CBS has picked up new daytime soap opera The Gates to series, with a premiere date of next January, the network confirmed Monday. CBS isn’t yet announcing a specific date or time slot for the new show, which will be the first new daytime drama in 25 years.
The pickup comes on the heels of the end of CBS’s daytime panel talker The Talk, which will wrap up in December after a shortened 15th season. The timing of the two announcements seems to indicate that The Gates will take over The Talk’s time slot, especially considering there are no other slots opening up in the network's daytime lineup. That said, the network could decide to move things around prior to The Gates’ premiere.
