CBS has dropped the first teaser for Beyond the Gates, its new sudser dropping February 24 in The Talk‘s old timeslot.
The teaser introduces the Duprees, a prominent Black family “who hold court over their affluent community in Maryland from Fairmont Crest, the country club at the center of their luxurious enclave filled with wealthy residents harboring deep secrets.” The new soap from the CBS Studios / NAACP Venture, in partnership with P&G Studios, is the first Black one-hour daytime drama to air on television and the first daytime drama to premiere since Passions in 1999.
The Talk will tape its final show December 20. CBS will run repeats of The Price Is Right in The Talk’s time period (2:00-3:00 PM, ET; 1:00-2:00 PM) for two months, until the slot is taken over by the Beyond the Gates, which is set in a Maryland suburb just outside of Washington D.C.
The series began production in Atlanta, Ga., in November and stars Tamara Tunie, Clifton Davis, Daphnee Duplaix, Karla Mosley, Alex Alegria, Lauren Buglioli, Brandon Claybon, Timon Kyle Durrett, 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.
The series is distributed by Paramount Global Content Distribution. Michele Val Jean is the creator, executive producer and showrunner alongside executive producers Sheila Ducksworth, Julie Carruthers, Robert Guza Jr., Leon W. Russell, Derrick Johnson, Kimberly Doebereiner and Anna Saalfeld.