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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!
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‘Beyond the Gates’ vs. ‘The Young and the Restless’ in a Soap Opera Showdown on ‘Flip Side’ Season 3 Premiere

CBS daytime dramas, Beyond the Gates and The Young and the Restless go head-to-head when two featured cast members from each show compete on the syndicated game show, Flip Side for its season 3 premiere.
Hosted by Jaleel White (best known as Steve Urkel from Family Matters) and filmed near Atlanta, Georgia, daytime drama fans should circle Monday, September 14th when you can catch: representing Team BTG, Colby Nixon (Kat Richardson) and RhonniRose Mantilla (Chelsea Hamilton), and Representing Team Y&R, Bryton James (Devon Hamilton) and Lily Winters (Christel Khalil).
In the upcoming soap opera showdown, the competing teams will win prize money for the charities of their choosing, when White tests both teams on how they think opposite groups of people feel about the same topic, and to see which team will make it to the final round.

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Flip Side’s loglines shares that it’s “an original, laugh out-loud survey-based game show that pits two teams of contestants against each other, testing them on how they think opposite groups of people feel about the same topic. The teams compete for a shot at $10,000 by guessing the top answers based on anonymous surveys – which can be provocative, surprising, and often humorous. Throughout each episode, host Jaleel White brings a fun and comedic energy to the show while also guiding the contestants through the questions.”
Season three leans deeper into exploring relationships, dating, social behaviors and everyday life situations that viewers can relate to. Season three also features multiple celebrity episodes benefiting charity kicking off with the CBS soap showdown.
In addition to airing Monday to Friday in syndication on stations across the country, Flip Side has a second run on Game Show Network. So, check your local listings for times in your area, or catch Flip Side on GSN.
So, who do you think wins the soap opera showdown between BTG’s Colby and RhonniRose vs. Y&R’s Bryton and Christel? Make your picks in the comment section. But first, check out a bit of the action from the episode below.
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CBS Announces Fall Preview and Season Premieres for ‘Beyond the Gates’ ‘The Bold and the Beautiful’ and ‘The Young and the Restless’

CBS announced on Thursday, September 10, their fall storyline previews, season premiere dates and broadcast milestones for its daytime line-up which has held the top spot as the highest-rated network in daytime for 40 consecutive seasons.
The line-up includes daytime dramas: Beyond the Gates, The Bold and the Beautiful, The Young and the Restless, plus gams shows, The Price is Right which continues to be the #1 show on daytime television and Let’s Make a Deal.
Coming up, B&B celebrates its 40th anniversary, Drew Carey marks 20 years as host of daytime’s The Price is Right, while Beyond the Gates will kick-off their 3rd season in December and Y&R continues its dominance at the number #1 daytime drama and the most nominated soap going into the 53rd annual Daytime Emmy Awards on October 30. Here’s what to look for this fall below!
THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS
CBS’ longest-running scripted series and 2026’s most Daytime Emmy Award-nominated series continues with its 54th season on Thursday, October. 8, and its 37th season as Daytime’s #1 drama on the broadcast television season.
Look for: Victor Newman (Eric Braeden) to stop at nothing to protect his family, taking decisive control of the situation with Matt Clark (Roger Howarth) while refusing to allow anything to threaten Nick’s (Joshua Morrow) sobriety. Victor presents Nikki (Melody Thomas Scott) with an intriguing business opportunity that could serve as an ulterior motive to cause havoc for his nemesis, Jack Abbott (Peter Bergman). Phyllis (Michelle Stafford) finally scores a win, but her victory forces her to decide who she truly wants in her life.
In addition, Victoria (Amelia Heinle) and Kyle (Michael Mealor) go to great lengths to keep their casual affair a secret. Stephanie (Vivica A. Fox) supports Nate (Sean Dominic) as he pursues a return to medicine. Lily (Christel Khalil) and Cane (Billy Flynn) mix business with pleasure when they team up to fight Billy’s (Jason Thompson) attempt to gain control of Chancellor Industries. With their wedding fast approaching, Billy has little time to give Sally (Courtney Hope) the support she needs, and the pressure is mounting.
