Finally some good news! A brand new soap is launched but with UK catch | Soaps [Video]

Despite discussions that soaps are a product of a bygone era, CBS is proving that the genre still has life left in it, with the US TV network in the early stages of developing a brand new daytime drama.

Way to go CBS!

The US broadcaster, already home to juggernauts The Bold and the Beautiful and The Young and The Restless, is working on The Gates, a new soap which will follow a wealthy Black family living in a gated community.

Produced by P&G Studio, which previously worked on Guiding Light and As The World Turns, the upcoming serial will feature soap opera legend Michele Val Jean as script writer.

Michele has worked across various daytime dramas, including General Hospital and the shorter-lived Santa Barbara.

The Gates will be CBS’ first new daytime serial drama since The Bold and The Beautiful commenced in 1987 and the first on TV generally since Passions which debuted in 1999.

Not bad for a genre that many …