Beyond the Gates: Inside the wealthy black community that inspired a soap opera
"You've got to have money - lots of it," says one resident of the suburb that has inspired a ground-breaking soap opera.
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From Augusta to Fairmont Crest: Actor Maurice Johnson goes Beyond The Gates
An Augusta native is now residing behind “the gates” of the fictional gated-community, Fairmont Crest. Actor Maurice Johnson ...
USA Today21d
How 'Beyond the Gates,' network TV's first largely Black soap, is 'rooted in reality'
Ducksworth says "Gates" is "rooted in reality. If you were to go anywhere (in) suburban Maryland, you would see these gated communities of predominantly Black people living in 10,000-square-foot ...
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Come ‘Beyond the Gates’ for the first Black-led soap opera — the first new network soap in decades
Set in an affluent, gated Maryland community, “Beyond the Gates” has drama, joy and heartbreak played by very attractive people with a strong pocket-square vibe. But even the rich can lose it: The ...
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‘Beyond the Gates’ Outdraws ‘The Talk’ by 78 Percent in New Soap Opera’s 1st Week
Beyond the Gates,’ the first soap opera centered on Black characters in more than 35 years, averaged 2.28 million viewers in ...