'Beyond the Gates' is making history, but it's also a 'messy and entertaining' soap
It has been more than 25 years since "Passions," the last new daytime soap opera to air on American network TV, debuted on NBC. And for nearly as long, Michele Val Jean and Sheila Ducksworth have dreamed of making a soap about an affluent Black family. Their shared vision comes to fruition Monday when "Beyond the Gates," a new drama following several generations of the wealthy Duprees, ...