In addition, Michael Fairman TV has learned stories and scripts under Y&R’s new co-head writers, Jamey Giddens and Dan O’Connor, begin to air on November 11.
Y&R is broadcast on weekdays on CBS (12:30-1:30 PM, ET/11:30 AM-12:30 PM, PT) and is available to stream on Paramount+**. The show is produced by Sony Pictures Television Presentation in association with Bell Dramatic Serial Co. and Corday Production, Inc. Sally McDonald is the executive producer. Jamey Giddens and Dan O’Connor are co-head writers.
THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL
The most-watched daily drama in the world kicked off its landmark 40th season this past Tuesday, September 8 on CBS.
In story, a fierce battle between sisters Brooke (Katherine Kelly Lang) and Katie (Heather Tom) is underway, shaking up the Los Angeles fashion industry as Katie’s rising House of Logan takes on Brooke and the mighty Forrester Creations. For the first time ever, the Forresters must navigate mounting financial concerns while the younger generation – Electra (Laneya Grace) and R.J. (Brayan Nicoletti) – rally to help save the family legacy.
Meanwhile, Will (Crew Morrow) and Dylan (Sydney Bullock) grow closer, but the arrival of Dylan’s mother, Darcy (Kelly Sullivan), adds new complications to their relationship as Katie goes on the offensive to help protect her son. Steffy (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood) and Carter (Lawrence Saint-Victor) must also grapple with the secret born from one unexpected night together, threatening to upend their respective marriages with Finn (Tanner Novlan) and Daphne (Murielle Hilaire).
With secrets, rivalries and family loyalties colliding, the drama builds toward a shocking twist in celebration of the series’ 40th anniversary in March 2027.
B&B is broadcast on weekdays on CBS (1:30-2:00 PM, ET/12:30-1:00 PM, PT) and is available to stream on Paramount+**. A Bell-Phillip Television production, Bradley Bell is the executive producer and head writer. Casey Kasprzyk also serves as executive producer.
BEYOND THE GATES
CBS’S newest daytime soap strides into fall packed with drama as the hit Daytime Emmy-nominated series continues its second season, with season three beginning Tuesday, December 29.
In story, the Duprees, their friends and foes will wade through a flood of fresh tests and triumphs. While some wrestle rivals old and new, others will fight for their livelihoods … and their lives. Anita (Tamara Tunie) hits a bump in the road on the way to The Articulette’s revival, while Vernon (Clifton Davis) takes charge when he gets news that dredges up the past. Dani (Karla Mosley) and Andre’s (Sean Freeman) marriage meets turbulence when mounting tensions with Bill (Timon Kyle Durrett) and Hayley (Marquita Goings) pull Dani deeper into her ex’s life.
Elsewhere, Martin (Brandon Claybon) defends his family when Smitty (Mike Manning) is dealt a devastating public blow that puts Naomi (Arielle Prepetit) and Jacob (Jibre Hordges) on opposing sides. As some relationships are strained, others are heating up. Sabotage can’t get in the way of Ted (Keith D. Robinson) and Shanice’s (Ernestine Johnson) love as they take things to the next level.
Meanwhile, Nicole (Daphnee Duplaix) is ready for more with Kial (Greg Vaughan). Madison (Kenjah) is a rock to Chelsea (RhonniRose Mantilla) when she and Kat (Colby Muhammad) can’t escape scandal and Vanessa (Lauren Buglioli) and Joey’s (Jon Lindstrom) love life fuels the fire with her daughter Deanna (Angela Fairley). As tensions simmer behind closed doors, a greater threat looms that could flip the entire community on its head.
Beyond the Gates is broadcast weekdays on CBS (2:00-3:00 PM, ET/1:00-2:00 PM, PT) and is available to stream on Paramount+**. The series is produced by CBS Studios, as part of the CBS Studios/NAACP Venture, in partnership with P&G Studios, a division of Procter & Gamble. Created by head writer Michele Val Jean, executive producers include Val Jean, Sheila Ducksworth, Julie Carruthers, Tracey Thomson, Leon W. Russell, Derrick Johnson, Anna Saalfeld and Lela Coffey.
