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class="vector-toc-numb">1.7</span> <span>2000s</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2000s-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Cancellation_and_final_episode" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Cancellation_and_final_episode"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.7.1</span> <span>Cancellation and final episode</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Cancellation_and_final_episode-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Production_and_locales" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Production_and_locales"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Production and locales</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Production_and_locales-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle 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class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/U_n%C3%A1s_ve_Springfieldu" title="U nás ve Springfieldu – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="U nás ve Springfieldu" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springfield_Story" title="Springfield Story – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Springfield Story" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guiding_Light" title="Guiding Light – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Guiding Light" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guiding_Light" title="Guiding Light – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Guiding Light" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haine_et_Passions" title="Haine et Passions – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Haine et Passions" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B0%80%EC%9D%B4%EB%94%A9_%EB%9D%BC%EC%9D%B4%ED%8A%B8" title="가이딩 라이트 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="가이딩 라이트" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guiding_Light" title="Guiding Light – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Guiding Light" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lei%C3%B0arlj%C3%B3s" title="Leiðarljós – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Leiðarljós" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentieri" title="Sentieri – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Sentieri" data-language-autonym="Italiano" 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Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Guiding Light" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guiding_Light" title="Guiding Light – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Guiding Light" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B0%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BB%D1%8F%D1%8E%D1%89%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D1%81%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%82" title="Направляющий свет – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Направляющий свет" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a 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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guiding_Light" title="Guiding Light – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Guiding Light" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guiding_Light" title="Guiding Light – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Guiding Light" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guiding_Light" title="Guiding Light – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Guiding Light" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" 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data-file-width="434" data-file-height="326" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Also known as</th><td class="infobox-data ib-tv-aka"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><i>The Guiding Light</i></li> <li><i>GL</i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genre</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Soap_opera" title="Soap opera">Soap opera</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Created by</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Irna_Phillips" title="Irna Phillips">Irna Phillips</a></li> <li>Emmons Carlson</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Written by</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>Christopher Dunn</li> <li>Lloyd Gold</li> <li>Jill Lorie Hurst</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Kreizman" title="David Kreizman">David Kreizman</a></li> <li>Tita Bell</li> <li>Kimberly Hamilton</li> <li>Rebecca Hanover</li> <li>David Rupel</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donna_Swajeski" title="Donna Swajeski">Donna Swajeski</a></li> <li>Ellen Weston</li> <li>Brett Staneart</li> <li>Casandra Morgan</li> <li>Penelope Koechl</li> <li>David Smilow</li> <li>Gillian Spencer</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Directed by</th><td class="infobox-data attendee"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>Bruce S. Barry</li> <li>Joe Cotugno</li> <li>Rob Decina</li> <li>Matthew Lagle</li> <li>Brian Mertes</li> <li>Adam Reist</li> <li>Robert Scinto</li> <li>Jo Anne Sedwick</li> <li>Susan Strickler</li> <li>Ellen Wheeler</li> <li>Karen Wilkens</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Starring</th><td class="infobox-data attendee"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Guiding_Light_cast_members" title="List of Guiding Light cast members">Series cast</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country of origin</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Original language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> of seasons</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>NBC and CBS: 19 (radio)</li> <li>CBS: 57 (television; includes four years on both TV and radio)</li> <li>Total: 72</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> of episodes</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>NBC and CBS-Radio: 2,500 (radio)</li> <li>CBS: 15,762 (radio [1952–1956] & TV [1952–2009])</li> <li>Total: 18,262</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header summary">Production</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Executive producers</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>Lucy Ferri Rittenberg (1952–1975)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allen_M._Potter" title="Allen M. Potter">Allen M. Potter</a> (1976–1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gail_Kobe" title="Gail Kobe">Gail Kobe</a> (1982–1986)</li> <li>Joe Willmore (1986–1989)</li> <li>Robert Calhoun (1989–1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jill_Farren_Phelps" title="Jill Farren Phelps">Jill Farren Phelps</a> (1991–1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Laibson" title="Michael Laibson">Michael Laibson</a> (1995–1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Rauch" title="Paul Rauch">Paul Rauch</a> (1996–2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Conboy" title="John Conboy">John Conboy</a> (2002–2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ellen_Wheeler" title="Ellen Wheeler">Ellen Wheeler</a> (2004–2009)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Producers</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>Alexandra Johnson-Gamsey</li> <li>Maria Macina</li> <li>Jan Conklin</li> <li>Christopher Cullen</li> <li>Janet Morrison</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Production locations</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a>, <a href="/wiki/Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois</a> (1937–1947)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a> (1947–1949)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a> (1949–2009)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Running time</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>15 minutes (1937–1968)</li> <li>30 minutes (1968–1977)</li> <li>60 minutes (1977–2009)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Production companies</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Procter_%26_Gamble" title="Procter & Gamble">Procter & Gamble Productions</a> (1952–2008)</li> <li>TeleNext Media, Inc. (2008–2009)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header summary">Original release</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Network</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/NBC_Radio" class="mw-redirect" title="NBC Radio">NBC</a>/<a href="/wiki/CBS_Radio" title="CBS Radio">CBS Radio</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Release</th><td class="infobox-data">January 25, 1937<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1937-01-25</span>)</span> –<br />June 29, 1956<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1956-06-29</span>)</span></td></tr><tr class="ib-tv-network-release"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Network</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Release</th><td class="infobox-data">June 30, 1952<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1952-06-30</span>)</span> –<br />September 18, 2009<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">2009-09-18</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header summary">Related</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><i><a href="/wiki/Another_World_(TV_series)" title="Another World (TV series)">Another World</a></i></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>Guiding Light</b></i> (known as <i><b>The Guiding Light</b></i> before 1975) is an American radio and television <a href="/wiki/Soap_opera" title="Soap opera">soap opera</a>. <i>Guiding Light</i> aired on <a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a> 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.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With 72 years of radio and television runs, <i>Guiding Light</i> is the longest-running soap opera, ahead of <i><a href="/wiki/General_Hospital" title="General Hospital">General Hospital</a></i>, and is the fifth-longest-running program in all of broadcast history; only the American country music radio program <i><a href="/wiki/Grand_Ole_Opry" title="Grand Ole Opry">Grand Ole Opry</a></i> (first broadcast in 1925), the <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a> religious program <i><a href="/wiki/The_Daily_Service" title="The Daily Service">The Daily Service</a></i> (1928), the <a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a> religious program <i><a href="/wiki/Music_and_the_Spoken_Word" class="mw-redirect" title="Music and the Spoken Word">Music and the Spoken Word</a></i> (1929), and the Norwegian children's radio program <i><a href="/wiki/L%C3%B8rdagsbarnetimen" title="Lørdagsbarnetimen">Lørdagsbarnetimen</a></i> (1924–2010) have been on the air longer.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When the show debuted on radio in 1937, it centered on Reverend John Ruthledge and people whose lives revolved around him. The "Guiding Light" in the show's title originally referred to the lamp in Ruthledge's study that people used as a sign for them to find his help when needed.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When the show transitioned to television in the 1950s, the Bauers, a German immigrant family first introduced in 1948, became the focus of the program.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other core families were introduced over the show's run, including the Norrises in the 1960s; the Marlers and the Spauldings in the 1970s; and the Coopers, the Lewises, and the Reardons in the 1980s. </p><p><i>Guiding Light</i> was created by <a href="/wiki/Irna_Phillips" title="Irna Phillips">Irna Phillips</a> and Emmons Carlson and began as an <a href="/wiki/NBC_Radio" class="mw-redirect" title="NBC Radio">NBC Radio</a> serial on January 25, 1937. On June 2, 1947, the series was transferred to <a href="/wiki/CBS_Radio" title="CBS Radio">CBS Radio</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> before starting on June 30, 1952, on <a href="/wiki/CBS_television" class="mw-redirect" title="CBS television">CBS Television</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-worldrecord_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-worldrecord-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It continued to be broadcast on radio until June 29, 1956.