CBS has announced the premiere date for Beyond the Gates, a new daytime drama featuring a primarily Black cast.
On Tuesday, Nov. 12, the network released new details about the series, saying it will premiere on Monday, Feb. 24, 2025.
The drama will air weekdays from 2:00-3:00 PM ET; and 1:00-2:00 PM PT on CBS and stream on Paramount+. Production began this month in Atlanta.
The cast includes Tamara Tunie, Clifton Davis, Daphnee Duplaix, Karla Mosley, Alex Alegria, Lauren Buglioli, Brandon Claybon, and Timon Kyle Durrett.
Additional cast members are Sean Freeman, Ben Gavin, Marquita Goings, Jibre Hordges, Jen Jacob, Maurice Johnson, Trisha Mann-Grant, Mike Manning, RhonniRose Mantilla, Ambyr Michelle, Colby Muhammad, and Arielle Prepetit.
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According to the official description, the soap will center on the Duprees — a powerful and affluent Black family living in a gated community in a Maryland suburb outside Washington, D.C. The Duprees are the definition of “Black royalty,” but behind the walls and manicured gardens are juicy secrets and scandals waiting to be uncovered.
Tamara Tunie and Clifton Davis lead the cast.
Tunie stars as family matriarch Anita Dupree. 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 exterior is a fierceness she gained from her humble beginnings in Chicago.
Davis portrays Vernon Dupree, the patriarch of the Dupree family and husband to Anita Dupree. The retired senator was at the forefront of the civil rights movement, and is generous with his knowledge and experience.
Beyond the Gates is the first daytime drama with a primarily Black cast since Generations, which aired from 1989 to 1991. This also marks the first new soap on network TV since NBC’s Passions debuted in 1999.
The new series is being developed in a collaboration between CBS Studios and the NAACP.
Michele Val Jean, an award-winning writer on The Bold & the Beautiful, General Hospital, and Ambitions will serve as writer, showrunner and executive producer.
Additional executive producers include Sheila Ducksworth, Robert Guza Jr., Julie Carruthers, Leon W. Russell, Derrick Johnson, Kimberly Doebereiner and Anna Saalfeld.
