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RATINGS: The Dupree Women Dance and ‘Beyond the Gates’ Scores Season Highs In Key Demos and Up in Total Viewers

By Michael Fairman

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The ratings are out for the week of February 23-27, 2026 and it was a good one for CBS daytime’s newest soap opera, Beyond the Gates led by Anita Dupree’s (Tamara Tunie) visit with CBS Mornings Gayle King (in a guest appearance), to openly discuss her triple-negative breast cancer diagnosis in conjunction with the Know Your Lemons Foundation.

The week also marked the one-year anniversary of the soap opera, which premiered back on February 23, 2025 as the first new soap opera on broadcast television in over 25 years. According to data compiled by Soap Opera Network, Beyond the Gates set a new season 2 high in the key Women’s demos 18-49 and 25-54.

In addition, Beyond the Gates toppled its time slot competitor in some markets, General Hospital, in both demos, and came in with its third largest audience in total viewers with 1.781 million tuning in, although down slightly year-to-year.

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Meanwhile, Beyond the Gates cast members continue to be the most active on social media of all the network soap operas, and in a new dance ditty that came out on Friday, March 6, to the Bruno Mars single, I Just Might,  the Dupree women of the series including: matriarch Tamara Tunie and her two on-screen daughters Daphnee Duplaix (Nicole) and Karla Mosley (Dani) shared via Instagram, Tunie kicking up her heels!

Daphnee Duplaix expressed, “When Tamara Tunie graces the dance floor, you move over and let the queen take the lead! Another week, another reason to love this cast.”

For the rest of the soaps: while General Hospital was slightly down in total viewers for the ratings period, it scored over two million viewers for the eighth time in nine weeks with 2.178 million eyeballs. The ratings week featured: Maxie (Kirsten Storms) reuniting with Nathan (Ryan Paevey) for the first time in 7 years, but choosing to stay in her relationship with Spinelli (Bradford Anderson), and Willow (Katelyn MacMullen) being sworn in as the new congresswomen taking her husband Drew Cain’s (Cameron Mathison) congressional seat.

At The Bold and the Beautiful, they scored big! The series bested all network broadcast soap operas in the key Women 18-49 demo at number one, while it, and sister soap The Young and the Restless, continued to be in the top two spots in total viewers, with Y&R at number one with 3.358 million and B&B with 2.925 million. It should be noted that for Y&R,  it hit over the three million total viewer mark for the fifth week in a row.

Now let us know, what do you think of the latest ratings picture and the performance of Beyond the Gates? Are you enjoying the show? What soap opera is firing on all cylinders? Which is not? Let us know via the comment section and take a look at the smooth moves of BTG’s Tamara Tunie and company below!

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This is what I am talking about!! We love season highs; Beyond the Gates has been performing so well in demos and ratings, especially against what The Talk pulled during its final year. The current performance is a great sign of things to come and for another pickup of their four-year deal. Hopefully those final two years are selected.

I also love seeing how genuine the actors appear on social media with each other. You can tell that the set is filled with love. I love that. Keep up the OUTSTANDING work!

GH and BTG air at different times in many of the nation’s top tv markets. Let’s stop referring to them as “time-slot competitors”.

With just 4 broadcast daytime dramas, there’s room for each to succeed.

In the Philadelphia market, for example, BTG airs at 2 pm. GH at 3 pm. There’s room for everyone!

Love me some General Hospital and Bold and Beautiful

Stop patting Y&R on the back. Year to year, they are down 31% in the 18-49 demo, finishing 7th in all daytime programming, they are down 21% in the 25-54 demo (meanwhile TPIR and LMAD are both up year to year.) Y&R got viewers (as did all daytime shows) from an East Coast snow storm.

Woke drivel beyond is so boring it’s painful to watch the acting is terrible no no no I was bitterly disappointed I liked Karla mosley and Tamara but they are too talented for this mess. the blonde girl can’t act either.

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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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