The Gates, a new, Black, daytime soap opera, is in development at CBS, and if it gets ordered to series, it could be the first new daytime soap opera on a major network since Passions ‘ debut in 1999. The project is a product of the joint venture between CBS Studios and the NAACP . The series “follows the lives of a wealthy Black family in a posh, gated community.” This would also be the first Black daytime soap opera since Generations in 1989. Michele Val Jean is the writer and showrunner. Working on both The Bold and the Beautiful and General Hospital, she has written more than 2,000 episodes of daytime dramas and won multiple Daytime Emmy and WGA Awards. Val Jean will be an executive producer alongside Sheila Ducksworth, Leon Russell, Derrick Johnson and Kimberly Doebereiner. “ The Gates will be everything we love about daytime drama, from a new and fresh perspective,” said Ducksworth, president of the CBS Studios NAACP venture. “This series will salute an audience that has been...
