CBS’ new daytime series Beyond The Gates introduces its writers’ room. With show creator, head writer, Executive Producer, and showrunner Michele Val Jean and co-head writer and Executive Producer Bob Guza Jr. at the helm, the new soap’s writer’s room is comprised of a diverse team of soap and television scribes. These details come after the start of production and the BTG premiere date announcement. Soap fans will recognize many of the names on this list.
Co-Head Writers
Michele Val Jean
Creator/Head Writer/EP/Showrunner
Credits: Script Writer, Generations; Script Writer/Script Editor, Santa Barbara; Associate Head Writer/Script Editor/Script Writer/Breakdown Writer, General Hospital; Script Writer, The Bold and the Beautiful, Consulting Producer/Script Writer, Ambitions, Jake & The Fatman (2 scripts).
Bob Guza Jr.
EP/Co-Head Writer
Credits: Writer, Santa Barbara; Creator, Sunset Beach; Co-Head Writer, Loving; Head Writer, GH.
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Editor And Producer
Susan Dansby
Script Editor
Credits: Story Consultant, The Young and the Restless; Consulting Producer, Ambitions; Script Writer, Y&R; Script Writer, Breakdown Writer, Assoc. Head Writer, As the World Turns; Director, Port Charles; AP, Director, GH.
Michael Montgomery
Continuity Producer
Credits: Script & Story Coordinator/ Breakdown Writer and Script Writer, Y&R.
Script Writers
Judy Tate
Credits: Breakdown Writer/Script Writer, Another World, As the World Turns, Days of our Lives. Feature Short, Keepers of the Flame.
Danielle Paige
Credits: Script Writer, Guiding Light, DAYS; Novelist, Dorothy Must Die, Stealing Snow, The Ravens, The Monarchs, Holos.
Jazmen Darnell Brown
Credits: Staff Writer, BMF, Ambitions, Saints and Sinners
Cheryl L. Davis
Credits: Scriptwriter, As the World Turns, DAYS; Staff Writer, Law & Order: SVU
Lynn Martin
Credits: Script Writer, The City, Port Charles, Another World, As the World Turns, Y&R.
Breakdown Writers
Ron Carlvati
Credits: Script Writer/Head Writer, One Life to Live; Head Writer, GH; Head Writer, DAYS.
Sara A. Bibel
Credits: Script Writer, Breakdown Writer, Assoc. Head Writer, Y&R.
Christopher Dunn
Credits: Breakdown Writer, Santa Barbara, GH, Sunset Beach, Guiding Light, All My Children, DAYS, Y&R; Script Writer, Guiding Light, DAYS.
Gregori J. Martin
Credits: Creator/Head Writer, The Bay; Screenplay Adaptation, Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven.
Teresa Zimmerman
Credits: Breakdown Writer, Y&R; Scriptwriter, Y&R; Associate Head Writer, B&B.
BTG Update
The series began production in Atlanta, Georgia., this month. The new soap stars Tamara Tunie, Clifton Davis, Daphnee Duplaix, Karla Mosley, Alex Alegria, Lauren Buglioli, Brandon Claybon, Timon Kyle Durrett, Sean Freeman, Ben Gavin, Marquita Goings, Jibre Hordges, Jen Jacob, Maurice Johnson, Trisha Mann-Grant, Mike Manning, RhonniRose Mantilla, Ambyr Michelle, Colby Muhammad and Arielle Prepetit.
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