“The Gates,” the first new daytime soap opera in a quarter century, will shoot at Assembly Studios in Doraville, a major coup for both the studio and the state.
The CBS series will have a largely African American cast. NBC from 1989 to 1991 aired “Generations,” the first soap that featured a Black family from its inception. The last time a broadcast network debuted a new scripted soap at all was 1999 with “Passions,” which lasted on NBC until 2008.
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