Beyond the Gates
CBS | Release Date: February 24, 2025
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
79
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 5 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
0
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
91
TVLineAndy SwiftFeb 24, 2025
Season 1 Review: With its engaging cast and steady stream of titillating twists, CBS’ Beyond the Gates is more than just a historic moment in daytime. It’s also a drink-tossing, face-slapping, golf club-swinging good time. Read full review
83
Entertainment WeeklyKristen BaldwinFeb 24, 2025
Season 1 Review: The Duprees will not be erased — and their story is far too fun to ignore. Read full review
75
USA TodayKelly LawlerFeb 25, 2025
Season 1 Review: It's just the kind of comforting, heightened, sometimes-silly drama that can get you through a long day. Read full review
70
The Daily BeastTim TeemanFeb 25, 2025
Season 1 Review: Beyond the Gates’ first episode was inevitably a little heavy on exposition, as characters provided potted portraits of themselves and their histories. It’s going to take viewers a minute to get to know them, and for stories to grow around them; there are 20 full-time cast members, and 20 on contract and recurring. Read full review
70
DeciderJoel KellerFeb 24, 2025
Season 1 Review: While Beyond The Gates isn’t reinventing the daytime soap formula, just the idea that we’re being introduced to a new set of characters, and we’re getting a soap that features and affluent and powerful Black family, is more than enough to get us to keep watching. Read full review
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