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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 Light is the longest-running American soap opera, ahead of General Hospital. [a]
CBS would pick up the show seven months later, on June 2, 1947. CBS would be where the show would stay until its cancellation on television in September 2009. Procter & Gamble was the original sponsor of The Guiding Light until March 16, 1942, when General Mills started sponsorship. Procter & Gamble would again sponsor the show when CBS picked ...
On July 2, 1956, The Guiding Light became a CBS television show, only, and the show no longer was heard on radio. Episodes continued at 15 minutes in length. In 1953, CBS strongly persuaded Irna Phillips to let The Guiding Light experiment with television's first color broadcast. Phillips was not thrilled with the concept of color television ...
The Bauers. Papa Bauer (Theo Goetz until end of decade) Meta Bauer Banning (Ellen Demming until June 16, 1966)Bill Bauer (Ed Bryce until 1962, and then September 1965 until July 1969; Eugene H. Smith, October 19, 1964 to 1965), character presumed deceased
Guiding Light (radio 1937–1956, television 1952–2009) The Road of Life (radio 1937–1959, television 1954) Young Dr. Malone (radio 1939–1960, television 1958–1963) The Brighter Day (radio 1948–1956, television 1954–1962) These Are My Children (1949) As the World Turns (1956–2010) a sister show to Guiding Light (character crossovers)
[2] In 2007, in an episode celebrating the 70th anniversary of Guiding Light, the current cast portrayed actors and behind-the-scenes personnel from the early years of the series (both in radio and television). Ehlers had a central role in the episode with her portrayal of Irna Phillips.
1 episode [citation needed] 2002 Law & Order: Matty Helder 1 episode 2002–2008 Guiding Light: Tammy Winslow Randall: Contract role: July 5, 2002 – February 21, 2007; May 4 – 21, 2007; January 22 – February 28, 2008 2007 Guiding Light: Herself 1 episode 2009–2011 All My Children: Madison North: Contract role: June 19, 2009 ...
The soap opera Guiding Light, which is listed as the number one television show by episode count, didn't have 18,262 episodes broadcasted on television. 2,500 of these episodes being counted as television episodes were actually broadcasted over the radio.