<sup id="cite_ref-dunningota_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dunningota-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The series was expanded from 15 minutes to a half-hour during 1968 (and also switched from broadcasting live to pre-taping around this same time), and then to a full hour on November 7, 1977. The series broadcast its 15,000th CBS television episode on September 6, 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On April 1, 2009, CBS announced that it was canceling <i>Guiding Light</i> after 72 years on the air (15 on radio and 57 on television) 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.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CBS_Turns_Out_'Guiding_Light'._12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CBS_Turns_Out_'Guiding_Light'.-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Reruns of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Price_Is_Right" title="The Price Is Right">The Price Is Right</a></i> took over the <i>Guiding Light</i> time slot between September 21 and October 2, 2009, for two weeks. On October 5, 2009, CBS replaced <i>Guiding Light</i> with an hour-long revival of <i><a href="/wiki/Let%27s_Make_a_Deal" title="Let's Make a Deal">Let's Make a Deal</a></i>, hosted by <a href="/wiki/Wayne_Brady" title="Wayne Brady">Wayne Brady</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Origins,_plot_development,_and_cast"><span id="Origins.2C_plot_development.2C_and_cast"></span>Origins, plot development, and cast</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guiding_Light&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Origins, plot development, and cast"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="anchor" id="Cast"></span> </p><p><i>Guiding Light</i> has had a number of plot sequences during the series' long history, on both radio and television. These plot sequences include complex storylines, and different writers and casting. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1930s_and_1940s">1930s and 1940s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guiding_Light&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: 1930s and 1940s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Guiding_Light_(1937%E2%80%931949)" title="Guiding Light (1937–1949)">Guiding Light (1937–1949)</a></div> <p>The series was created by Emmons Carlson and Irna Phillips, who based it on personal experiences. After giving birth to a <a href="/wiki/Still_born" class="mw-redirect" title="Still born">still-born baby</a> at age 19, Phillips found spiritual comfort listening to the radio sermons of <a href="/wiki/Preston_Bradley" title="Preston Bradley">Preston Bradley</a>, a famous Chicago preacher and founder of the People's Church, a church which promoted the brotherhood of man.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These sermons inspired the creation of <i>The Guiding Light</i>, which began as a radio series, with a minister as the central character. The original radio series was first broadcast as 15-minute episodes on NBC Radio, starting on January 25, 1937. The series was transferred to CBS Radio in 1947. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1950s">1950s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guiding_Light&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 1950s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Guiding_Light_(1950%E2%80%931959)" title="Guiding Light (1950–1959)">Guiding Light (1950–1959)</a></div> <p><i>The Guiding Light</i> was broadcast first by CBS Television on June 30, 1952, replacing the canceled soap opera <i><a href="/wiki/The_First_Hundred_Years" title="The First Hundred Years">The First Hundred Years</a></i>. These episodes were also 15 minutes long. During the period from 1952 to 1956, <i>The Guiding Light</i> existed as both a radio and television serial, with actors recording their performances twice for each day that the shows were broadcast. The radio broadcast of <i>The Guiding Light</i> ceased production during 1956, ending this overlap.<sup id="cite_ref-gl50_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gl50-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>With the transition to television, the main characters became the Bauers, a lower-middle class German immigrant family who were first introduced in the radio serial in 1948.<sup id="cite_ref-gl50_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gl50-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many storylines revolved around Bill Bauer (son of patriarch Friedrich "Papa" Bauer) and his new wife Bertha (nicknamed "Bert"). Papa Bauer, who came to the United States during World War I with just a few dollars in his pocket, was a <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/salt_of_the_earth" class="extiw" title="wikt:salt of the earth">salt of the earth</a> character who succeeded in offering opportunities to his children by working hard, and he instilled that work ethic into his children. Bert had dreams of climbing the social ladder and keeping up appearances, and it was up to Bill (and sometimes Papa Bauer) to bring her down to earth. </p><p><i>The Guiding Light</i> ranked as the number one-rated soap opera during both 1956 and 1957, before being replaced during 1958 by <i><a href="/wiki/As_the_World_Turns" title="As the World Turns">As the World Turns</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Encyc_ratings_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Encyc_ratings-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After Irna Phillips was transferred to <i>As the World Turns</i> during 1958, her protégé <a href="/wiki/Agnes_Nixon" title="Agnes Nixon">Agnes Nixon</a> became head writer of <i>The Guiding Light</i>. </p><p>The first television producer of <i>The Guiding Light</i> was Lucy Ferri Rittenberg, who produced the show for over 20 years. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1960s">1960s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guiding_Light&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 1960s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Guiding_Light_(1960%E2%80%931969)" title="Guiding Light (1960–1969)">Guiding Light (1960–1969)</a></div> <p>Agnes Nixon relinquished her role as chief writer during 1965 to work on <i><a href="/wiki/Another_World_(TV_series)" title="Another World (TV series)">Another World</a></i>. On March 13, 1967, <i>The Guiding Light</i> was first broadcast in color. On September 9, 1968, the program was expanded from 15 to 30 minutes. </p><p>The 1960s featured the introduction of Black characters, played by <a href="/wiki/Billy_Dee_Williams" title="Billy Dee Williams">Billy Dee Williams</a>, <a href="/wiki/James_Earl_Jones" title="James Earl Jones">James Earl Jones</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ruby_Dee" title="Ruby Dee">Ruby Dee</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Cicely_Tyson" title="Cicely Tyson">Cicely Tyson</a>. The emphasis of the series shifted to Bill and Bert's children, Mike and Ed; the character of Bill Bauer was written out in July 1969, presumed dead after a plane crash. The show also became a bit more topical during the 1960s, with such storylines as Bert Bauer's diagnosis of <a href="/wiki/Uterine_cancer" title="Uterine cancer">uterine cancer</a> in 1962. </p><p>A number of new characters were introduced during the mid- to late 1960s, including Dr. Sara McIntyre, who remained a major character through the early 1980s. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1970s">1970s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guiding_Light&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 1970s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Guiding_Light_(1970%E2%80%931979)" title="Guiding Light (1970–1979)">Guiding Light (1970–1979)</a></div> <p>Much of the story during the first half of the 1970s was dominated by Stanley Norris' November 1971 murder and the subsequent trial, as well as the exploits of villainesses Charlotte Waring and Kit Vested. Charlotte (at the time played by Melinda Fee) was murdered by Kit (<a href="/wiki/Nancy_Addison" title="Nancy Addison">Nancy Addison</a>) on August 26, 1973. The following year, Kit was shot by Joe Werner (Anthony Call) in self-defense on April 24, 1974, after she had attempted to poison Sara McIntyre. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Roger_Thorpe" class="mw-redirect" title="Roger Thorpe">Roger Thorpe</a> was introduced on April 1, 1971 and became a pivotal character. The role of Roger was originally proposed to be a blond, fair-skinned, preppy type, a man who was dating his boss's daughter Holly. Ultimately, <a href="/wiki/Michael_Zaslow" title="Michael Zaslow">Michael Zaslow</a>, a dark-haired actor, was hired for the role instead by long-time <a href="/wiki/Casting_director" class="mw-redirect" title="Casting director">casting director</a>, Betty Rea. Zaslow portrayed Roger as a complicated and multifaceted <a href="/wiki/Villain" title="Villain">villain</a>. </p><p>Cast member Theo Goetz, who played Papa Bauer, died in 1972. Producers decided that Papa Bauer would die onscreen. The cast paid tribute to Goetz and Papa Bauer in a special memorial episode which aired on February 27, 1973. </p><p>Pressured by newer, more youth-oriented soap operas such as <i><a href="/wiki/All_My_Children" title="All My Children">All My Children</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Procter_%26_Gamble" title="Procter & Gamble">Procter & Gamble</a> hired head writers <a href="/wiki/Bridget_and_Jerome_Dobson" title="Bridget and Jerome Dobson">Bridget and Jerome Dobson</a> in 1975, who started writing in November. The Dobsons introduced a more nuanced, psychologically layered writing style, and included timely story lines, including a complex love/hate relationship between estranged spouses/step-siblings <a href="/wiki/Roger_Thorpe_and_Holly_Norris" class="mw-redirect" title="Roger Thorpe and Holly Norris">Roger and Holly</a>. They also introduced several new characters, including <a href="/wiki/Rita_Stapleton" title="Rita Stapleton">Rita Stapleton</a>, whose complex relationships with Roger and Ed propelled much of the story for the remainder of the decade, as well as mogul <a href="/wiki/Alan_Spaulding" title="Alan Spaulding">Alan Spaulding</a> and brash lawyer Ross Marler. </p><p>In 1977, the character of Bill Bauer was reintroduced. GL had told a story where Bill died in an airplane crash in July 1969, so his reappearance was a surprise. Bill was subsequently charged for a murder of a man in Vancouver (he was acquitted, with Mike's help) and by April 1978 Bill had left town again. The character of Bill returned briefly in November 1978, April 1980, and then again in July and November 1983. Bill's return introduced the audience and the Bauers to another character that stayed on the show until September 1984, Hillary Kincaid, R. N. (Bauer), Bill's daughter, and thus Ed and Mike's half-sister. (Bill had accidentally killed the man that Hillary originally thought was her father, but was actually her step-father.) </p><p>Jerome and Bridget Dobson killed off the show's young heroine, Leslie Jackson Bauer Norris Bauer, in June 1976, when <a href="/wiki/Lynne_Adams" title="Lynne Adams">Lynne Adams</a> left the show. Leslie was killed in a hit and run accident by Spence Jeffries, estranged husband of Mike’s secretary Anne. Her father, Steve Jackson, remained on the show for the remainder of the 1970s, serving as a senior physician at Cedars, and as a friend and companion to Bert Bauer. </p><p>In November 1975, the name was changed in the show's opening and closing visuals from <i>The Guiding Light</i> to <i>Guiding Light</i>. On November 7, 1977, the show expanded to a full hour and was broadcast from 2:30 to 3:30 pm daily. