CBS Orders Daytime Soap Opera ‘The Gates’ Under NAACP Content Partnership
variety.comJoe Otterson TV Reporter CBS has ordered the daytime soap opera “The Gates” to series, Variety has learned. The series was first reported to be in development in March.
It was developed under CBS Studios’ content partnership with the NAACP. The official description of the series states, “‘The Gates’ follows the lives of a wealthy Black family in a posh, gated community.” Michele Val Jean will serve as writer, showrunner, and executive producer.
Val Jean has been a writer for “The Bold and the Beautiful” since 2012 and has also written for shows like “General Hospital” and “Santa Barbara.” She has written more than 2,000 episodes of daytime television to date.
Sheila Ducksworth, Leon Russell, Derrick Johnson and Kimberly Doebereiner will executive produce. The CBS Studios/NAACP venture will produce in partnership with P&G Studios, a division of Procter & Gamble.
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