By Lesley Goldberg Television Editor, West Coast The Paramount Global-backed broadcast network has handed out a formal series order to The Gates, the first Black daytime soap opera in 35 years.

The soap opera star Meg Bennett, who made her mark equally as much as a writer as she did playing Julia Martin on CBS’ The Young and the Restless, died from cancer this month at 75, her family ...

Audiences knew Bennett as the striking brunette Julia Newman on CBS’ long-running soap opera. She played Megan Richardson on “Santa Barbara” in the 1990s and Allegra Montenegro on “General ...

Screenwriter and actress Meg Bennett, who worked on such soap operas as “The Young and the Restless,” “General Hospital,” and “Santa Barbara,” died on April 11 at the age of 75.

Meg Bennett, a veteran soap opera actor who also won a Daytime Emmy Award for her work as a writer, died April 11 from cancer, her family said. She was 75. A native of Pasadena, California ...

CBS is swinging open "The Gates," the first soap opera with a predominantly Black cast in 35 years and the first new daytime drama since "Passions" premiered on NBC in 1999. The network announced ...

CBS has ordered the daytime soap opera “The Gates” to series, Variety has learned. The series was first reported to be in development in March. It was developed under CBS Studios’ content ...

LOS ANGELES — Good news for fans of daytime drama: The first new soap opera in a quarter-century will premiere on CBS next year, the network announced this week. "The Gates" will follow the ...