After 72 years and over 15,700 episodes on television and radio, Guiding Light will come to an end on September 18th.
“No show in daytime or prime time, or anytime, has touched so many millions of viewers across so many years as GUIDING LIGHT,” said Barbara Bloom, Senior Vice President, Daytime Programs, CBS. “We thank the cast, crew and producers – past and present – who delivered this entertainment institution, the beloved characters and the time-honored stories to our audience every day for seven decades. It’s been a privilege to work with such an extraordinarily talented group of people.”
While I have to admit that Guiding Light is one of the few soaps I never watched, it is still a very sad day in daytime TV when one of them cancelled.
UPDATE: TV Week is reporting that it looks like Pyramid will be replacing the soap. Hopefully they will get Donny Osmond back as a host!!!
The longest-running soap on television might be coming to an end on TV according to TV Week.
While no final decision has been made, the network’s deal for the Procter & Gamble-produced dramaâ€â€the least watched of the eight daytime serials currently on the airâ€â€ends in September. But if CBS does drop “Guiding Light,†it likely would lock in a decision within the next month, people familiar with the matter said. That would give writers a chance to tie up storylines.
The article goes on to say that CBS is shopping around the timeslot to see what they can get to fill it. With names like Marie Osmond and Valerie Bertinelli signing on for talk shows, I think Guiding Light’s days are numbered on TV. I keep saying on TV because TV Week says the show might live on on the net. Would you still watch it online?
Due the Olympics all the Awards shows have been moved out February and into either January or in the case of the biggest one of them all, the Oscars will air on March 7th! It will be interesting to see how the over a month difference between all the shows and the Oscars will affect the Academy Awards.
Talking about awards shows…looks like after months of uncertainty the Daytime Emmys is very close to finding a network to air them. According to Gold Derby The CW is in discussions to air them around August 31st!!! I am so happy that The CW is considering them because it would have been a shame had TV shunned them!!! And I will be even happier if Days of our Lives and General Hospital dominate the show!!!
Susan Lucci is 62 years young and she can still work a little tiny bikini like that! My hat is so off to the Soap Queen who was enjoying some R&R with her hubby!
I hope when I am half her I can rock a bikini as well as she does! You go girl!
Days of our Lives is continuing to clean house and let go of some of the higher salaries to help keep the show alive. This time the money savers are Stephen Nichols aka Patch aka Steve and Mary Beth Evans aka Kayla according to Soap Opera Digest. Years ago this would really upset me, but since they are barely on the show, I won't even know they are gone.
They are the second major couple to get the axe, the first was John and Marlena. Now I wonder who will be next?
