Keith D. Robinson Confirms Debut Date As Ted Richardson on ‘Beyond the Gates’
The actor confirmed on social media when his episodes would begin airing.
Fans have been wondering when Keith D. Robinson would be taking over the role of Ted Richardson from Maurice Johnson on Beyond the Gates since news of his casting broke. Now Robinson has confirmed the exact date.
On a recent Instagram post, Robinson was asked when he would start airing and he simply replied, “May 15th ✨️”
Robinson will be thrown straight into the deep end with his character’s storyline as Dr. Richardson finds himself in quite a predicament with wife Nicole (Daphne Duplaix), currently blissfully unaware that he not only had an affair with Leslie “Dana” Thomas (Trisha Mann-Grant) and paid her off. Now she is back in town seeking revenge. Thomas is currently enacting a plan to blow up the Richardsons’ picture-perfect life and using a woman she claims to be her and Ted’s daughter, Eva (Ambyr Michelle), to do so.
Notably, this news marks the first time a role has been recast, a staple practice for the genre, since the ground-breaking soap opera premiered on CBS this past February.
Due to the filming schedule of Beyond The Gates, fans can plan to enjoy Maurice Johnson’s portrayal for a few more weeks. The actor continued to jokingly tease on social media that fans will have to stay tuned to see if his on-screen persona will shed his trademark turtleneck sweater and go shirtless before he exits the role.
Johnson’s credits include: Single ladies, Hawaii Five-0, The Vampire Diaries, Chicago Fire, and God’s Not Dead: In God We Trust
Robinson made his acting debut as the green power ranger Joel Rawlings in Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue, with additional credits including titles such as: Over There, Canterbury’s Law, Saints and Sinners, A Million Little Things, and Dreamgirls.
Beyond The Gates, developed and produced by CBS Studios / NAACP venture in partnership with P&G Studios, a division of Procter and Gamble, is the ground-breaking first hour long black soap opera to premiere in daytime. The creation is the brainchild of award-winning showrunner Michele Val Jean and Sheila Ducksworth, and the first new soap opera to premiere since NBC debuted Passions back in 1999.
