Guiding Light

A gentle, endless hum of small-town lives, slow conversations and old wounds, easy to drift in and out of.

Created by

Irna Phillips

Genres

Soap, Drama

Starring

Krista Tesreau, Beth Chamberlin, Bradley Cole

Tagline

Life happens here.

Overview

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 by a 15-year broadcast on radio. Guiding Light stands as the third longest-running program in all of broadcast history; only the Norwegian children's radio program Lørdagsbarnetimen and the American country music radio program Grand Ole Opry have been on the air longer. On April 1, 2009, it was announced that CBS canceled Guiding Light after a 72-year run due to low ratings. The show taped its final scenes for CBS on August 11, 2009, and its final episode on the network aired on September 18, 2009.

How it feels

Romantic, earnest, melancholic and tense. Slow-burning and fine in the background.

About

Family, love, betrayal, redemption

Content

Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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