CBS and the NAACP are teaming up to develop an all-new soap opera — the first new daytime drama with a predominantly Black cast to air on TV in decades.. The series, currently titled The Gates ...

The first soap opera to premiere in more than 25 years will feature a primarily Black cast, a historic breakthrough for a genre that is a throwback to an earlier time.

But for all the scandalous secrets and passionate love affairs, one thing has been glaringly absent—a Black-led soap opera. That all changes on Feb. 24, 2025, when Beyond the Gates makes its ...

Actor and model Renauld White, who broke racial barriers as the second Black model to appear on the cover of GQ, and spent two years starring on the soap opera “Guiding Light,” died on June 26 ...

“Beyond the Gates” is making history as the first-ever one-hour Black daytime soap opera and the first daytime drama since “Passions,” which premiered in 1999.

The first daytime soap solely focused on a Black family premieres this week on CBS and comes as the daytime genre is disappearing. “Passions,” which debuted in 1999 and ended in 2008, was the ...

Renauld White, who helped forge greater diversity on designer runways and later spent two years on soap opera The Guiding Light, died June 26 at age 80.. White was under hospice care at Lenox Hill ...

White Soap Opera Characters Black People Love. From the 'The Young and the Restless' to "All My Children,' we take a look at some of our faves of another hue on our favorite pastimes. By.

Brandon Claybon plays a gay congressman in new daytime soap opera with eyes on the White House. Story by Matthew Wexler ... Make room for Beyond the Gates, the first Black-led soap opera in history.