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Tamara Tunie, Daphnee Duplaix and Karla Mosley to Star in New CBS Daytime Drama ‘Beyond the Gates’

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CBS had announced the first official casting news for their newest soap opera, Beyond the Gates (formerly titled The Gates). Three women all familiar to daytime audiences are set as three core characters of the series.

Tamara Tunie, Daphnee Duplaix and Karla Mosley will star aa prominent members of the Dupree family. in the series from CBS Studios / NAACP Venture, which will become the first Black one-hour daytime drama to air on television.

Beyond the Gates begins production later this fall in Atlanta (previously reported in November) and will premiere on CBS in early 2025. It marks the first new daytime drama since NBC’s Passions back in 1999.

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Tamara Tunie (ex-Jessica – As the World Turns) stars as Anita Dupree, matriarch of the family. A famous singer back in the day, Anita worked hard for her success, and raised two daughters with her now-retired senator husband. But underneath her glamorous and refined exterior is a fierceness she gained from her humble beginnings in Chicago. The actress is also known for her role a medical examiner Dr. Melinda Warner on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Tunie has also held recurring roles on shows including Blue Bloods sand The Good Wife.

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Daphne Duplaix (ex-Rachel, One Life to Live, ex-Valerie, Passions), stars as Dr. Nicole Dupree Richardson, daughter of Anita, and Dani’s sister, Dr. Nicole Dupree Richardson is a high-achieving and competitive philanthropist and psychiatrist, and exudes warmth, empathy and compassion. Nicole’s success in life extends to her marriage to her surgeon husband. She has the perfect life … from the outside.

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Karla Mosley (ex-Maya, The Bold and the Beautiful and ex-Christina, Guiding Light), stars as Dani Dupree, Anita’s other daughter, and a former model turned momager who gave up her career for love. Dani was the Dupree family wild child. Free-spirited, headstrong and uninhibited, she dropped out of school to pursue a high-flying modeling career and she has always marched to the beat of her own drum.

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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 that 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.

Michele Val Jean is the series creator, executive producer and showrunner alongside executive producers Sheila Ducksworth, Robert Guza Jr., Julie Carruthers, Leon Russell, Derrick Johnson, Kimberly Doebereiner and Anna Saalfeld.

Watch the casting news on from Thursday’s CBS Mornings below.

What do you think about the casting of three of the leading women announced to star in Beyond The Gates? Comment below!

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I’m happy for Karla because she was underused and let go from B&B without reason!

Everybody on that show ends up being abused just dropped never to be heard from again. You are idiot if you are an actor and go to work for this guy. He is a train wreck

I will definitely be watching since Tamara Tunie is part of the cast. I have always enjoyed her acting, everything I have ever seen her in, 100%

I’m so excited!!! I CANNOT WAIT!!!

Interesting to see their leading men were all white. It seems then and now the only way a black actress could be in A storyline was to be paired with white actors. There are some exceptions like Angie & Jessie & Dru & Neil. It’s not like it doesn’t happen in real life but it occurred to me after seeing the pictures. I am curious though. Has there ever been a successful/popular black man/white woman couple on a daytime soap? I honestly can’t recall.

BTW! I like the new title. It sounds way more soapy than just The Gates.

I agree with all of what you wrote. Jamaal and Allison were a black male/white female pairing that was pretty popular but they were the only one.

They weren’t/aren’t supercouples, but I thought of Alexis Davis and Shawn Butler on GH and Devon and Abby on Y&R. Also, wasn’t Neil paired with Ashley for a while after Dru?

Neil was also with Victoria years ago, ready to be the papa of her baby if necessary.

If Tamara Tunie is the matriarch of this show, it’s already golden! She is a queen!

Truly excited about this! But is Tamara old enough to be their mother? I will be watching!

Tamara is 65 – the ideal age for the matriarch role. Both Daphne & Karla are in their 40s.

Dream casting would have Leslie Uggams as a guest role as Tamara’s mother.

I am definitely looking forward to giving this new show a try. I’m happy to see one of the former Rachels from One Life to Live, Daphnee Duplaix, among the cast.

Thank God they changed the title and love me some Tamara Tunie Bouquett

DITTO!!!!

Tamara Tunie was a key reason I loved As the World Turns. What a wonderful choice to lead this exciting new project. I am familiar with Karla Mosley who always rose above the B&B material she received. I cannot wait to see Beyond the Gates!

Tamara Tunie is an absolute get as Anita Dupree (formerly Betty Jackson). That is casting gold!

The other two I am indifferent to, but I will say: Karla Mosley was refreshing as Amanda on The Young and the Restless.

FYI, Amanda Sinclair was played by Mishael Morgan on Y&R.

Michele Val Jean, show Btadley how to write a captivating soap!

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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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