Having spent 15 years on “As The World Turns” earlier in her career, Tunie is no stranger to soap operas. But once “Beyond the Gates” began filming, Tunie instantly knew the experience ...

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Sometimes something old can feel refreshingly new. The soap opera is a genre older than the invention of the television, dating all the way back to radio serials of the early 20th century.

But “Beyond the Gates” — which had its premiere on Feb. 24 — is not your grandmother’s soap opera. It’s a show centered around a smart, affluent, powerful Black family, one with ...

That car and the glamorous woman behind the wheel are driving into TV history on Monday as CBS begins airing the first Black-led daytime soap opera — and the first new network soap since ...

Every soap opera trope, including the over-the-top dialogue, dramatic cliffhangers and drawn-out storylines, is present in “Beyond the Gates.” What differentiates this series from others ...

The network Monday introduces viewers to the Black soap opera "Beyond the Gates," which follows the powerful Dupree family in the fictional, affluent Maryland community of Fairmont Crest.

(Quantrell Colbert/CBS via AP) Kimberly Doebereiner, from left, Daphnée Duplaix, Tamara Tunie, Sheila Ducksworth, and Vladimir Duthiers attend Making Soap Opera History with CBS’s “Beyond the Gates” ...