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1980s">1980s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guiding_Light&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 1980s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Guiding_Light_(1980%E2%80%931989)" title="Guiding Light (1980–1989)">Guiding Light (1980–1989)</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Bridget_and_Jerome_Dobson" title="Bridget and Jerome Dobson">Bridget and Jerome Dobson</a> moved on to the head writing duties of <i><a href="/wiki/As_the_World_Turns" title="As the World Turns">As the World Turns</a></i> in late 1979. Former actor <a href="/wiki/Douglas_Marland" title="Douglas Marland">Douglas Marland</a> assumed the writing reins of <i>Guiding Light</i> in 1979. He introduced many new characters, including the Reardon family. During May 1980, <i>Guiding Light</i> won its first <a href="/wiki/Daytime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Drama_Series" title="Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series">Outstanding Drama Series</a> <a href="/wiki/Daytime_Emmy" class="mw-redirect" title="Daytime Emmy">Daytime Emmy</a>. One of Marland's stories featured the character of Carrie Todd Marler, played by <a href="/wiki/Jane_Elliot" title="Jane Elliot">Jane Elliot</a>. Carrie was diagnosed with multiple personalities. Marland had barely delved into her psychosis when Elliot's contract was abruptly terminated by Executive Producer <a href="/wiki/Allen_M._Potter" title="Allen M. Potter">Allen M. Potter</a> in 1982. As a result, Marland resigned in protest.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the early 1980s, the show began to emphasize younger characters more, as an attempt to compete with the younger-skewing ABC serials. A number of longtime characters were eliminated during this time, including Ben and Eve McFarren, Diane Ballard, Dr. Sara McIntyre, Adam Thorpe, Barbara Norris Thorpe, Justin Marler and Steve Jackson. Actress <a href="/wiki/Lenore_Kasdorf" title="Lenore Kasdorf">Lenore Kasdorf</a> quit the show in 1981, and producers decided not to recast the role of Rita Stapleton Bauer, given how popular Kasdorf had been. The Bauer family matriarch, Bertha 'Bert' Bauer, died in March 1986, following the real-life death of <a href="/wiki/Charita_Bauer" title="Charita Bauer">Charita Bauer</a> in 1985. During <i>Guiding Light's</i> 50th anniversary year in 1987, a commitment was pledged to showcase the Bauer family in primary roles as much as possible, after audience reaction to the Oklahoma-bred Lewis and Shayne families turned out to be mixed.<sup id="cite_ref-gl50_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gl50-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a result, the tradition of the Bauer July 4 family barbecue began that year, and continued until 2009, the serial's final year on CBS Television.<sup id="cite_ref-gl50_14-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gl50-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Pam_Long" title="Pam Long">Pam Long</a>, actress and writer for NBC's <i><a href="/wiki/Texas_(TV_series)" title="Texas (TV series)">Texas</a></i> from 1981 to 1982, became head writer during 1983, joined by <a href="/wiki/Gail_Kobe" title="Gail Kobe">Gail Kobe</a> as executive producer. During Long's first stint as writer, the show shifted focus to the young love quadrangle of Rick Bauer, <a href="/wiki/Phillip_Spaulding" title="Phillip Spaulding">Phillip Spaulding</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mindy_Lewis" title="Mindy Lewis">Mindy Lewis</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Beth_Raines" title="Beth Raines">Beth Raines</a>. Bauer, Spaulding, Reardon, and Raines families. Long also introduced several other characters, including <a href="/wiki/Alexandra_Spaulding" title="Alexandra Spaulding">Alexandra Spaulding</a>, played by notable daytime actress <a href="/wiki/Beverlee_McKinsey" title="Beverlee McKinsey">Beverlee McKinsey</a>, of <i><a href="/wiki/Another_World_(TV_series)" title="Another World (TV series)">Another World</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Texas_(TV_series)" title="Texas (TV series)">Texas</a></i> fame; and <a href="/wiki/Reva_Shayne" title="Reva Shayne">Reva Shayne</a>, played by <a href="/wiki/Kim_Zimmer" title="Kim Zimmer">Kim Zimmer</a>. After a break, Pamela K. Long returned for a second head writer stint from 1987 to 1990. </p><p>The characters of <a href="/wiki/Roger_Thorpe_and_Holly_Norris" class="mw-redirect" title="Roger Thorpe and Holly Norris">Roger Thorpe and Holly Norris</a> returned to the series during the late 1980s. <a href="/wiki/Maureen_Garrett" title="Maureen Garrett">Maureen Garrett</a> reprised her role of Holly in 1988, followed by <a href="/wiki/Michael_Zaslow" title="Michael Zaslow">Michael Zaslow</a> as Roger in 1989. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1990s">1990s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guiding_Light&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 1990s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Guiding_Light_(1990%E2%80%931999)" title="Guiding Light (1990–1999)">Guiding Light (1990–1999)</a></div> <p>With the new decade, the series' storytelling transitioned from Long's homespun style to a more realistic style with a new group of chief writers. The Bauer, Spaulding, Lewis, and Cooper families had been established as core families, and most major plot developments concerned them. The show generally held on in the middle of the pack as far as ratings went throughout the decade. </p><p>The show experienced a series of challenges in 1993, including the exit of three of the show's leading actresses – <a href="/wiki/Beverlee_McKinsey" title="Beverlee McKinsey">Beverlee McKinsey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kimberley_Simms" title="Kimberley Simms">Kimberley Simms</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Sherry_Stringfield" title="Sherry Stringfield">Sherry Stringfield</a> – within the space of a few months. In particular, McKinsey's Alexandra had been a catalyst for several stories. The decision to kill off the character of Maureen Bauer proved deeply unpopular with the audience, and is often cited as one of the show's biggest mistakes.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Executive producer <a href="/wiki/Jill_Farren_Phelps" title="Jill Farren Phelps">Jill Farren Phelps</a> cast a number of actors she'd worked with at other shows, particularly at <i>Santa Barbara</i>, in new roles at GL. Among them: <a href="/wiki/Justin_Deas" title="Justin Deas">Justin Deas</a>, in the role of long lost Cooper patriarch Buzz; and <a href="/wiki/Marj_Dusay" title="Marj Dusay">Marj Dusay</a> as the new actress to play Alexandra Spaulding. </p><p>In 1994, the show brought former <i>Santa Barbara</i> actress <a href="/wiki/Marcy_Walker" title="Marcy Walker">Marcy Walker</a> to the canvas to play antiheroine Tangie Hill, but the pairing of Tangie with Josh Lewis proved unpopular, and Walker decided not to renew her contract<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1995, <i>Guiding Light</i> brought back fan favorite Nola Chamberlain, played by <a href="/wiki/Lisa_Brown_(actress)" title="Lisa Brown (actress)">Lisa Brown</a>. However, Nola returning to the canvas on her own without husband Quinton Chamberlain was unpopular with viewers. Soap opera veteran <a href="/wiki/Mary_Stuart_(actress)" title="Mary Stuart (actress)">Mary Stuart</a> joined the cast in 1996 as Meta Bauer (though referred to many times over the years, the character originally played by <a href="/wiki/Ellen_Demming" title="Ellen Demming">Ellen Demming</a> had not been seen onscreen since 1974); the character remained on the show until Stuart's death during 2002. </p><p>As the decade progressed, <i>Guiding Light</i> began to feature stories with more outlandish plot twists, seemingly to compete with shows like <i><a href="/wiki/Passions" title="Passions">Passions</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Days_of_Our_Lives" title="Days of Our Lives">Days of Our Lives</a></i>. A number of these stories involved the character of Reva Shayne, played by <a href="/wiki/Kim_Zimmer" title="Kim Zimmer">Kim Zimmer</a>. Reva had been presumed dead for the previous five years, after having driven her car off of a bridge and into the water off the <a href="/wiki/Florida_Keys" title="Florida Keys">Florida Keys</a>. </p><p>The outlandish plots for Reva included her time as an amnesiac Amish woman, the former queen of San Cristobel, and a story where Reva experienced time travel. The most notable of these plot twists was when Josh, believing again that Reva had died, had her cloned.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2000s">2000s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guiding_Light&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 2000s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Guiding_Light_(2000%E2%80%932009)" title="Guiding Light (2000–2009)">Guiding Light (2000–2009)</a></div> <p>The 2000s began with the division of the show into two locales: Springfield and the fictional island nation of San Cristobel. In Springfield, the Santos mob dynasty created much of the drama. Meanwhile, the royal Winslow family had their own series of intrigues with which to deal. During 2002, however, San Cristobel was eliminated from the series and the mob's influence in the story was subsequently diminished and, with the departure of character Danny Santos during 2005, eliminated altogether. Also, <i>Guiding Light</i> celebrated its 50th anniversary as a television show on June 30, 2002. </p><p>During 2004, former director and actress <a href="/wiki/Ellen_Wheeler" title="Ellen Wheeler">Ellen Wheeler</a> (Emmy Award winner as an actress for the series <i><a href="/wiki/All_My_Children" title="All My Children">All My Children</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Another_World_(TV_series)" title="Another World (TV series)">Another World</a></i>) took over as executive producer of <i>Guiding Light.</i> She and writer <a href="/wiki/David_Kreizman" title="David Kreizman">David Kreizman</a> made numerous changes to the sets, stories, and the cast. Several veteran actors were eliminated, mainly because of budget decreases. Because of the lack of veteran influence, Wheeler reemphasized the youth of Springfield, especially the controversial pairing of cousins Jonathan and Tammy. </p><p>During 2006, an episode featured character Harley Cooper gaining heroic abilities. The episode was semi-continued in an 8-page story in select <a href="/wiki/Marvel_Comics" title="Marvel Comics">Marvel Comics</a> productions.