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CBS Announces ‘Beyond the Gates’ 2025 Premiere Date and Time Slot

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Big news on daytime’s newest soap opera, Beyond the Gates. CBS announced today that their newest daytime drama from CBS Studios/NAACP venture will have its premiere on Monday, February 24, 2025.

In addition, the network revealed its time slot. Beyond the Gates set to air weekdays from 2:00-3:00 PM, ET; 1:00-2:00 PM, PT on CBS and streaming on Paramount+.  Of note: Paramount+ with Showtime 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 special airs.

The series began production in Atlanta, Georgia this month which included the cast first table read. Beyond the Gates features soap veterans: Tamara Tunie (ex-ATWT), Daphnee Duplaix (ex-OLTL, Passions) Karla Mosley (ex-GL and B&B), along with series lead, Clifton Davis. The cast also includes: Alex Alegria, Lauren Buglioli, Brandon Claybon, Timon Kyle Durrett, Sean Freeman, Ben Gavin, Marquita Goings, Jibre Hordges, Jen Jacob, Maurice Johnson, Trisha Mann-Grant, Mike Manning (ex-DAYS and The Bay), Rhonni Rose Mantilla, Ambyr Michelle, Colby Muhammad and Arielle Prepetit.

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In story, Beyond the Gates is set in a leafy Maryland suburb just outside of Washington, D.C., and in one the most affluent African American counties in the United States. Here you’ll find a posh gated community with winding tree-lined streets and luxurious mansions to call home. At the center of this community are the Duprees, a powerful and prestigious multi-generational family that is the very definition of Black royalty. But behind these pristine walls and lush, manicured gardens are juicy secrets and scandals waiting to be uncovered. And those who live outside these gates are watching closely. These are the places where our characters live, love, work and play. Those who have “made it” and those who haven’t are all trying to navigate life … and some with more grace than others.

Beyond the Gates marks the first-ever one-hour Black daytime soap and the first daytime drama to premiere since NBC’s Passions back in 1999.

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Michele Val Jean (ex-General Hospital and The Bold and the Beautiful, et al.) is the series creator, executive producer and showrunner alongside executive producers Sheila Ducksworth, Robert Guza Jr. (ex-General Hospital, et al.) Julie Carruthers (ex-All My Children and Port Charles) Leon W. Russell, Derrick Johnson, Kimberly Doebereiner and Anna Saalfeld.

In addition, Beyond the Gates has launched its official Instagram account with a special video announcing the series premiere date. You can join it by clicking here.

So, are you excited to learn that ‘Beyond the Gates’ will have late February 2025 debut? What do you think of its time slot? Comment below.

 

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Just puzzling how B&B wasn’t given a full hour, and let this show start out at 30 minutes.

That show sucks at 23 minutes of content. Last thing Bradley Bell and his hack team needs is 23 more minutes to fail at.

Bradley Bell has stated in the past he prefers the half-hour format for B&B.

Very possible Bradley Bell didn’t want an hour.

Absolutely!!! What a slap in the face to B & B fans!!! CBS is really slipping…why would they do that to the actors/actresses who have been on
B & B so long??

You really don’t think B&B could have expanded to an hour 30 years if they wanted to?

B&B was given the choice many times over the years to expand to one hour but they chose not to. They feel the half-hour format has always worked well for them and good for overseas sales.

If it was only on CBS, expanding B&B to an hour would be an option. International distribution – of which B&B has a large amount – makes increasing the run time more difficult.

This is going to be fantastic! Ending Black History Month off right, and lead right into the first Sweeps period of the new year!! Love this!! Cannot wait. The set preview looks outstanding and very rich!!!!!! Both Daphnee Duplaix & Karla Mosley look like sisters. This is going to be beautiful.

Well it looks like GH is going to have major competition, Beyond the Gates comes on at the same time! Bye GH!!!

I don’t THINK so.

It actually depends on the local station. ABC gives affiliates the option to time shift GH. Many markets on the west coast sir GH at 2pm while CBS will be airing The Gates at 1pm (the time many NBC stations used to air DAYS).

Who watches anything ‘Live’ anymore? Timeslots don’t mean anything now, we watch what we want whenever we want to!

I’m definitely looking forward to seeing this. I’ve marked the date in my calendar. Best wishes to everyone involved.

I have added #BTG to my calendar on my iPhone!!

I’m definitely looking forward to seeing this great production. It has a great plot and great actors! Is going to be a Success!!
All the best to all the crew of producers and actors!!!

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BEYOND THE GATES Throws it Back to the 70s and ‘Foxy Brown’ with Andre and Dani Fantasy

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On the Friday, May 8 episode of Beyond the Gates, the CBS daytime drama served up another fantasy sequence between married couple Andre Richardson (Sean Freeman) and Dani Dupree (Karla Mosley). The moment happened after Dani overheard a suspicious conversation and teasingly asks her hubby if he is spy?

This launches into story time by Dani, when she dreams up a scenario straight out of the look of the Blaxploitation films of the early to mid 70s. We are talking Pam Grier in Foxy Brown, Richard Roundtree in Shaft, and Sweet Sweet Badassses Song from Melvin Van Peoples and others.

In Dani’s story, both she and Andre are spies at Orphey Gene’s. Andre reveals he wears an eye patch. In the fantasy, Andre is also deemed to be a men’s underwear photographer from Iowa. The two seems to be double agents.

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After the scenes aired, the official Beyond the Gates Instagram account and Karla Mosley shared it on social, and many of the BTG cast jumped in the comment thread, as the series always brings it in the hair and make-up and wardrobe department and they had this down.

