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TUNE-IN ALERT: Jon Lindstrom Makes His Debut as Joey Armstrong on ‘Beyond the Gates’

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Today, on the Friday, March 7 episode of Beyond the Gates, soap opera veteran, Jon Lindstrom makes his debut in his brand new role on the brand new soap opera.

Viewers have loved Lindstrom’s work as twins Kevin Collins and Ryan Chamberlain on General Hospital, and as Craig Montgomery on As the World Turns, but get ready to meet Casino Owner, and a guy you might now want to bring home to mother, Joey Armstrong on Beyond the Gates.

Taking to his Instagram ahead of his debut, Lindstrom shared, “I debut today on this show that people seem to be talking a little bit about. I’m starting to think that when someone says, ‘Joey Armstrong wants to see you,’ it’s not a welcome sound… ”

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Ahead of the premiere of Beyond the Gates, Michael Fairman TV, along with other media, participated in a virtual conversation with members of the cast of the new CBS daytime drama series, where Lindstrom gave us the low down on Joey Armstrong.

Jon shared, “He’s a bit of an entrepreneur in a kind way. Joey comes from the other side of the tracks. He has fought his way up in many ways, but he’s never lost his charm. But Joey runs a casino, which, if you’ve ever been inside a casino, you know a casino is kind of like what a bar is to an alcoholic. So, people can get into a lot of trouble around Joey, and Joey doesn’t like trouble. He knows how to end trouble, but he doesn’t like trouble.”

In his first scenes, Lindstrom will appear with actor Jason Graham who plays Doug in Beyond the Gates. Doug is deep in gambling debt and needs money to get him out of a jam. Enter Joey! Will Doug fall into a disturbing loan from Joey that he will never be able to pay back and thus put his life and others he knows in peril? Stay tuned.

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Beyond the Gates re-teams Lindstrom with his longtime friend and writer, Michele Val Jean who serves as the creator, head writer, executive producer and showrunner of the new CBS soap. Val Jean was instrumental to the original Kevin and Ryan storyline on GH, which offered up some of Lindstrom’s most revered performances in his daytime career.  “Everybody knows that Michelle is the best writer in the business,” shared Jon. “They may not want to admit it, especially if they’re another writer, but she is the very best in the business.”

So, are you looking forward to seeing Jon Lindstrom as Joey Armstrong on Beyond the Gates? After you watch today’s episode let us know what you thought of Jon’s on-screen introduction via the comment section.

 

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Recast Kevin on GH. He’s been absent for too long. Or write off the character. Laura married to invisible man is too ridiculous.

Kevin definitely needs to be on canvas. I agree, Laura being married to the invisible man is too ridiculous. With the annoying Lulu up and running around plus the missing serial killer brother, Laura’s psychiatrist husband should be by her side.

So many times he should’ve been by her side; she sat alone during Lulu’s surgery. She sat alone when Lucky was stabbed with Cyrus’s drug. She’s constantly on her own. Even when Lulu returned, he had a one-minute scene which was basically, “Hey Lulu, great to see ya!” (lol) And that he had to dash off. I have no idea if it was the powers-that-be to not write for the character anymore, or if John wanted/wants out of GH, but he needs to be one or the other: on more, written off with a plausible reason, or they need to divorce. I hate to say it, because I always loved “Kevn” and Jon in the role. Such a down-to-earth, stable, comforting, wise, character. Loved his fun cray cray marriage to Lucy, years, loved his best pals with Mac, but that’s GH history now. But keeping her married at this point is absurd if he’s not even around for pivotal scenes.

I heard a rumor that they are replacing Jon Lindstrom with a person of color to play Kevin Collins and that they are bringing back Ryan from the dead.

Ryan’s definitely not leaving Hell again. His mother missed him too much.

So excited to see Jon on today’s episode. He’s been side-lined on General Hospital for too long.

Definitely looking forward to his on screen debut!! Can’t wait to watch it!

Hey you guys, ” don’t worry bout it” He’s probably not as bad as some of his “customers”

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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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