTube. These shows have black writers producers directors and have stories lines catered to blacks people which include cultural what we believe, good people, villains everything you want in a soap opera. Black people don’t continue to fall for this type of treatment.
Time will tell, but the track record of this crew supports everything you said!
LOL!!!! Black people are the ONLY minority who are overrepresented on TV at this point if you go by the percentage of how many black people there are in the country. And on GH? They are THE most represented minority with about 15 characters; all professional from doctors, heads of police, assistant to the mayor, head nurse, jazz musician, social worker, and now three doctors: TJ, Jordan, and Gannon. As for interracial dating, it’s the white guy with the black woman; there was AJ Quartermaine with Keisha, Nikolas with Gina, Spencer with Trina. “Acting white?” What is acting white? All the characters are educated regardless of race. There’s a definite dialect when Marshall and Stella speak, and they’ve infused race into some stories that shouldn’t even be there. And now…there’s going to be an American black soap centered around a black family. Not a Latin family, not Jewish family, not a Japanese family, but a black family. And yet the whining continues….
How does converting to the Jewish faith fit in ? I know of many black people who have converted. Just wondering…
Absolutely!
No. It’s not. Do your research.
Instead of speaking without knowing, you should do your research. Every single person listed as a script writer (the more important roles vs. breakdown) is a person of colour. That is FACT. So to say the ENTIRE writing staff is White is completely wrong, and you’re not the only one trying to sell this as fact when it’s completely false. Try again, Art.
I know they should try to have more black writers I am not sure that would make it better but I have a feeling this will be just white liberal gibberish. Guza is good tho he might make it work.
Go to Great American Family. You may be their target audience.
Ok anything American is fine with me! Like are darling president Donald Trump who I love more than anyone!
Poor you.
He’s the messiah for morons.
The creator and co-headwriter Michele Val Jean is a Black woman — she was the first Black head writer of any American soap opera (GH). She is royalty and made sure all her scriptwriters were also Black.
Shes royalty? How so?
Daytime soap royalty.
Mimi is a Trumpster and there’s no.getting through to her. Let her bask in the glow of her Messiah’s victory!
Leave it to P&G and CBS. This smacks of the eventuality of the wrong people taking over a soap they’ll have no business helming. Great idea. Poor choices. TPTB are in line to tank the first new soap in decades. Well done y’all. Well done. Round of applause please.
Well I hope since it’s a soap highlighting a family of color. There will be people of color working on scripts and behind the scenes.
There are! One of the two co-headwriters and the entire scriptwriting staff.
I am very disappointed in this writing team. It’s going to be the same old stuff that brought down all the other soaps: Evil twins, characters returning from the dead, campy comedy, unrealistic plot lines, and the list can go on…… I was hoping for good storytelling with interesting, well rounded characters.
And how do you know this, Phil? I highly doubt Michele Val Jean would do that to her baby.
Campy- Hmmmmmmm, i.wonder who Phil is referring to???? One guess!
I Love this production. I just have one suggestion, please, please don’t break up Ted and Vanessa. Let them stay together so Leslie/Dana, can get her face crushed, Even though the divorce papers are supposed to be signed already, it can play out that the papers were never filed or something, to keep them together, please!
Next week, CBS daytime’s Beyond the Gates serves up a week of repeats to shed the spotlight on some recent major episodes, in case you may have missed it, all before the 4th of July holiday weekend.
This is not the first time the newest network television soap opera on the block has aired a week’s worth of encore presentations. However this time, the episodes focus on the fabulous Cotillion storyline which is juxtaposed with the blood plasma ring warehouse shakedown which saw Derek Baldwin (Ben Gavin) get shot and eventually die.
Also included in the week is Grammy and Tony Award winner, Jennifer Holliday making a guest appearance on the soap, and singing an original song from the series musical supervisors team during the Duprees Easter brunch, and more.
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Take a look at the rundown of what you will see next week on Beyond the Gates below.
Monday, June 29
The Duprees get ready for Samantha’s cotillion. Jacob meets with Ren. Ashley is in a panic as Grayson prepares for the worst. Bill questions Hayley about her past. Lia puts Derek in the hot seat.
Tuesday, June 30
Grayson completes his assignment, but then all hell breaks loose at the warehouse. Samantha and Jessica make their cotillion debut while Nicole has to deal with an emergency.
Wednesday, July 1
Someone dies while a Platinum Deb is crowned. Vanessa questions Joey about the chaos of the evening. Tyrell and Jessica slip away for their first time together.
Thursday, July 2
Special Guest Star Jennifer Holliday sings for a friend. Nicole takes Kial to her family’s Easter brunch. Ted advises Carlton. Anita puts Anastasia in her place. Hayley feels like an outsider in a sea of Duprees. Grayson receives a threat. Naomi and Jacob find a way to connect.
Friday, July 3
Naomi and Jacob spend their anniversary apart—both remembering their love story from first date to wedding vows. Izaiah helps his brother out while Naomi leans on Ashley, Dani and Bill.
Beyond the Gates returns with all-new episodes starting Monday, July 6 where it will pick up right from where it left off following the Friday, June 26 cliffhanger.
So, from the encore episodes listed, which are you are you most enthused about seeing again, or do you wish there was no break from traditional all-new episodes? Weigh-in via the comment section below.
