Guiding Light Extinguished After Amazing 72-Year Run

Posted on Sep 18, 2009 @ 09:45AM

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Guiding Light, the Guinness Book of World Record-holder for the longest-running drama, will air its final episode Friday, the last for the soap opera which first premiered in 1937 and broadcast on more than 15,700 weekdays.

"We are the history of so many people," actress Tina Sloan said. "They watched it for so long.”

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Guiding Light was cancelled in April due to low ratings; the show, over the years, served as a stepping stone for a number of actors and actresses who would go on the achieve greater heights of fame elsewhere, including Hayden Panettiere, Calista Flockhart, Brittany Snow, Taye Diggs, Morgan Fairchild, Nia Long, Ian Ziering and the hub of all things Hollywood, Kevin Bacon.

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My parent watch the guiding light I would laugh at mom&dad because they would argue about who doing this&who doing that.Today I watch The Young&The Restless that a wild soap opera

by 8enough
Posted Fri, 09/18/2009 - 8:33pm

After my dad retired from the Navy in the 80's, my parents would
watch the GL every afternoon. After Dad passed away Mom said
she feels it most while watching GL.

by ABC
Posted Fri, 09/18/2009 - 6:58pm

Back in the late 40's and 50's my mom learned to speak
English by reading a newspaper with a translation book
and first listening, then watching The Guiding Light.

by ABC
Posted Fri, 09/18/2009 - 6:57pm