THE PRICE IS RIGHT
Drew Carey will “Come on Down!” for his 20th season as the host of the ever-popular game show and the longest consecutively one in television history. The Emmy Award-winning series returns for its 55th season beginning Monday, September. 21.
This season, Wednesdays are getting even more exciting with “Wild Wheel Wednesday.” During the Showcase Showdown, contestants will have the chance to win not only over $100,000, but also a special prize chosen by Drew, making every spin of the Big Wheel even more thrilling. Themed episodes this season include Veteran’s Day, Halloween, Earth Day, Breast Cancer Awareness, Pet Adoption Week, Pride, Cinco De Mayo, St. Patrick’s Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas Week. Returning this season are announcer George Gray and fan-favorite models Rachel Reynolds, Manuela Arbeláez, Amber Lancaster, James O’Halloran, Devin Goda and Alexis Gaube.
The Price is Right is produced by Fremantle and broadcast on weekdays on CBS (11:00 AM-12:00 PM, ET/10:00-11:00 AM, PT)
LET’S MAKE A DEAL
Emmy Award-winning host Wayne Brady brings more deals, big prizes and surprises when the 18th season of the game show when it returns on Monday, September. 21.
The season premiere includes a brand-new game, “Cash Course,” a ball-rolling obstacle course where Traders line up green and gold balls on a custom-designed course for a guaranteed chance to win big cash, with the opportunity to take home a grand prize of $10,000 – but look out for the spinning duck, stone toad and the octopus!
This season also marks a major milestone with the show celebrating its 3,000th episode with Brady as host. The milestone will be commemorated with a special episode airing in January 2027. Returning this season are announcer Jonathan Mangum, model Tiffany Coyne and musician Cat Gray, who all bring their signature blend of improv comedy, music, iconic games and, of course, those infamous Zonks.
Let’s Make a Deal is produced by Fremantle and broadcast on weekdays on CBS (check local listings) and is available to stream on Paramount+**
**(live and on-demand for Paramount+ Premium plan subscribers, or on-demand for Paramount+ Essential subscribers the day after the episode airs)*. *Paramount+ Premium 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 episode airs.
So, which CBS soap opera’s fall preview has you most intrigued? Happy to know that shortly Y&R will begin to air episodes from new head writers Jamey Giddens and Dan O’Conner? Let us know via the comment section below.
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‘Beyond the Gates’ Adds Denzell Dandridge and Khiry Walker as Shanice’s Brothers

Shanice Johnson’s (Ernestine Morrison) brothers are coming to Fairmont Crest next week on all-new episodes of Beyond the Gates. Be on the lookout for Denzell Dandridge to make his debut as Lamont Johnson and Khiry Walker to debut n the role of Cedric Johnson on the Tuesday, September 8 episode.
In a video preview, Lamont and Cedric make quite a first impression on Dr. Ted Richardson (Keith D. Robinson), who are not so keen on the guy, who is dating their sister. Can Ted get Shanice’s siblings to have a change of heart about him? Stay tuned.
If Khiry Walker looks familiar, he has appeared in numerous television series, films and stage plays including Law & Order: Organized Crime and The Chair Company. Denzell Dandridge has also appeared across film and television projects including: Street Code Broken, Coming of Age, itfactor and The Dirty D. Dandridge. In a fun fact, Denzell is actually the great-nephew of acclaimed and groundbreaking actress, Dorothy Dandridge.
In addition, Denzell Dandridge shared on his Instagram about his casting on the CBS soap opera, “All the long nights on set. Countless auditions. Thousands of No’s. But here it is… we finally got our YES.”
Since its inception, Beyond the Gates has focused on the stories of the Dupree and Richardson families, and now with the Johnson family coming into the picture, the series has a chance to expand more characters familial background and back-story to propel future storylines.
Beyond the Gates received 15 Daytime Emmy nominations at the upcoming 53rd annual Daytime Emmy Awards on Friday night, October 30. The soap opera made Daytime Emmy history by racking up the highest nomination tally for its first time in the competition.
Now below, check out a preview for next week on Beyond the Gates which gives you a first look at Denzell Dandridge and Khiry Walker as Shanice’s brother. Do you hope the writers delve into the siblings story, or do you think they will just be in town to support their sister? Let us know your thoughts in the comment section.
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