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RATINGS: ‘Beyond the Gates’ Scores Third Most-Watched Week Since Its Premiere With ‘The Young and the Restless’ Crossover Event
The tornado that ripped through Fairmont Crest and put the lives of the characters of Beyond the Gates and several from The Young and the Restless in jeopardy had viewers tuning-in for the week of June 8-12.
The highly-publicized crossover event kicked off on the Tuesday, June 9 episode of Beyond the Gates where six residents of Genoa City came to to visit the D.C./Maryland country club for a fundraiser for Martin Richardson (Brandon Claybon), only no one expected a twister to tear into the proceedings, leading to several storylines intersecting as people were trapped with one another with Eva Thomas (Ambyr Michelle) being the most severely injured and now requiring a liver transplant to survive.
According to the ratings report from CBS and Nielsen ratings and as supplied to Variety, Beyond the Gates brought in on average 1.8 million viewers throughout the wee. That is up 11% from its season-to-date numbers and it makes the crossover/tornado episodes its third most-watched week for the soap since Beyond the Gates premiered back on February 24, 2025.
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A GENOA CITY TOUCHDOWN
With the strength of the story, its special effects and bringing over cast of the top-rated, The Young and the Restless which included: Eric Braeden (Victor Newman), Michael Mealor (Kyle Abbott), Peter Bergman (Jack Abbott), Susan Walters (Diane Jenkins), Melissa Ordway (Abby Newman) and Bryton James (Devon Hamilton), the Thursday, June 11 episode was the week’s most-watched.
According to the numbers, the Wednesday June 10 episode brought in the most total viewers for the week with 1.87 million (up 17% week-to-week), followed closely by the Friday, June 12 episodes which had 1.84 million watching.
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Over on The Young and the Restless, the week of June 8-12, also saw an increase based on the early return that week of Shemar Moore as Malcolm Winters wrapping up his leg of the story where viewers learned he had a son Holden Novak (Nathan Owens) with Stephanie Simmons (Vivica A. Fox), and survived his bone marrow transplant surgery thanks to Cane Ashby (Billy Flynn).
Y&R scored 3.11 million viewers for the week up 2% from its season average with the June 8 and June 9 episodes featuring Moore averaging 3.2 million viewers and up 9% year-over-year.
So, did you enjoy the tornado episodes of Beyond the Gates and seeing the residents of Genoa City crossover to Fairmont Crest? Share your thoughts via the comment section on the latest ratings for the two CBS daytime soaps.
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‘Beyond the Gates’ Star Karla Mosley Weighs-in on Dani Dupree’s Love Life Endgame: Are You Team Bill or Team Andre?
Last week, viewers of CBS daytime’s Beyond the Gates watched as a tornado ripped through Fairmont Crest. In its wake, people were trapped with one another or seriously injured.
For Dani Dupree (Karla Mosley), she found herself stuck in an elevator with her ex-husband, Bill Hamilton (Timon Kyle Durrett). And wouldn’t you know, one thing led to another, and the two gave into their unresolved feelings for one another and did the deed.
Meanwhile, Dani’s current husband, Andre Richardson (Sean Freeman) suffered a minor injury to his leg, and was worried sick in the ballroom because he had no idea where Dani was after the twister decimated the place. Eventually, Dani and Bill part ways go back to their families and act like nothing happened.
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When Dani is reunited with Andre, he professes his love for her even more than ever. As for Bill’s current wife Hayley Lawson (Marquita Goings), she could care less because she was making out with Kyle Abbott (Michael Mealor, Y&R) in a closet at the country club!
THE TORNADO MAY HAVE CHANGED DANI’S HEART
For months, Beyond the Gates viewers have found themselves torn; rooting for Dani and Bill to get over themselves and get back together, or rooting for Dani and Andre, because its clear he truly loves her, even though their marriage may not have started out as the greatest love affair of all time.
Karla Mosley opened up to PEOPLE on Dani’s romance plight and who the writers of the soap might ultimately pair her with, expressing “I cannot say. I honestly have no idea.”
As it seems now, this triangle of Andre/Dani/Bill is about to heat up even more following Dani’s elevator exploits. However, according to Mosley, the popularity of Dani and Andre came as surprise to the writers, which has led to the romantic drama. “The writers did not think Dani and Andre were gonna pop off the way that they did,” explained Karla. “Originally, they thought Bill and Dani would be back together by the end of season one. And then it was like, ‘wait, what is happening?’”
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WRITERS ARE TAKING THE PULSE OF THE FANS
The decision to not have Dani and Bill reunite within season 1 or half-way though season 2, Mosley shares is a sign of the times: “The old soap trope is the torn woman who goes back to her man. But I think there are enough women now who are like, I want to see her win.”
In the end, Karla believes that in this case, fans speaking up, can also translate to the writers room and influence their potential decision of who should be the ultimate man for Dani. She tells Beyond the Gates viewers, “Keep talking about it, y’all.”
Meanwhile, questions remain: Could Dani and Bill’s elevator sex find her pregnant with his child, which would make this whole situation more messy? Stay tuned.
Now, let us know, who do you want to see Dani ultimately with … Bill Hamilton or Andre Richardson? Weigh-in via the comment section below.
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