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The series had its 70th broadcast anniversary during 2007. The anniversary was commemorated with the initiation of website FindYourLight.net and a program of outreach, representing Irna Phillips' original message. There was also a special episode during January 2007, with current cast members playing Phillips and some of the earlier cast members. The series also introduced special beginning credits commemorating the anniversary. The show had a rotating slate of writers, including veteran GL writers Lucky Gold, Chris Dunn, and <a href="/wiki/Jill_Lorie_Hurst" title="Jill Lorie Hurst">Jill Lorie Hurst</a>, who was eventually named head writer. </p><p>Despite low ratings, the show won 2007 Daytime Emmy Awards for Best Writing and Best Show (sharing Best Show with<i> <a href="/wiki/The_Young_and_the_Restless" title="The Young and the Restless">The Young and the Restless</a></i>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Cancellation_and_final_episode">Cancellation and final episode</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guiding_Light&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Cancellation and final episode"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On April 1, 2009, CBS announced that it would not renew <i>Guiding Light</i>, and the last broadcast date would be September 18, 2009. Procter & Gamble initially announced that they would attempt to find another outlet to distribute the series, but later admitted that they had been unsuccessful in doing so, and that on September 18, 2009, after 57 years on television (preceded by 15 years on radio for a total broadcast history of 72 years), <i>Guiding Light</i> would end its broadcast history on CBS. </p><p>Storylines were resolved in the final weeks of the series, and numerous characters from the series' past passed through Springfield one last time. Among the returnees were the characters of Nola, Holly and Mindy; Josh told Reva that he was leaving Springfield for a job for the next year, but proposes that he return one year from that date and, if by that time, she wants to reunite with him, she should meet him at the lighthouse and, if she is not there, he will assume she is not interested. </p><p>The final episode is pleasant, featuring many of the characters gathering in the park for a large picnic. Toward the end of the episode, it jumps forward one year, by which time, Phillip and Beth have reunited, as have Rick and Mindy. Olivia and Natalia, happy with their new baby, pick up Rafe as he returns from the army. The episode concludes with Josh arriving at the lighthouse, as promised, and finding Reva there. They declare their undying love. James, Ashlee, and Daisy leave Springfield and relocate to <a href="/wiki/Santa_Barbara,_California" title="Santa Barbara, California">Santa Barbara</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>. Josh asks if Reva is packed, to go on an adventure. The two grab the luggage, and with Reva's young son, they climb into Josh's <a href="/wiki/Pick-up_truck" class="mw-redirect" title="Pick-up truck">pick-up truck</a>. Josh says to Reva, "You ready?" She replies "always," a callback to her promise of "Always, Bud" that Reva uttered to Josh many times on the show. As the truck drives away with the <a href="/wiki/Lighthouse" title="Lighthouse">lighthouse</a> in the background, <i>"The End"</i> appears on the screen before a final fadeout. The song heard playing in the background during the final scene is "Together" by <a href="/wiki/Michelle_Branch" title="Michelle Branch">Michelle Branch</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-chicagotribune.com_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chicagotribune.com-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The final episode also included the original tag line, with some revision, printed on the screen with the words "There is a destiny that makes us FAMILY" (replacing the word 'brothers'), as well as quick film clips of each of the show's title cards and announcers during the nearly six decades it was on television, leading to the show's former long-time beginning announcement: "And now, <i>The Guiding Light</i>". </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Production_and_locales">Production and locales</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guiding_Light&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Production and locales"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Guiding Light</i> was broadcast from three locations: <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a> (where creator Irna Phillips resided), from 1937 until 1946; <a href="/wiki/Hollywood,_Los_Angeles" title="Hollywood, Los Angeles">Hollywood</a>, from 1947 until 1949; and <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a> starting during 1949. It was relocated from Chicago to Hollywood (despite objections of both Phillips and <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Peterson,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Arthur Peterson, Jr.">Arthur Peterson</a>) to take advantage of the talent pool. Production was subsequently relocated to New York City, where the majority of <a href="/wiki/Soap_opera" title="Soap opera">soap operas</a> were produced during the 1950s, 1960s and much of the 1970s; it remained based in New York City until the show's conclusion. Its final taping location was the CBS studios in midtown <a href="/wiki/Manhattan" title="Manhattan">Manhattan</a>. From the 1970s to the 1990s it was filmed at the <a href="/wiki/Chelsea_Studios" title="Chelsea Studios">Chelsea Studios</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From soon before February 29, 2008, outdoor scenes were filmed on location in <a href="/wiki/Peapack,_New_Jersey" class="mw-redirect" title="Peapack, New Jersey">Peapack</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The location filming coincided with another significant production change, as the series became the first American weekday soap opera to be recorded digitally. The production team chose to film with <a href="/wiki/Canon_XH-G1" class="mw-redirect" title="Canon XH-G1">Canon XH-G1</a> <a href="/wiki/HDV" title="HDV">HDV</a> camcorders in standard definition mode. Unlike the old production model with pedestal-style cameras and traditional three-sided sets, handheld cameras allowed producers to choose as many locations as they wished.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Final_CBS_seasons">Final CBS seasons</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guiding_Light&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Final CBS seasons"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the daytime drama's 57th season on television and 72nd overall season, the series had changed its look to a more realistic experience in an attempt to compete with the growing popularity of <a href="/wiki/Reality_television" title="Reality television">reality television</a>. The new look of <i>Guiding Light</i> included free-hand camera work and less action shown on traditional studio sets. Producer Ellen Wheeler introduced a <a href="/wiki/Shaky_camera" title="Shaky camera">"shaky-cam"</a> style, present in a number of movies, featuring extreme-closeups and frequent cuts, including those that "broke the axis" (which proved disorienting to viewers accustomed to shows with the traditional "soap opera look"). Also new was the filming of outdoor scenes in actual outdoor settings. Even many indoor scenes had more of an "on location" feel, repurposing real locations, such as <i>Guiding Light</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'s</span> production offices, to be motel rooms, nail salons, <a href="/wiki/Convenience_store" title="Convenience store">quick-mart</a> and other businesses or locations. Thereby, the series had numerous sets without the cost of numerous separate locations. CBS and the show's producers had hoped that the new look would increase ratings, but the plan was ultimately unsuccessful. </p><p>On April 1, 2009, CBS canceled <i>Guiding Light</i> after 72 years, with the series finale on the network airing on September 18, 2009, making it the second-to-last Procter & Gamble soap opera to end. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Production_summary">Production summary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guiding_Light&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Production summary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Production summary </caption> <tbody><tr> <th width="9%">Start date </th> <th width="9%">End date </th> <th width="9%">Time slot<small><br />(ET/CT)</small> </th> <th>Run time<small><br />(minutes)</small> </th> <th>Network </th> <th>Filming<br />location </th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>January 25, 1937</td> <td>October 13, 1939 </td> <td rowspan="3" style="text-align:right;">— </td> <td rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;">15 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/NBC_Red_Network" class="mw-redirect" title="NBC Red Network">NBC Red Radio</a> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a> </td> <td>Canceled by <a href="/wiki/Procter_%26_Gamble" title="Procter & Gamble">Procter & Gamble</a>, resulting in 75,000 protest letters.<sup id="cite_ref-old-time_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-old-time-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>January 22, 1940</td> <td>March 15, 1942 </td> <td><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Blue_Network" title="Blue Network">NBC Blue Radio</a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sponsor_(commercial)" title="Sponsor (commercial)">Sponsored</a> by <a href="/wiki/Procter_%26_Gamble" title="Procter & Gamble">Procter & Gamble</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>March 16, 1942</td> <td>November 29, 1946 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/NBC_Red_Network" class="mw-redirect" title="NBC Red Network">NBC Red Radio</a></span></td> <td>Canceled by <a href="/wiki/General_Mills" title="General Mills">General Mills</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-old-time_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-old-time-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>June 2, 1947</td> <td>1949 </td> <td rowspan="3" style="text-align:right;">12:45 pm / 11:45 am </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/CBS_Radio" title="CBS Radio">CBS Radio</a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hollywood,_Los_Angeles" title="Hollywood, Los Angeles">Hollywood</a> </td> <td rowspan="3"><span class="nowrap"> Sponsored by <a href="/wiki/Procter_%26_Gamble" title="Procter & Gamble">Procter & Gamble</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1949</td> <td>June 29, 1956 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a> </td> <td rowspan="7" style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>July 2, 1956</td> <td>September 6, 1968 </td> <td rowspan="6" style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS Television</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>September 9, 1968</td> <td>September 1, 1972 </td> <td align="right">2:30 pm / 1:30 pm </td> <td rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;">30 </td> <td rowspan="4">— </td></tr> <tr> <td>September 4, 1972</td> <td>November 28, 1975 </td> <td align="right">2:00 pm / 1:00 pm </td></tr> <tr> <td>December 1, 1975</td> <td>November 4, 1977 </td> <td align="right">2:30 pm / 1:30 pm </td></tr> <tr> <td>November 7, 1977</td> <td>February 1, 1980 </td> <td align="right">2:30 pm / 1:30 pm </td> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;">60 </td></tr> <tr> <td>February 4, 1980</td> <td>September 18, 2009 </td> <td align="right">3:00 pm / 2:00 pm </td> <td>As early as 1993, some affiliates began airing the show at 9:00 am, 10:00 am, or noon local time in favor of local programming airing at 3:00 pm on some CBS affiliates. </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The action has also been set in three different locales – it was based in the fictional towns of Five Points and Selby Flats before its final locale of Springfield. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cast_and_characters">Cast and characters</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guiding_Light&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Cast and characters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Guiding_Light_cast_members" title="List of Guiding Light cast members">List of Guiding Light cast members</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_Guiding_Light_characters" title="List of Guiding Light characters">List of Guiding Light characters</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Broadcast_history">Broadcast history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guiding_Light&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Broadcast history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_American_daytime_soap_opera_ratings" title="List of American daytime soap opera ratings">List of American daytime soap opera ratings</a></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid 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Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">January 2011</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Unlike most popular radio serials transitioning to television, <i>The Guiding Light</i> had no difficulty holding onto its old listening audience and simultaneously earning a new television fanbase. For at the time <i>The Guiding Light</i> made its television debut, neither <a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a> nor <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a> had broadcast programs on their respective networks at 2:30 p.m. Eastern/1:30 Central, where CBS first placed <i>The Guiding Light</i>. However, six months into the run, the network moved the serial to a timeslot that gave it great popularity with its housewife audience: 12:45 p.m./11:45 a.m. It kept the new timeslot for the next 19 years and eight months, sharing the half-hour with its sister Procter & Gamble-packaged soap opera, <i><a href="/wiki/Search_for_Tomorrow" title="Search for Tomorrow">Search for Tomorrow</a></i>. </p><p><i>The Guiding Light</i> handled the competition breezily, even against otherwise-legendary shows such as <i><a href="/wiki/Queen_for_a_Day" title="Queen for a Day">Queen for a Day</a></i> on ABC (briefly in 1960) and NBC's <i><a href="/wiki/Truth_or_Consequences" title="Truth or Consequences">Truth or Consequences</a></i>. Usually, <i>The Guiding Light</i> ranked second in the <a href="/wiki/Nielsen_ratings" class="mw-redirect" title="Nielsen ratings">Nielsen ratings</a> behind another serial, <i><a href="/wiki/As_the_World_Turns" title="As the World Turns">As the World Turns</a></i>. 