CBS has set the final new cast members for its upcoming daytime soap opera “Beyond the Gates.” Legendary actor and Tony & Grammy Award nominee Clifton Davis (“Madam Secretary,” “Godfather of Harlem”) has signed on to the series,

Beyond the Gates will be the newest soap on CBS airwaves in just a couple of months. Last spring, it was revealed that the network had greenlit Beyond the Gates to premiere in 2025. Soon after, CBS announced that The Talk would end after 15 seasons in December.

Tamara Tunie (Anita) and Daphnee Duplaix (Nicole) CBS's new soap, Beyond the Gates, has gotten its premiere date. The new hour-long

The series will be the first daytime drama centering Black characters since NBC’s Generations in 1989 — and the first new daytime soap of any kind since Passions premiered on NBC in July of 1999. Beyond the Gates will join The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful in CBS’ daytime lineup.

When news broke earlier this year that a new soap would be coming to CBS, there were many questions about how this would happen. Beyond the Gates will replace the CBS talk show The Talk, which was canceled after several years on the air.

A new daytime drama hasn't premiered since NBC introduced Passions in 1999, but CBS Studios in conjunction with the NAACP have developed the first-ever one-hour Black daytime soap opera, Beyond the Gates, which is set just outside of Washington D.C., in ...