CBS Studio & NAACP Develop A New Daytime Drama “The Gates”

The series, titled “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 And 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” will be produced by the CBS Studios/NAACP production venture in partnership with P&G Studios, a division of Procter & Gamble. “The Gates will be everything we love about daytime drama, from a new and fresh perspective,” said Sheila Ducksworth, president of the CBS Studios NAACP venture. “This series will salute an audience that has been traditionally underserved, with the potential to be a groundbreaking moment for broadcast television. With multi-dimensional characters, juicy storylines and Black culture front and center, “The Gates” will have impactful representation, one of the key touchstones of the venture.”

Source: NAACP