Beyond the Gatesa new soap opera announced by CBS will be the first show of its kind to focus on black characters in a one-hour format. Daytime soap opera veterans Tamara Tunie, Daphnee Duplaix and Karla Mosley have all been named to star in the 2025 series.
Beyond the Gatesformerly known as The Gateswas created by Michele Val Jean and is the first daytime television soap opera centered around a black cast. He was the first to do so Generations in 1989 and Beyond the Gates is the first new daytime soap opera since then The passions in 1999.
The show focuses on the wealthy Dupree family, who live just outside of Washington, DC in the upscale suburb of Fairmont Estates. Tamara Tunie, who acted in the past As the world turnsstars as Anita Dupree, a former singer with roots in Chicago who serves as the matriarch of the family.
Daphnee Duplaix, alum of A life to livestars as Dr. Nicole Dupree Richardson and her daughter Anita Dupree. While her marriage and image appear intact from the outside looking in, secrets are bursting at the seams along the plot line.
Karla Mosley, who was a cast member The Bold & The Beautifulshe plays Dani Dupree, Nicole's sister and a former model who now works as a “momager” who stopped walking the runway for her romantic partner.
More than press release:
BEYOND THE GATES is located in a leafy Maryland suburb just outside of Washington DC and in one of the most affluent African-American counties in the United States. Here you will find an elegant gated community with winding tree-lined streets and luxurious mansions. At the heart of this community are the Duprees, a powerful and famous multi-generational family that is the very definition of Black royalty. But behind these pristine walls and lush, manicured gardens lie juicy secrets and scandals waiting to be revealed. And those who live outside these gates are watching closely. These are the places where our characters live, love, work and play. Those who “made it” and those who didn’t all try to navigate life… and some with more grace than others.
The show is set to begin production in Atlanta this fall with a release date to be announced in early 2025.
We reveal the first members of the new cast @CBS drama, “Beyond the Gates,” the first one-hour daytime soap on television with an all-black cast. pic.twitter.com/ixB79cicNV
— CBS Mornings (@CBSMornings) September 19, 2024
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Photo: Emilio Madrid/Getty/Karla Mosley/CBS
