The ratings are in for the first week of Beyond the Gates, and so far so good for the fledging soap on CBS: the daytime drama that’s the first to premiere since Passions in 1999 grew to 2.28 million viewers in L+3, up 78 percent from The Talk last year.
CBS says L+3 streaming provided a boost of 13.6 percent over the show’s linear only audience, which was better than The Young and the Restless (10.9%) and The Bold and the Beautiful (12.6%).
L+7-day viewing for the premiere episode averaged 3.0M viewers, higher than the last daytime drama debut, which was Passions on July 5, 1999 (2.96M).
Here are some more stats, courtesy of Nielsen:
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In its first week on air, Beyond the Gates averaged 5.2m unique viewers (6 mins of viewing). It was in a virtual tie with General Hospital among total viewers (vs. 2.02m) and finished ahead of the long-running ABC drama in key demos (A25-54).
The Gates audience is 55% Black, higher than Y&R (29%), B&B (30%), and GH (22%).
CBS also notes that the premiere of Gates had a 9 share while Passions back in 1999 had only a 7.
Michele Val Jean is the creator, showrunner and executive producer of Beyond the Gates. Sheila Ducksworth, Robert Guza Jr., Julie Carruthers, Leon W. Russell, Derrick Johnson, Kimberly Doebereiner and Anna Saalfeld also executive produce.