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Guiding Light. Guiding Light (known as The Guiding Light before 1975) is an American radio and television soap opera. Guiding Light aired on CBS for 57 years between June 30, 1952, and September 18, 2009, overlapping a 19-year broadcast on radio between January 25, 1937, and June 29, 1956. [1] With 72 years of radio and television runs, Guiding ...
After giving birth to a still-born baby at age 19, she found spiritual comfort listening to sermons by a preacher of a church centered on the brotherhood of man. These sermons formed the nucleus of the creation of The Guiding Light, which began as a radio show. From 1937 to 1946, the show was broadcast from Chicago on the NBC radio network.
Show development. On June 30, 1952, The Guiding Light began airing on CBS television. From June 30, 1952, to June 29, 1956, The Guiding Light ran on both CBS television and radio, with the actors performing, the same scenes but for different audiences, live twice each weekday. The live television performances were in the morning, and then in ...
The 1980s was a time of many transitions and many firsts for the show. In 1980, the Dobsons were moved to As the World Turns, and were replaced by Douglas Marland.Marland had written for such veteran soap writers as Agnes Nixon and Irna Phillips (the creator of The Guiding Light) and had written on his own, as well as acted on As the World Turns in the early 1970s.
By winter 1960, Mike and Robin, both seniors in high school, become closer romantically. Robin's stepbrother, Karl Jannings, also a senior, has feelings for her, but Robin's heart is set on Mike. Mike proposes to Robin in the spring of 1960, and they elope in May, much to the disapproval of their families.
Reva Shayne. Reva Shayne is a fictional character from Guiding Light, played by four-time Daytime Emmy Award winner Kim Zimmer from November 28, 1983, to July 23, 1990, and April 28, 1995, until the show's final episode on September 18, 2009. [1] Zimmer has become such a celebrated performer that she is often considered to be an "icon" in the ...
Show development. During the 1970s, the head writer for Guiding Light stabilized, with two main storylines from January 1, 1970, to December 31, 1979. Robert Soderberg and Edith Sommer wrote the first half of the decade until the spring of 1973. Then James Gentile, Robert Cenedella, and James Lipton continued in the same direction until near ...
Actor Character Duration Mary Kay Adams: India von Halkein: 1984–87, 1990, 1998–99, 2002, 2005 Timothy Adams: Rob Layne: 2000 Anthony Addabbo: Jim LeMay