CBS greenlights its first Black daytime soap ‘The Gates’ in more than three decades to premiere in 2025
CBS is expanding the daytime soap landscape with The Gates, the first Black-led series in more than three decades.
Former General Hospital and The Bold & the Beautiful writer Michele Val Jean will serve as showrunner and writer on the show. Val Jean, who has written more than 2,000 daytime drama episodes, will also be an executive producer on the project. “The Gates will be everything we love about daytime drama, from a new and fresh perspective,” Ducksworth, president of the CBS Studios NAACP venture, said in a March press release. “This series will salute an audience that has been traditionally underserved, with the potential to be a groundbreaking moment for broadcast television.”
In addition to being the first Black-centered soap opera in 35 years, The Gates is also breaking the mold in the greater daytime soap genre. The last time a new daytime soap premiered was in 1999 with NBC’s Passions.
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