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New Daytime Drama from CBS Studios/NAACP Venture in Partnership with Procter & Gamble Studios
LOS ANGELES , April 15, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- CBS today announced the series order for the new daytime drama THE GATES for broadcast on the Network in January 2025 . The specific time period, launch date and other series details will be announced at later dates.
THE GATES follows the lives of a wealthy Black family in a posh, gated community. Michele Val Jean , who has written more than 2,000 episodes of daytime dramas and won multiple Daytime Emmy and WGA Awards for her work on THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL and "General Hospital," will serve as writer and showrunner. Val Jean will also be an executive producer alongside Sheila Ducksworth , Leon Russell , Derrick Johnson and Kimberly Doebereiner .
THE GATES was developed from the joint venture between CBS Studios and the NAACP. The series will be produced by the CBS Studios/NAACP venture in partnership with P&G Studios, a division of Procter & Gamble .
The CBS Studios production venture and development deal with the NAACP was established to help elevate a diverse range of voices as well as increase the visibility of Black artists on broadcast and streaming platforms in an ever-evolving media landscape.
SOURCE CBS