1968, however, saw changing viewership trends that prompted CBS to expand its last two 15-minute daytime dramas, disrupting long-standing viewing habits. <i>Search for Tomorrow</i> took over the entire 12:30–1/11:30–Noon period, with <i>The Guiding Light</i> returning to its first timeslot, 2:30/1:30, albeit in the now-standard half-hour format, on September 9. This twin bill of expansions also caused the dislocation of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Secret_Storm" title="The Secret Storm">The Secret Storm</a></i> and the beloved <i><a href="/wiki/Art_Linkletter%27s_House_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Art Linkletter's House Party">Art Linkletter's House Party</a></i>, as well as the cancellation of the daytime <i><a href="/wiki/To_Tell_the_Truth" title="To Tell the Truth">To Tell the Truth</a></i>. It also put the serial in direct competition with NBC's <i><a href="/wiki/The_Doctors_(1963_TV_series)" title="The Doctors (1963 TV series)">The Doctors</a></i>, which was beginning to peak in its popularity. Thus, the early 1970s saw the popularity of <i>The Guiding Light</i> dip somewhat. </p><p>After four years of airing at 2:30/1:30, CBS acceded to a demand made by <i>The Guiding Light</i> producer Procter & Gamble and moved its sibling series, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Edge_of_Night" title="The Edge of Night">The Edge of Night</a></i>, to the earlier hour from its previous home at 3:30/2:30. Moving back one half hour, <i>The Guiding Light</i> stayed steadily on course against NBC's <i><a href="/wiki/Days_of_Our_Lives" title="Days of Our Lives">Days of Our Lives</a></i> and ABC's <i><a href="/wiki/The_Newlywed_Game" title="The Newlywed Game">The Newlywed Game</a></i>. In late 1974, ABC replaced <i>The Newlywed Game</i> with <i><a href="/wiki/Pyramid_(game_show)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pyramid (game show)">The $10,000 Pyramid</a></i>, which went on to garner strong ratings, but not greatly at <i>The Guiding Light</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'s</span> expense. In 1975, the show officially dropped the word "The" from its title, although it was still referred to as <i>The Guiding Light</i> on air for several years after. </p><p>As the year progressed, CBS was looking to expand one of its daytime soap operas. All of its serials were now thirty minutes in length and had been since <i>Guiding Light</i> and <i>Search For Tomorrow</i> made the move in 1968. NBC had found ratings success with expanding <i><a href="/wiki/Another_World_(TV_series)" title="Another World (TV series)">Another World</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Days_of_Our_Lives" title="Days of Our Lives">Days of Our Lives</a></i> to one hour earlier in 1975. CBS thought it too could find success, so the decision was made to expand <i><a href="/wiki/As_the_World_Turns" title="As the World Turns">As the World Turns</a></i>, which was airing before <i>Guiding Light</i> at 1:30/12:30. Thus, in December, <i>Guiding Light</i> moved back to 2:30/1:30 in place of <i>The Edge of Night</i>, which switched networks and began airing on ABC. ABC had a short-lived hit the next year with an updated version of the game show <i><a href="/wiki/Break_the_Bank_(1976_game_show)" title="Break the Bank (1976 game show)">Break the Bank</a></i>. To complicate the picture further, ABC opted to make its first show expansions, those of <i><a href="/wiki/One_Life_to_Live" title="One Life to Live">One Life to Live</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/General_Hospital" title="General Hospital">General Hospital</a></i>, in July 1976; each of those shows occupied one-half of a 90-minute block until November 4, 1977. </p><p>With this in mind, ABC and CBS acted to give a contending chance to both <i>General Hospital</i> and <i>Guiding Light</i> by expanding them to an hour in length. CBS started first by expanding <i>Guiding Light</i> to an hour on November 7, 1977. This gained particular importance when ABC finally expanded both <i>One Life to Live</i> and <i>General Hospital</i> to an hour on January 16, 1978, so that <i>Guiding Light</i> straddled those two programs, as well as the first half of sister P&G show <i><a href="/wiki/Another_World_(TV_series)" title="Another World (TV series)">Another World</a></i> on NBC. Despite that <i>General Hospital</i> surprising all observers by skyrocketing from near-cancellation to the top place in the ratings with the various storylines, <i>Guiding Light</i> held its own while in direct competition with <i><a href="/wiki/General_Hospital" title="General Hospital">General Hospital</a></i>, still hit an upswing as the decade ended. </p><p>On February 4, 1980, CBS bumped <i>Guiding Light</i> down again, to 3 p.m./2c, and its sister P&G soap <i>As The World Turns</i> to 2 p.m./1c, in the midst of a major scheduling shuffle intended to give <i><a href="/wiki/The_Young_and_the_Restless" title="The Young and the Restless">The Young and the Restless</a></i> (itself now expanding to an hour length) a shot at beating ABC's <i><a href="/wiki/All_My_Children" title="All My Children">All My Children</a></i>. NBC did the same with its soap operas as well with all three networks now going head-head in every time slot. It remained in this time slot for the rest of its run in some markets, facing <i>General Hospital</i> and NBC entries such as <i><a href="/wiki/Texas_(TV_series)" title="Texas (TV series)">Texas</a></i> (a spin-off of <i>Another World</i>), <i><a href="/wiki/Match_Game-Hollywood_Squares_Hour" title="Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour">The Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Santa_Barbara_(TV_series)" title="Santa Barbara (TV series)">Santa Barbara</a></i>. None of these shows – not even <i>General Hospital</i> – had any significant impact on the ratings of <i>Guiding Light</i> at 3:00 p.m. during this period. </p><p>Overall, the first half of the 1980s saw a revival in <i>Guiding Light</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'s</span> popularity, with a top-five placing achieved in most years and even a brief dethroning of then-powerhouse <i>General Hospital</i> from the #1 ratings spot for three consecutive weeks. However, as the decade progressed, the ratings slipped a bit, although it was still performing solidly. In 1995, beginning with CBS flagship station <a href="/wiki/WCBS-TV" title="WCBS-TV">WCBS-TV</a> in <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York</a>, <i>Guiding Light</i> began airing at 10 a.m. Eastern time in several markets. Its once-solid performance began to crumble by the mid-1990s, when its ratings sunk as low as ninth place out of ten.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, during the controversial clone storyline in 1998, the ratings experienced a brief resurgence, moving up to fifth for many weeks that summer. Nielsen reported <i>Guiding Light</i> had 5 million viewers in 1999. </p><p>Up until its CBS finale in 2009, stations in a number of markets aired <i>Guiding Light</i> in the morning either at 9 or 10 a.m. local time: <a href="/wiki/WFOR-TV" title="WFOR-TV">Miami</a>, <a href="/wiki/WBBM-TV" title="WBBM-TV">Chicago</a>, <a href="/wiki/WJZ-TV" title="WJZ-TV">Baltimore</a>, <a href="/wiki/WBZ-TV" title="WBZ-TV">Boston</a>, <a href="/wiki/WWJ-TV" title="WWJ-TV">Detroit</a>, <a href="/wiki/WCBS-TV" title="WCBS-TV">New York City</a>, <a href="/wiki/KCBS-TV" title="KCBS-TV">Los Angeles</a>, <a href="/wiki/KPIX-TV" title="KPIX-TV">San Francisco</a>, <a href="/wiki/KYW-TV" title="KYW-TV">Philadelphia</a>, <a href="/wiki/KDKA-TV" title="KDKA-TV">Pittsburgh</a>, <a href="/wiki/KTVT" title="KTVT">Dallas-Fort Worth</a>, <a href="/wiki/WKMG-TV" title="WKMG-TV">Orlando</a>, <a href="/wiki/WANF" title="WANF">Atlanta</a>, <a href="/wiki/WLTX" title="WLTX">Columbia, SC</a>, <a href="/wiki/WANE-TV" title="WANE-TV">Fort Wayne, IN</a>, <a href="/wiki/WSBT-TV" title="WSBT-TV">South Bend, IN</a>, <a href="/wiki/KOIN" title="KOIN">Portland, OR</a>, <a href="/wiki/WHBF-TV" title="WHBF-TV">Quad Cities</a>, <a href="/wiki/WIVB-TV" title="WIVB-TV">Buffalo</a>, <a href="/wiki/KTVN" title="KTVN">Reno</a>, <a href="/wiki/WGME-TV" title="WGME-TV">Portland, ME</a>, <a href="/wiki/WDJT-TV" title="WDJT-TV">Milwaukee</a>, <a href="/wiki/WRGB" title="WRGB">Albany, NY</a>, and <a href="/wiki/WYOU" title="WYOU">Scranton-Wilkes Barre, PA</a>. <i>Guiding Light</i> aired at 12 noon local time in <a href="/wiki/KGMB" title="KGMB">Honolulu, Hawaii</a>. In <a href="/wiki/WTOC-TV" title="WTOC-TV">Savannah, GA</a>, it aired at 4:00 pm local time. </p><p>Before 2004, stations that aired <i>Guiding Light</i> in the morning were always one episode behind those that aired the program at its official timeslot of 3:00 pm (ET). This changed in March 2004, during the first day of the <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Men%27s_Division_I_Basketball_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship">NCAA March Madness</a> basketball tournament, in which stations airing the show at 10:00 am were able catch up with stations that televised it at 3:00 pm. Starting in 2006, stations that televised <i>Guiding Light</i> at 9:00 am were also offered a same-day feed to catch up with the rest of the network. As a result of this, daily episodes for the remaining years of <i>GL</i> were the same on all stations regardless of timeslot. </p><p><i>Guiding Light</i> maintained strong ratings in <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh" title="Pittsburgh">Pittsburgh</a>, despite being moved to 10:00 am in 2006. According to a 2006 article in the <i><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Post-Gazette" title="Pittsburgh Post-Gazette">Pittsburgh Post-Gazette</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Dr._Phil_(talk_show)" title="Dr. Phil (talk show)">Dr. Phil</a></i> had not been able to pull in the same numbers that <i>Guiding Light</i> did in that time slot a year prior, while <i>Guiding Light</i> was maintaining its audience share.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>One CBS affiliate that did not air the show was <a href="/wiki/KOVR-TV" class="mw-redirect" title="KOVR-TV">KOVR-TV</a> in <a href="/wiki/Sacramento,_California" title="Sacramento, California">Sacramento, California</a>, which had become a CBS affiliate in 1995. Before CBS affiliated with KOVR, it had been affiliated in Sacramento with <a href="/wiki/KXTV" title="KXTV">KXTV</a>, which had dropped <i>Guiding Light</i> from its schedule in 1992 and did not air it again. As such, the show was preempted in the Sacramento area from 1992 to the show's cancellation. <a href="/wiki/WNEM-TV" title="WNEM-TV">WNEM-TV</a> in <a href="/wiki/Flint,_Michigan" title="Flint, Michigan">Flint</a>/<a href="/wiki/Saginaw,_Michigan" title="Saginaw, Michigan">Saginaw</a>/<a href="/wiki/Bay_City,_Michigan" title="Bay City, Michigan">Bay City, Michigan</a>, which also became a CBS affiliate that year, initially ran the soap before dropping it in 1996 because of disappointing ratings. In the fall of 2006, WNEM began running <i>Guiding Light</i> on its digital channel WNEM-DT2 (affiliated with <a href="/wiki/MyNetwork_TV" class="mw-redirect" title="MyNetwork TV">MyNetwork TV</a> and then-branded as "My 5") at 10 am, airing there for the remainder of its run. </p><p>On September 18, 2009, <i>Guiding Light</i> aired its final episode at 3:00 pm ET/2:00 pm CT on CBS. A revival of the game show <i><a href="/wiki/Let%27s_Make_a_Deal" title="Let's Make a Deal">Let's Make a Deal</a></i> (hosted by <a href="/wiki/Wayne_Brady" title="Wayne Brady">Wayne Brady</a>) debuted on CBS and took over the <i>Guiding Light</i> timeslot on October 5, 2009. