The Guiding Light – CANCELED!

Guiding Light, the longest running soap opera in television and radio history is being canceled. This 72-year old daytime staple will end it's run this September.

I kid you not, I was very surprised and disappointed by the news. I don't watch Guiding Light now, but when I was younger, it was a staple in my household, and at about age 6 or so, I knew all the characters on Guiding Light. I even acted out the scenes with my Barbie dolls! (And some inappropriate ones, at that.)

So long, Springfield. Bauers, Spauldings, and all the rest of you will all be missed.

Let's reminisce about the show for a moment. Who is your favorite character or what was your favorite storyline on Guiding Light?

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Comments: 16

Marilyn M. Apr 1, 2009, 2:49pm UTC

Can't say I ever watched it. Don't think I ever watched any Soaps. But my mother and grandmother watched...back when they were 15 minute shows. This one and As the World Turns.

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juley g. Apr 1, 2009, 3:12pm UTC

I can't believe that! I used to watch that all the time. I love the characters! Reva and Josh are awesome! How sad! :(

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Katie R. Apr 1, 2009, 4:06pm UTC

This must be an April Fool's day joke?

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Liz G. Apr 1, 2009, 4:11pm UTC

Katie, I hope so! I guess we'll know by end of day.

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Margaret G. Apr 1, 2009, 6:42pm UTC

I loved Reva.

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Janet "Jax" B. Apr 1, 2009, 6:50pm UTC

Wow. I don't watch it either...but soaps are a thing of the past I guess.

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Lori Cee Apr 1, 2009, 6:53pm UTC

im not into "soaps" these days.

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Daf W. Apr 1, 2009, 10:42pm UTC

i never watched Guiding Light, in my soap days i was a Days of Our Lives fan, but wow! its been on the air forever, i cant believe they are canceling it ..

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Kerrell Goolsby Apr 1, 2009, 10:44pm UTC

Favorite characters - The Bauers, the Coopers, the Readons, Lewis family and Beth and Lillian Raines.
Least favorite - Alan Spaulding, Roger Thorpe.

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I was about 4 when I watched this. I think it was only on for 15 minutes then. It came on after Search for Tomorrow. I watched it in black and white. I remember the Bauer family vaguely. I think they had a daughter. I remember someone named Stew, and I think he was Bert Bauer's husband. That's about all I remember.

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I remember the lighthouse with the beam of light that started the show too.

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Connie C. Apr 2, 2009, 2:25am UTC

The last episode is supposed to be in Sept. I am sad. My Grandparents used to watch this and I watch it about once every couple weeks.

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Nancy L. Apr 2, 2009, 6:26pm UTC

Sept. 18th is the last show.

The ratings have been plummeting for a couple of years. The story lines got a little lame and then they went to those digital hand-held cameras and started doing weird things like filming a scene where we were looking up the actors noses (as if the audience was lying on the floor); I actually wrote to CBS about that. My daughter told me she read online that the actors were even doing their own makeup inside their cars on location in NJ to save money.

I guess Reva and Josh won't be getting back together.

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TINA s. Apr 3, 2009, 3:58pm UTC

so sad

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The Guiding Light – CANCELED!

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