NEW YORK, NY (SMI-GLOBAL-ENTERTAINMENT FEB.20-22, 2025)-The Paley Center for Media hosted a special screening premiere of the first ever upcoming Black daytime soap opera "CBS's Beyond the Gates" last Thursday  Feb. 20, entitled; Making Soap Opera History with CBS's Beyond The Gates" with cast Daphnee Duplaix & Tamara Tunie & crew Sheila Ducksworth(Exec Prod) & Kimberly Doebereiner(Exec. Prod) in attendance @ Paley Museum in NYC.

The screening and panel discussion was part of the PaleyImpact program event moderated by Vladimir Duthiers (CBS Morning ), and in celebration of Black History Month.

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The new Black Soap Opera series " CBS's Beyond The Gates" will make history on its premiere by becoming the first new daytime drama in 26th-years with the setting taking place in an exclusive Maryland community based in one of the most affluent African American counties in the Country. The CBS series focuses on the Duprees, a powerful and prestigious multigenerational family that is the very definition of Black royalty. In classic soap opera fashion, everyone has plenty of juicy secrets and scandals waiting to be uncovered.

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​​The new one hour Black daytime drama series will premiere on Monday Feb. 24, on CBS and Paramount +.

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​Article & Photos by Marcello Cutti II/Women Starlight/Starlight Illustrated

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