The CBS soap opera “Beyond the Gates” has been renewed for two more seasons and will air through the 2027-2028 broadcast season.
The network revealed the news at its CBS fall schedule announcement press conference on Wednesday in Los Angeles.
Created by Michele Val Jean, “Beyond the Gates” began in 2025 and is the first new daytime soap to debut on a major TV network since “Passions” in 1999. It’s also the first daytime soap to feature a predominantly African American cast since “Generations,” which ran on NBC from 1989 to 1991.
The show is produced in conjunction with the NAACP under its content partnership with CBS, as well as P&G Prods. Paramount TV chair George Cheeks said CBS has extended the first look deal with the NAACP, with Sheila Ducksworth continuing to run that venture. “They’re still developing projects with us,” he said. “But nothing to announce besides that they just got a two-season order for ‘Beyond the Gates.’”
“Beyond the Gates” follows the Dupree family behind the gates of their fictional gated community, nestled within their leafy Maryland suburb just outside of Washington, D.C.
Tamara Tunie and Clifton Davis play the matriarch and patriarch, Anita Dupree and Vernon Dupree, and their children Nicole and Danielle are played by Daphnée Duplaix and Karla Mosley, respectively. The cast also includes 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.
Reviewing the soap in 2025, Variety chief TV critic Aramide Tinubu wrote, “Soap operas aren’t considered prestige programming, but this new show offers viewers something more unique than over-the-top storylines and tawdry romances. During a time when minority-led series are vanishing from the small screen and the current government is rampantly attacking diversity, equity and inclusion, ‘Beyond the Gates’ is a reminder that Black people and people of color can’t be erased.”
During the event on Wednesday, CBS announced its full 2026-2027 fall primetime schedule, which includes a new, New York-based “NCIS” spinoff starring LL Cool J and Scott Caan, as well as previously announced new series “Cupertino,” “Einstein” and “Eternally Yours.”
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