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Broadcast_history_in_Canada">Broadcast history in Canada</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guiding_Light&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Broadcast history in Canada"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In Canada, <i>Guiding Light</i> was available to viewers directly through CBS-TV network affiliates from border cities or cable TV feeds until the show's ending in 2009. In addition, <i>Guiding Light</i> was also aired on several Canadian television networks through the 1980s up until its last air date. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Satellite_Network" class="mw-redirect" title="Atlantic Satellite Network">Atlantic Satellite Network</a> (ASN) – a supplementary service to its ATV system of <a href="/wiki/CTV_Television_Network" title="CTV Television Network">CTV</a> affiliates exclusively for <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Canada" title="Atlantic Canada">Atlantic Canada</a> – aired the soap simultaneously with the CBS feed from 1983 to 1984; then, the broadcast was moved to 12 noon until 1985. </p><p>The show also aired in French in Quebec. <a href="/wiki/TVA_(Canadian_TV_network)" title="TVA (Canadian TV network)">TVA</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Quebec" title="Quebec">Quebec</a> privately owned French-language television network, rebroadcast episodes in French translation, twelve months behind, for a short period in 1984. </p><p>In the late 1980s into the early 1990s, the <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Broadcasting_Corporation" title="Canadian Broadcasting Corporation">Canadian Broadcasting Corporation</a> (CBC) briefly aired the P&G serial nationally at 3:00 p.m. in each specific local Canadian time zone. The CBC Television broadcast of <i>Guiding Light</i> was also on its schedule during the latter part of the 1960s during the serial 15-minute format. On both occasions, the daytime drama was only aired for a few seasons. </p><p>After a hiatus from Canadian television stations for many years, the series came back on <a href="/wiki/CHCH-TV" class="mw-redirect" title="CHCH-TV">CHCH-TV</a>, exclusively for the <a href="/wiki/Ontario" title="Ontario">Ontario</a> market. In September 2007, <a href="/wiki/Global_Television_Network" title="Global Television Network">Global</a> picked up the show nationwide after CHCH-TV dropped it, claiming the <i><a href="/wiki/Passions" title="Passions">Passions</a></i> former time slot. <i>Guiding Light</i> returned to CHCH for the rest of its run when Global decided to air the 2008 TV series <i><a href="/wiki/The_Doctors_(2008_TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Doctors (2008 TV series)">The Doctors</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards">Awards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guiding_Light&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Daytime_Emmy_Awards">Daytime Emmy Awards</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guiding_Light&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Daytime Emmy Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Show">Show</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guiding_Light&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Show"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Daytime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Drama_Series" title="Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series">1980 Outstanding Daytime Drama Series</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daytime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Drama_Series_Writing_Team#1981,_8th_Daytime_Emmy_Awards" title="Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team">1981 Outstanding Writing for a Daytime Drama Series</a></li> <li>1982 Outstanding Daytime Drama Series</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daytime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Drama_Series_Writing_Team#1982,_9th_Daytime_Emmy_Awards" title="Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team">1982 Outstanding Writing for a Daytime Drama Series</a></li> <li>1982 Outstanding Achievement in Any Area of Creative Technical Crafts (Technical Direction/Electronic Camerawork)</li> <li>1983 Outstanding Achievement in Any Area of Creative Technical Crafts (Lighting Direction)</li> <li>1984 Outstanding Achievement in Design Excellence for a Daytime Drama Series</li> <li>1985 Outstanding Direction for a Drama Series</li> <li>1985 Outstanding Achievement by a Drama Series Design Team – Ronald M. Kelson</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daytime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Drama_Series_Writing_Team#1986,_13th_Daytime_Emmy_Awards" title="Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team">1986 Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team</a></li> <li>1986 Outstanding Achievement in Hairstyling for a Drama Series</li> <li>1986 Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design for a Drama Series</li> <li>1987 Outstanding Achievement in Makeup for a Drama Series</li> <li>1987 Outstanding Achievement in Hairstyling for a Drama Series</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daytime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Drama_Series_Writing_Team#1990,_17th_Daytime_Emmy_Awards" title="Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team">1990 Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team</a></li> <li>1991 Outstanding Original Song: "Love Like This"</li> <li>1991 Outstanding Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series</li> <li>1992 Outstanding Original Song: "I Knew That I'd Fail"</li> <li>1992 Outstanding Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series</li> <li>1992 Outstanding Achievement in Graphics and Title Design</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daytime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Drama_Series_Writing_Team#1993,_20th_Daytime_Emmy_Awards" title="Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team">1993 Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team</a></li> <li>1993 Outstanding Achievement in Multiple Camera Editing for a Drama Series</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daytime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Drama_Series_Directing_Team" title="Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series Directing Team">1994 Outstanding Drama Series Directing Team</a></li> <li>1994 Outstanding Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series</li> <li>1995 Outstanding Lighting Direction for a Drama Series</li> <li>1995 Outstanding Achievement in Makeup for a Drama Series</li> <li>1996 Outstanding Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series</li> <li>1996 Outstanding Achievement in Makeup for a Drama Series</li> <li>1996 Outstanding Live and Direct-to-Tape Sound Mixing for a Drama Series</li> <li>1996 Outstanding Lighting Direction for a Drama Series</li> <li>1998 Outstanding Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series</li> <li>1998 Outstanding Lighting Direction for a Drama Series</li> <li>1998 Outstanding Original Song: "Hold Me"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daytime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Drama_Series_Writing_Team#2007,_34th_Daytime_Emmy_Awards" title="Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team">2007 Outstanding Writing Team for a Daytime Drama Series</a></li> <li>2007 Outstanding Daytime Drama Series (tie, with <i><a href="/wiki/The_Young_and_the_Restless" title="The Young and the Restless">The Young and the Restless</a></i>)</li> <li>2007 Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series</li> <li>2008 Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series</li> <li>2008 Outstanding Achievement in Live & Direct To Tape Sound Mixing for a Drama Series</li> <li>2008 Outstanding Achievement in Multiple Camera Editing</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Individuals">Individuals</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guiding_Light&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Individuals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col"> <ul><li>1983 Lifetime Achievement Award: <a href="/wiki/Charita_Bauer" title="Charita Bauer">Charita Bauer</a> (Bert Bauer)</li> <li>1984 Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series: <a href="/wiki/Judi_Evans_Luciano" class="mw-redirect" title="Judi Evans Luciano">Judi Evans Luciano</a> (Beth Raines)</li> <li>1985 Distinguished Service to Daytime Television: <a href="/wiki/Charita_Bauer" title="Charita Bauer">Charita Bauer</a> (Bert Bauer) [posthumous]</li> <li>1985 Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series: <a href="/wiki/Kim_Zimmer" title="Kim Zimmer">Kim Zimmer</a> (<a href="/wiki/Reva_Shayne" title="Reva Shayne">Reva Shayne</a>)</li> <li>1985 Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series: Larry Gates (H.B. Lewis)</li> <li>1987 Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series: <a href="/wiki/Kim_Zimmer" title="Kim Zimmer">Kim Zimmer</a> (<a href="/wiki/Reva_Shayne" title="Reva Shayne">Reva Shayne</a>)</li> <li>1990 Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series: <a href="/wiki/Kim_Zimmer" title="Kim Zimmer">Kim Zimmer</a> (<a href="/wiki/Reva_Shayne" title="Reva Shayne">Reva Shayne</a>)</li> <li>1991 Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series: <a href="/wiki/Rick_Hearst" title="Rick Hearst">Rick Hearst</a> (Alan-Michael Spaulding)</li> <li>1992 Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series: <a href="/wiki/Maeve_Kinkead" title="Maeve Kinkead">Maeve Kinkead</a> (Vanessa Chamberlain)</li> <li>1993 Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series: <a href="/wiki/Ellen_Parker_(actress)" title="Ellen Parker (actress)">Ellen Parker</a> (Maureen Reardon)</li> <li>1993 Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series: <a href="/wiki/Monti_Sharp" title="Monti Sharp">Monti Sharp</a> (David Grant)</li> <li>1994 Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Zaslow" title="Michael Zaslow">Michael Zaslow</a> (Roger Thorpe)</li> <li>1994 Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series: <a href="/wiki/Justin_Deas" title="Justin Deas">Justin Deas</a> (<a href="/wiki/Buzz_Cooper" class="mw-redirect" title="Buzz Cooper">Buzz Cooper</a>)</li> <li>1994 Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series: <a href="/wiki/Melissa_Hayden_(actress)" title="Melissa Hayden (actress)">Melissa Hayden</a> (Bridget Reardon)</li> <li>1995 Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series: <a href="/wiki/Justin_Deas" title="Justin Deas">Justin Deas</a> (Buzz Cooper)</li> <li>1995 Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series: <a href="/wiki/Jerry_verDorn" title="Jerry verDorn">Jerry verDorn</a> (<a href="/w/index.php?title=Ross_Marler&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ross Marler (page does not exist)">Ross Marler</a>)</li> <li>1996 Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series: <a href="/wiki/Jerry_verDorn" title="Jerry verDorn">Jerry verDorn</a> (Ross Marler)</li> <li>1996 Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series: Kevin Mambo (Marcus Williams)</li> <li>1997 Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series: <a href="/wiki/Justin_Deas" title="Justin Deas">Justin Deas</a> (Buzz