Beyond the Gates Year 1 (MEGA SIZED)

About this episode

The hosts reflect on the first year of CBS's soap opera Beyond the Gates, discussing its strengths, weaknesses, and future changes.

On episode 1197 of Daytime Confidential, Luke Kerr, Joshua Baldwin and Melodie Aikels look back at the first year of the new CBS soap opera Beyond the Gates. Find out what stood out about Beyond the Gates year one for each of the DC co-hosts. They then dive into BTG's biggest strengths and biggest opportunities for improvement after the first year. What were the best storylines BTG told, must-see character(s) and best couple of year one? Listen as the Daytime Confidential crew share the things about Beyond the Gates that they either loved or hated when BTG premiered but feel the opposite about it now? The episode then looks forward to Beyond the Gates Year 2 and what changes they would like to see. All this and more on the latest Daytime Confidential podcast! Bluesky: @DCConfidential , LukeKerr , JillianBowe , Josh Baldwin , and Melodie Aikels . Facebook: Daytime Confidential Subscribe to Daytime Confidential on iTunes , Google Play , and Spotify .

People in this episode

Hosts: Luke Kerr, Melodie Aikels, Josh Baldwin

Topics covered

• Beyond the Gates
• CBS soap opera
• soap opera reviews
• storylines
• character development

Keywords

• year one
• best storylines
• must-see characters
• best couple
• future changes

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Beyond the Gates

Books & works: Beyond the Gates, Daytime Confidential

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