Arts & Entertainments ‘Beyond the Gates’ is as messy as soap operas come, and so much more Drama! Betrayal! Inside the making of CBS’s new daytime serial — the first to star a Black family.

The debut for the first time in decades of a soap opera set in Maryland could bring life to the struggling genre, writes Debra Rughoo.

Once a centerpiece of daytime TV, soaps have mostly disappeared. “Beyond the Gates” will try to revive the genre, and will be the first ever focused primarily on a Black family.

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.

B.A. Parker digs into the historical connection between Black Americans and soap operas with the launching of "Beyond the Gates," the first ever soap focused primarily on a Black family.

The network Monday introduces viewers to the Black soap opera "Beyond the Gates," which follows the powerful Dupree family in the fictional, affluent Maryland community of Fairmont Crest. The show ...

TV wouldn’t be TV without soap operas Soaps once brought in 75% of a TV network’s revenue, says author Elana Levine. “Soaps were a legitimate kind of pop culture sensation.” ...

The new drama is just the fourth soap opera on today's network TV.

The CBS soap opera debuts on Monday, focusing on a family living in a wealthy D.C. suburb. "This is not your grandmother's soap opera," says star Tamara Tunie.

With New Year's Eve being celebrated this week, find out which of your favorite soaps will actually be airing. Get the details.

Procter & Gamble returns to the business of soap operas with CBS' 'Beyond the Gates' after many years of not producing the genre ...

Christmas is this week so most soap fans know what that means! Expect your regularly scheduled soap opera programming to be interrupted, usually by the networks airing sports. Here is a handy ...