It’s been 72 years since Guiding Light first debuted on television — almost to the day! The classic CBS sudser debuted on June 30, 1952 and aired for the next 57 years until finally shutting off the ...

PEAPACK-GLADSTONE, New Jersey (AP) -- The cast and crew of "Guiding Light" -- U.S. television's longest-running soap opera -- have finished shooting their final scenes in a northern New Jersey town.

After 72 years on the air (with more than 15,700 episodes on radio and TV combined), “Guiding Light” will shine no more — at least on CBS. The Eye net informed the show’s cast and crew Wednesday that ...

Guiding Light is an American television soap opera that is credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest-running television drama in history, broadcast from 1952 until 2009, preceded ...

When CBS announced the cancellation of Guiding Light, the longest-running daytime drama, on April Fools’ Day, the cast and crew When CBS announced the cancellation of Guiding Light, the ...

Host Scott Simon speaks to Jane Holahan, a long-time fan of the soap opera, Guiding Light. It began as a radio show in 1937 and moved to television in 1952. It is the longest-running drama in TV and ...

PEAPACK-GLADSTONE, N.J. -- The cast and crew of "Guiding Light" -- TV's longest-running soap opera -- have finished shooting their final scenes in a northern New Jersey town. Afterward, they gathered ...

On Thursday, September 26 at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT, pay tribute to the impactful story of domestic violence that was portrayed on Guiding Light with one of the show’s stars — Beth Chamberlin, who played ...

NEW YORK -- Today marked the final flicker of CBS' "Guiding Light," as that venerable daytime drama logged its farewell hour after 72 years on the air.The last episode took an upbeat, life-affirming ...

The Guiding Light cast has enamored viewers since it’s very first episode back in 1952. This much-loved soap opera was set in the fictional Midwestern town of Springfield and originally centered on ...

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