Generations after "Generations," CBS launches the first-ever predominantly Black soap as America grapples with race.
Beyond the Gates has come out of the gate hot, by pulling in viewers and scoring high ratings in its first week on CBS.
Unlike NBC’s Generations, the short-lived soap that made history in 1989 for featuring a Black ... who has been watching soap operas since she was 10 but yearned for more representation ...
Beyond The Gates has become a revolutionary entry into daytime television, introducing new life to the soap opera genre.
The show, created by Black soap opera veteran Michele Val Jean ... since "Generations," a short-lived NBC soap, premiered in 1989 and made history as the first to begin with a Black family ...