Cooper)</li> <li>1997 Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series: Kevin Mambo (Marcus Williams)</li> <li>1998 Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series: <a href="/wiki/Cynthia_Watros" title="Cynthia Watros">Cynthia Watros</a> (<a href="/wiki/Annie_Dutton" title="Annie Dutton">Annie Dutton</a>)</li> <li>2002 Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series: <a href="/wiki/Crystal_Chappell" title="Crystal Chappell">Crystal Chappell</a> (<a href="/wiki/Olivia_Spencer" title="Olivia Spencer">Olivia Spencer</a>)</li> <li>2003 Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series: <a href="/wiki/Jordi_Vilasuso" title="Jordi Vilasuso">Jordi Vilasuso</a> (Tony Santos)</li> <li>2006 Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series: <a href="/wiki/Kim_Zimmer" title="Kim Zimmer">Kim Zimmer</a> (<a href="/wiki/Reva_Shayne" title="Reva Shayne">Reva Shayne</a>)</li> <li>2006 Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series: <a href="/wiki/Jordan_Clarke_(actor)" title="Jordan Clarke (actor)">Jordan Clarke</a> (Billy Lewis)</li> <li>2006 Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series: <a href="/wiki/Gina_Tognoni" title="Gina Tognoni">Gina Tognoni</a> (<a href="/wiki/Dinah_Marler" title="Dinah Marler">Dinah Marler</a>)</li> <li>2006 Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series: <a href="/wiki/Tom_Pelphrey" title="Tom Pelphrey">Tom Pelphrey</a> (Jonathan Randall)</li> <li>2008 Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series: Gina Tognoni (Dinah Marler)</li> <li>2008 Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series: Tom Pelphrey (Jonathan Randall)</li> <li>2009 Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series: <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Branson" title="Jeff Branson">Jeff Branson</a> (Shayne Lewis)</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_awards">Other awards</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guiding_Light&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Other awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Writers_Guild_of_America_Award_for_Best_Television_Writing_in_Daytime_Serials" class="mw-redirect" title="Writers Guild of America Award for Best Television Writing in Daytime Serials">Writers Guild of America Award</a> (1980, 1992, 2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Directors_Guild_of_America_Award_for_Outstanding_Directing_%E2%80%93_Daytime_Serials" title="Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Daytime Serials">Directors Guild of America Award</a> (2005)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Executive_producers_and_head_writers">Executive producers and head writers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guiding_Light&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Executive producers and head writers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Executive_producers">Executive producers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guiding_Light&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Executive producers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders unsortable" style="width:50%;"> <caption><i>Guiding Light</i> executive producers </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="width:35em;">Name(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="width:35em;">Duration </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">David Lesan, Joe Ainley and Carl Waster </th> <td>1937–1952<sup id="cite_ref-fn1_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fn1-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">David Lesan and Joe Ainley </th> <td>1952–1956<sup id="cite_ref-fn1_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fn1-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Lucy Ferri Rittenberg </th> <td>1952–1976<sup id="cite_ref-fn1_28-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fn1-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Allen_M._Potter" title="Allen M. Potter">Allen M. Potter</a> </th> <td>1976–1983 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Gail_Kobe" title="Gail Kobe">Gail Kobe</a> </th> <td>1983–1987 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Joe Willmore </th> <td>1987–1989 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Robert Calhoun </th> <td>1989–1991 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Jill_Farren_Phelps" title="Jill Farren Phelps">Jill Farren Phelps</a> </th> <td>1991–1995 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Laibson" title="Michael Laibson">Michael Laibson</a> </th> <td>1995–1996 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Rauch" title="Paul Rauch">Paul Rauch</a> </th> <td>1996–2002 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/John_Conboy" title="John Conboy">John Conboy</a> </th> <td>2002–2004 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Ellen_Wheeler" title="Ellen Wheeler">Ellen Wheeler</a> </th> <td>2004–2009 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Head_writers">Head writers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guiding_Light&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Head writers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders unsortable" style="width:50%;"> <caption><i>Guiding Light</i> head writers </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="width:35em;">Name(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="width:35em;">Duration </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Irna_Phillips" title="Irna Phillips">Irna Phillips</a> </th> <td>1937–1958<sup id="cite_ref-fn2_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fn2-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Agnes_Nixon" title="Agnes Nixon">Agnes Nixon</a> </th> <td>1958 – January 1966 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Agnes_Nixon" title="Agnes Nixon">Agnes Nixon</a> and John Boruff </th> <td>January – November 1966 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">David Lesan and Julian Funt </th> <td>1966 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Theodore and Mathilde Ferro, John Boruff, <a href="/wiki/James_Lipton" title="James Lipton">James Lipton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gabrielle_Upton_(screenwriter)" title="Gabrielle Upton (screenwriter)">Gabrielle Upton</a> and, Jane and Ira Avery </th> <td>1966–1968 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Irna Phillips </th> <td>December 1967 – 1968 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Robert Soderberg and <a href="/wiki/Edith_Sommer" title="Edith Sommer">Edith Sommer</a> </th> <td>1969–1973 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">James Gentile, Robert Cenedella and James Lipton </th> <td>1973–1975 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Bridget_and_Jerome_Dobson" title="Bridget and Jerome Dobson">Bridget and Jerome Dobson</a> </th> <td>1975–1980 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Douglas_Marland" title="Douglas Marland">Douglas Marland</a> </th> <td>1980–1982 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Pat_Falken_Smith" title="Pat Falken Smith">Pat Falken Smith</a> </th> <td>1982 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">L. Virginia Browne and <a href="/wiki/Gene_Palumbo" title="Gene Palumbo">Gene Palumbo</a> </th> <td>1982–1983 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Carolyn_Culliton" title="Carolyn Culliton">Carolyn Culliton</a> </th> <td>1983 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Culliton" title="Richard Culliton">Richard Culliton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pamela_K._Long" class="mw-redirect" title="Pamela K. Long">Pamela K. Long</a> </th> <td>1983–1984 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Pamela K. Long and Jeff Ryder </th> <td>1984–1986 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Jeff Ryder </th> <td>1986 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Mary_Ryan_Munisteri" title="Mary Ryan Munisteri">Mary Ryan Munisteri</a> and Ellen Barrett </th> <td>1986 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Joseph D. Manetta </th> <td>1986 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Joseph D. Manetta and <a href="/wiki/Sheri_Anderson" title="Sheri Anderson">Sheri Anderson</a> </th> <td>1986–1987 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Pamela K. Long </th> <td>1987–1990 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Pamela K. Long and <a href="/wiki/James_E._Reilly" title="James E. Reilly">James E. Reilly</a> </th> <td>1990 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Nancy_Curlee" title="Nancy Curlee">Nancy Curlee</a>, Stephen Demorest and James E. Reilly </th> <td>1990–1991 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Lorraine_Broderick" title="Lorraine Broderick">Lorraine Broderick</a>, Nancy Curlee, Stephen Demorest and James E. Reilly </th> <td>1991–1992 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Lorraine Broderick, Nancy Curlee and Stephen Demorest </th> <td>1992–1993 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Nancy Curlee and Stephen Demorest </th> <td>1993 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Patrick Mulcahey, <a href="/wiki/Nancy_Williams_Watt" title="Nancy Williams Watt">Nancy Williams Watt</a>, Stephen Demorest, <a href="/wiki/Millee_Taggart" title="Millee Taggart">Millee Taggart</a>, Sheri Anderson and Peggy Sloan </th> <td>1994 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Stephen Demorest </th> <td>1994 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Douglas Anderson </th> <td>1994–1995 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Megan_McTavish" title="Megan McTavish">Megan McTavish</a> </th> <td>1995–1996 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Victor_Miller_(writer)" title="Victor Miller (writer)">Victor Miller</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michael_Conforti" title="Michael Conforti">Michael Conforti</a> and Nancy Williams Watt </th> <td>1996–1997<sup id="cite_ref-fn3_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fn3-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/James_Harmon_Brown_and_Barbara_Esensten" title="James Harmon Brown and Barbara Esensten">James Harmon Brown and Barbara Esensten</a> </th> <td>1997–1998 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">James Harmon Brown and Barbara Esensten and, Michael Conforti </th> <td>1998–1999 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">James Harmon Brown and Barbara Esensten </th> <td>1999–2000 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Claire_Labine" title="Claire Labine">Claire Labine</a> </th> <td>2000–2001 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Gold" title="Lloyd Gold">Lloyd Gold</a> </th> <td>2001 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Lloyd Gold and Christopher Dunn (co-head writer) </th> <td>2001–2002 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Milee Taggert and Lloyd Gold </th> <td>2002 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Ellen_Weston" title="Ellen Weston">Ellen Weston</a> and Carolyn Culliton (co-head writer) </th> <td>2003 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Ellen Weston and <a href="/wiki/Donna_M._Swajeski" class="mw-redirect" title="Donna M. Swajeski">Donna M. Swajeski</a> (co-head writer) </th> <td>2003–2004 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/David_Kreizman" title="David Kreizman">David Kreizman</a> and Donna M. Swajeski (co-head writer) </th> <td>2004–2008<sup id="cite_ref-fn4_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fn4-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>e<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Christopher Dunn, Lloyd Gold, <a href="/wiki/Jill_Lorie_Hurst" title="Jill Lorie Hurst">Jill Lorie Hurst</a> and David Kreizman </th> <td>2008–2009 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notes">Notes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guiding_Light&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">By number of episodes: In terms of total duration, at 13,763 hours, <i><a href="/wiki/As_the_World_Turns" title="As the World Turns">As the World Turns</a></i> was longer than <i>Guiding Light</i>, at 3,940 hours 30 minutes.