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It was just a few days ago that the network revealed that it renewed The Talk for an abbreviated 15th season that will serve as its last.
The Talk will last air in December of this year. White it’s not been officially given a time slot, but it’s likely that Gates will take over the talk shows time slot.
The Gates – The Gates will be featuring all-new characters and stories!
The Gates will depict the lives of a wealthy black family in a luxurious gated community, Michele Val Jean will serve as writer and showrunner.
Val Jean has written over 2,000 episodes of daytime drama and has won multiple daytime Emmys and WGA Awards for her work on such shows as The Bold & The Beautiful and General Hospital. Val Jean will also serve as an executive producer along with Sheila Ducksworth, Leon Russell, Derrick Johnson and Kimberly Doebereiner.
The Gates is a joint venture between CBS Studios and NAACP
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The Gates will be produced as a partnership between CBS Studios and the NAACP. They will also partner with P&G Studios, a division of Proctor and Gamble.
Proctor and Gamble is no stranger to the world of soaps. Although they don’t produce any other soaps currently, they in the past helmed shows like Another World, Guiding Light and As the World Turns as well as many others.
The Gates will replace The Talk
When CBS announced earlier this year that The Gates was in development, it cast doubt on the future of The Talk. This will be the first soap since 1989 when NBC launched Generations which lasted until 1991.
Watch this space for new developments on The Gates as soon as they are announced. The Gates will air weekdays on CBS beginning in January of 2025.
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