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==Production==
On February 23, 2024, it was reported that [[Michele Val Jean]] would be leaving the CBS soap opera ''[[The Bold and the Beautiful]]'' after 12 years.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.soapoperanetwork.com/2024/02/writer-michele-val-jean-exits-the-bold-and-the-beautiful|title=Daytime Emmy Award-Winning Writer Michele Val Jean Exits 'The Bold and the Beautiful'|first=Errol|last=Lewis|date=February 23, 2024|website=Soap Opera Network}}</ref> The following month, it was announced that Val Jean was developing a new daytime soap opera that would follow the lives of a wealthy Black family.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/cbs-naacp-soap-opera-the-gates-bold-and-the-beautiful-writer-1235932548/|title=CBS, NAACP to Develop New Daytime Soap Opera 'The Gates' With 'Bold and the Beautiful' Writer|first=Joe|last=Otterson|date=March 6, 2024}}</ref> It will be produced by a joint venture of [[CBS Studios]] and the [[NAACP]], along with [[Procter & Gamble|Procter & Gamble Studios]]. Val Jean will serve as writer and showrunner and will also executive producer alongside Sheila Ducksworth, Leon Russell, Derrick Johnson and Kimberly Doebereiner.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2024/03/cbs-studios-naacp-venture-developing-new-daytime-drama-cbs-the-gates-1235847660/|title=CBS Studios NAACP Venture To Develop New Daytime Drama For CBS Called 'The Gates'|first=Lynette|last=Rice|date=March 6, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.essence.com/news/cbs-daytime-drama-black-family-naacp/|title=CBS Orders New Daytime Drama About Black Family Under Groundbreaking Content Partnership With NAACP|date=April 24, 2024|website=Essence}}</ref> On March 15, 2024, it was reported that the series was under "Accelerated Development".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.soapoperanetwork.com/2024/03/the-gates-cbs-george-cheeks|title='The Gates' Is Under "Accelerated Development" at CBS, Likely As A One-Hour Daytime Drama|first=Errol|last=Lewis|date=March 15, 2024|website=Soap Opera Network}}</ref> On April 15 of the same year, it was reported that CBS ordered ''The Gates'' to series for debut in January 2025.<ref name=hpor>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/the-gates-black-daytime-soap-opera-cbs-1235874417/|title=CBS Greenlights the First Black Daytime Soap Opera in 35 Years|first=Lesley|last=Goldberg|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=April 15, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/cbs-soap-opera-the-gates-naacp-1235971793/|title=CBS Orders Daytime Soap Opera 'The Gates' Under NAACP Content Partnership|first=Joe|last=Otterson|date=April 15, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tvline.com/news/the-gates-series-order-soap-opera-cbs-1235200790/|title=New Daytime Soap The Gates Officially Ordered at CBS — When Will It Premiere?|first=Nick|last=Caruso|date=April 15, 2024}}</ref>
''The Gates'' will be the first daytime television soap opera to feature an African-American cast in 35 years since short-lived ''[[Generations (American TV series)|Generations]]'' (1989–1991).<ref name=hpor/> It will also be the first new daytime soap opera in 25 years to debut on an American broadcast television network since the debut of ''[[Passions]]'' in 1999, as well as the first daytime soap opera to be produced by [[Procter & Gamble]] since the end of both ''[[Guiding Light]]'' in 2009 and ''[[As the World Turns]]'' in 2010.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvinsider.com/1125414/new-soap-opera-cbs-the-gates/|title=CBS Making New Soap Opera About Wealthy Black Family|first=Kelli|last=Boyle|date=March 6, 2024|website=TV Insider}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.soapoperanetwork.com/2024/03/the-gates-showrunner-executive-producer-michele-val-jean-speaks-out|title='The Gates' Showrunner and Executive Producer Michele Val Jean Speaks Out|first=Errol|last=Lewis|date=March 8, 2024|website=Soap Opera Network}}</ref>
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