How 'Beyond the Gates,' network TV's first largely Black soap, is 'rooted in reality'
The show stars "Madam Secretary" star Clifton Davis as former senator Vernon Dupree, the patriarch of the central family. Davis thinks it's "the right time" for a Black-led soap "because we haven't seen stories of this nature before" on network TV.
'Beyond the Gates' makes and reflects Black history at a critical time on screen and off
Beyond the Gates,” CBS's new daytime soap opera premiering this week, is the first all-Black daytime soap on TV.
‘Beyond the Gates’ makes history as first daytime soap with mostly Black cast
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Come 'Beyond the Gates' for the First Black-Led Soap Opera — the First New Network Soap in Decades
The first thing viewers of “Beyond the Gates” see is a black Mercedes gliding past manicured lawns and stately estates
‘Beyond the Gates’ is as messy as soap operas come, and so much more
Tunie, whom fans will recognize from her years on “Law & Order: SVU,” has returned to her soap opera roots in CBS’s “Beyond the Gates,” the first daytime serial centered on a Black family in the history of U.
CBS' Black Soap Opera ‘Beyond the Gates' Reminds Us That the Present Is the Past
Soap operas, or melodramas with massive ensemble casts, have been a staple in popular culture for nearly a century. Though long-running soaps like “The Bold and the Beautiful” and “General Hospital” have dominated day-time television for decades,
'Beyond the Gates' is making history, but it's also a 'messy and entertaining' soap
The first soap opera to premiere in more that 25 years will feature a primarily Black cast, a historic breakthrough for a genre that is a throwback to an earlier time.
Clifton Davis' “Amen” Costar Anna Maria Horsford Gave Him This Advice for His New Role on “Beyond the Gates ”(Exclusive)
Horsford portrayed Vivienne Avant on the CBS soap opera 'The Bold and the Beautiful' from 2015 to 2018 After more than five ...
Will new TV show and Korean rapper revive the name Vernon?
Vernon’s originally a French and English surname indicating one’s ancestors came from a French village called “place with ...
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'Beyond the Gates' is the 1st hour-long network daytime soap centering a Black family
The CBS soap opera debuts on Monday, focusing on a family living in a wealthy D.C. suburb. "This is not your grandmother's soap opera," says star Tamara Tunie.
BEYOND THE GATES : STREAM IT OR SKIP IT?
Created by Michele Val Jean, Beyond The Gates is the first new network daytime soap since 1999 and the first featuring a ...
CBS making history with daytime drama ‘Beyond the Gates’
It has been 26 years since the last network daytime drama launched. That was in 1999 when NBC added “Passions” to its lineup.
What to Expect From ‘Beyond the Gates,’ According to Tamara Tunie, Jon Lindstrom, Clifton Davis & More
The 'General Hospital' star and his former wife and 'As the World Turns' costar, along with Tamara Tunie and Clifton Davis, open up about launching the brand-new soap.