Sean Freeman said, “Sooo much fun shooting this one 🔥,” while Karla Mosley added, “The way I have been waiting for this episode to drop!” BTG Writer, Danielle Paige shared, “One of my fave days to write!!!”

While some fans loved it, others were not so in love with it. Check out the satire below featuring Dani and Andre’s 70s Foxy Brown-esque fantasy.

Then let us know, did you enjoy the repartee and think it was clever, plus the wardrobe, make-up and hair throwing it back to decades ago in the cinema … or do you think it was a waste of time on an episode and would prefer not to see fantasy sequences? Share your thoughts in the comment section.

 

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‘Beyond the Gates’ Nicole Plays the Field: Who Is Her Ultimate Love Match?

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Who would have thought that more uptight of the Beyond the Gates Dupree sisters, Dr. Nicole Dupree Richardson (Daphnee Duplaix), would be the one cavorting around with a few different suitors at one time and living it up!  Such as the case of the psychiatrist at Garland Memorial Medical Center.

In story, after her decades-long marriage went bust with Dr. Ted Richardson (thanks to the bombshell by Leslie that Ted and her had an affair the result of which was her having his daughter, Eva), Nicole divorced the renowned plastic surgeon and since that time has two men actively vying her attention, newcomer in town, Dr. Kial Robbins (Greg Vaughan) and Ted’s plastic surgeon partner, Dr. Carlton Fitzgerald (Michael Christopher Riley).

What’s refreshing for daytime is, this is a woman taking control of her personal life, and not making excuses that she is not being mutually-exclusive, She has even explained to both Kial and Carlton that after the stormy ending and the betrayal of her marriage to Ted (Keith D. Robinson), she’s not rushing into anything with any sort of short or long term commitment. So, everyone knows what they are getting themselves into.

For Nicole, let the fun begin and this week on all new episodes of Beyond the Gates come the Friday, May 8 episode while with Carlton, Nicole runs into Food Network Chef, Sunny Anderson who is also a regular contributor and official “Drew Crew” member on The Drew Barrymore Show. Meanwhile, Ted is thinking about another woman who Shanice thinks is Leslie, but doesn’t he just love Nicole and wants her back, try as he might to move on with anyone that isn’t her? Stay tuned.

This week, in the latest promo for Beyond the Gates, things are getting hot and heavy in the bedroom between Nicole and Carlton, while previous she had quite the time with Kial.

Check out the latest video teaser for episodes airing May 4-8 below.

So, who do you think will be the ultimate love match for Nicole? Will she wind up back with Ted, choose to be exclusive with Kial or Carlton, or will no one get Nicole, and she will just continue to be single and happy for the rest of her life? Let us know your picks via the comment section.

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CBS Daytime Preemption Schedule for UEFA Champions League Games: What This Means for ‘Beyond the Gates,’ B&B and Y&R

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Your favorite soaps operas on CBS, have a scheduling shift over the next few days for the network’s fifth annual broadcast for the UEFA Champions League Soccer games in Europe.

This will effect the Tuesday, April 28 and Wednesday, April 29; and next week’s Tuesday, May 5 and Wednesday, May 6 line-up of Beyond the Gates, The Bold and the Beautiful and The Young and the Restless.

First, and the most affected is all-new episodes of Beyond the Gates which will not air today or tomorrow. As well, game show Let’s Make a Deal will also be preempted. The two shows will also be fully preempted on May 5 and May 6.

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However, The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful will air as normal for East Coast viewers, but those on the West Coast in Mountain and Pacific Time Zones will have a full preemption. Only, the top-rated The Price is Right will air coast-to-coast with no interruptions because of its time slot of 11am ET/10am PT.

UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SCHEDULE

The UEFA, the Union of European Football Associations, semi-final matches begin airing today on April 28 when  Paris Saint Germain PSG plays a home game in France and goes up against Bayern Munich, and on April 29, viewers can look for Atlético de Madrid plays at home vs. Arsenal FC.

Next week, on Tuesday, May 5, Arsenal FC plays at home in England vs. Atletico Madrid, while Bayern Munich faces Paris Saint-Germain, on Wednesday May 6, in Munich, Germany.

CBS will air a one-hour UEFA Champions League Today before each of the matches at 2pm ET as the matches begin each day of the tournament at 3pm ET.

BEYOND THE GATES PREVIEW

When Beyond the Gates returns this Thursday, April 3o it will be the pick-up of the Monday, April 27 cliffhanger which found the Dr. Lia Whitmore (Cecelia Specht) threatening Grayson (Jordi Vilasuso) and Ashley (Jen Jacob) and Dani (Karla Mosley) becoming even more suspicious of Hayley (Marquita Goings) and her plans for Bill (Timon Kyle Durrett).

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In addition look for, Leslie (Tricia Mann-Grant) to be confronted by Anita (Tamara Tunie), while exes, Ted (Keith D. Robinson) and Nicole (Daphnee Duplaix) share a close moment witnessed by Shanice.

For those wanting to catch all episodes of The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful if you are in the West Coast time zones and usually watch them during the day. you can catch the action via CBS.com, CBS app or Paramount+

As Beyond the Gates heats up with who’s behind and involved in the black market blood plasma snatching story, don’t forget to check out the Michael Fairman Channel’s recent interview with Cecelia Specht on all things Dr. Lia Whitmore below.

So, what do you think of the preemption schedule and how it may affect your viewing this week and next of Beyond the Gates, The Bold and the Beautiful and The Young and the Restless? Weigh-in via the comment section.

 

 

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