An Augusta native is now residing behind “the gates” of the fictional gated-community, Fairmont Crest. Actor Maurice Johnson portrays Dr. Ted Richardson in the new soap opera, Beyond The Gates, and Johnson sits down with WJBF to talk about his role on this groundbreaking series as we travel down the road that got him to this point in his career.

Ted Richardson (Maurice Johnson) appears to be a man with a lot to hide on Beyond the Gates. His family's new, temporary assistant, Eva (Ambyr Michelle), is, unbeknownst to h

Dozens of people on Friday flocked to the gym at the Henry Brigham Community Center on Golden Camp Road to see Maurice Johnson play plastic surgeon Dr. Ted Richardson in CBS' "Beyond the Gates", the first new network daytime soap opera in more than 25 years.

Jaden Lucas Miller lands the role while juggling online classes.

N.C. A&T freshman Jaden Lucas Miller was in the middle of winter finals when he landed a recurring role on He had known from auditions that the competition for the first hour-long soap opera focused on a Black family would be intense.