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-fn1-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-fn1_28-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-fn1_28-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-fn1_28-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">From 1937–1952, <i>Guiding Light</i> broadcast solely on radio. From 1952–1956, both radio and television broadcasts were simultaneously produced.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-fn2-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-fn2_29-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">From 1952 to 1956, Phillips simultaneously wrote for both radio and television broadcasts of <i>Guiding Light</i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-fn3-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-fn3_30-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">From 1996 to 1997, the credited head writers were interim-status.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-fn4-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-fn4_31-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">In 2008, for one month's duration, no head writer was credited, due to the <a href="/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_Writers_Guild_of_America_strike" title="2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike">2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike</a>.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Home_media">Home media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guiding_Light&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Home media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On January 19, 2012, SoapClassics released a four-disc DVD collection of 20 selected episodes. The oldest episode on the collection dates from April 1, 1980, while the latest episode is from September 14, 2009, during the show's final broadcast week.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The company has since released special collections celebrating Reva Shayne and Phillip Spaulding. </p><p>On May 23, 2012, SoapClassics released the final ten <i>Guiding Light</i> episodes on a two-disc DVD set. </p><p>Also beginning in June 2012, the series was released on DVD in <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a> beginning with the episodes from 1979. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Note">Note</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guiding_Light&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Note"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guiding_Light&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width reflist-columns-2"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110419222504/http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/records/arts_and_media/tv_shows/longest_running_tv_drama.aspx">"Longest Running TV Drama"</a>. <i>Arts & Media</i>. <a href="/wiki/Guinness_World_Records" title="Guinness World Records">Guinness World Records</a>. 2009. 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title="The Doctors (1963 TV series)">The Doctors</a></i> (1974)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Young_and_the_Restless" title="The Young and the Restless">The Young and the Restless</a></i> (1975)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Another_World_(TV_series)" title="Another World (TV series)">Another World</a></i> (1976)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ryan%27s_Hope" title="Ryan's Hope">Ryan's Hope</a></i> (1977)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Days_of_Our_Lives" title="Days of Our Lives">Days of Our Lives</a></i> (1978)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ryan%27s_Hope" title="Ryan's Hope">Ryan's Hope</a></i> (1979)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #F9EFAA;;width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Guiding Light</a></i> (1980)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/General_Hospital" title="General Hospital">General Hospital</a></i> (1981)</li> <li><i><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Guiding Light</a></i> (1982)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Young_and_the_Restless" title="The Young and the Restless">The Young and the Restless</a></i> (1983)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/General_Hospital" title="General Hospital">General Hospital</a></i> (1984)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Young_and_the_Restless" title="The Young and the Restless">The Young and the Restless</a></i> (1985)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Young_and_the_Restless" title="The Young and the Restless">The Young and the Restless</a></i> (1986)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/As_the_World_Turns" title="As the World Turns">As the World Turns</a></i> (1987)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Santa_Barbara_(TV_series)" title="Santa Barbara (TV series)">Santa Barbara</a></i> (1988)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Santa_Barbara_(TV_series)" title="Santa Barbara (TV series)">Santa Barbara</a></i> (1989)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #F9EFAA;;width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Santa_Barbara_(TV_series)" title="Santa Barbara (TV series)">Santa Barbara</a></i> (1990)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/As_the_World_Turns" title="As the World Turns">As the World Turns</a></i> (1991)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/All_My_Children" title="All My Children">All My Children</a></i> (1992)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Young_and_the_Restless" title="The Young and the Restless">The Young and the Restless</a></i> (1993)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/All_My_Children" title="All My Children">All My Children</a></i> (1994)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/General_Hospital" title="General Hospital">General Hospital</a></i> (1995)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/General_Hospital" title="General Hospital">General Hospital</a></i> (1996)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/General_Hospital" title="General Hospital">General Hospital</a></i> (1997)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/All_My_Children" title="All My Children">All My Children</a></i> (1998)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/General_Hospital" title="General Hospital">General Hospital</a></i> (1999)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #F9EFAA;;width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/General_Hospital" title="General Hospital">General Hospital</a></i> (2000)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/As_the_World_Turns" title="As the World Turns">As the World Turns</a></i> (2001)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/One_Life_to_Live" title="One Life to Live">One Life to Live</a></i> (2002)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/As_the_World_Turns" title="As the World Turns">As the World Turns</a></i> (2003)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Young_and_the_Restless" title="The Young and the Restless">The Young and the Restless</a></i> (2004)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/General_Hospital" title="General Hospital">General Hospital</a></i> (2005)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/General_Hospital" title="General Hospital">General Hospital</a></i> (2006)</li> <li><i><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Guiding Light</a></i> / <i><a href="/wiki/The_Young_and_the_Restless" title="The Young and the Restless">The Young and the Restless</a></i> (2007)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/General_Hospital" title="General Hospital">General Hospital</a></i> (2008)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Bold_and_the_Beautiful" title="The Bold and the Beautiful">The Bold and the Beautiful</a></i> (2009)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #F9EFAA;;width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Bold_and_the_Beautiful" title="The Bold and the Beautiful">The Bold and the Beautiful</a></i> (2010)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Bold_and_the_Beautiful" title="The Bold and the Beautiful">The Bold and the Beautiful</a></i> (2011)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/General_Hospital" title="General Hospital">General Hospital</a></i> (2012)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Days_of_Our_Lives" title="Days of Our Lives">Days of Our Lives</a></i> (2013)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Young_and_the_Restless" title="The Young and the Restless">The Young and the Restless</a></i> (2014)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Days_of_Our_Lives" title="Days of Our Lives">Days of Our Lives</a></i> / <i><a href="/wiki/The_Young_and_the_Restless" title="The Young and the Restless">The Young and the Restless</a></i> (2015)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/General_Hospital" title="General Hospital">General Hospital</a></i> (2016)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/General_Hospital" title="General Hospital">General Hospital</a></i> (2017)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Days_of_Our_Lives" title="Days of Our Lives">Days of Our Lives</a></i> (2018)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Young_and_the_Restless" title="The Young and the Restless">The Young and the Restless</a></i> (2019)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #F9EFAA;;width:1%">2020s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Young_and_the_Restless" title="The Young and the Restless">The Young and the Restless</a></i> (2020)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/General_Hospital" title="General Hospital">General Hospital</a></i> (2021)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/General_Hospital" title="General Hospital">General Hospital</a></i> (2022)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/General_Hospital" title="General Hospital">General Hospital</a></i> (2023)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/General_Hospital" title="General Hospital">General Hospital</a></i> (2024)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div 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class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Days_of_Our_Lives" title="Days of Our Lives">Days of Our Lives</a></i> (1974)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Young_and_the_Restless" title="The Young and the Restless">The Young and the Restless</a></i> (1975)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/One_Life_to_Live" title="One Life to Live">One Life to Live</a></i> (1976)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ryan%27s_Hope" title="Ryan's Hope">Ryan's Hope</a></i> (1977)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Young_and_the_Restless" title="The Young and the Restless">The Young and the Restless</a></i> (1978)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ryan%27s_Hope" title="Ryan's Hope">Ryan's Hope</a></i> (1979)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #F9EFAA;;width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> 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href="/wiki/The_Young_and_the_Restless" title="The Young and the Restless">The Young and the Restless</a></i> (1989)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #F9EFAA;;width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Santa_Barbara_(TV_series)" title="Santa Barbara (TV series)">Santa Barbara</a></i> (1990)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Santa_Barbara_(TV_series)" title="Santa Barbara (TV series)">Santa Barbara</a></i> (1991)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Another_World_(TV_series)" title="Another World (TV series)">Another World</a></i> (1992)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/As_the_World_Turns" title="As the World Turns">As the World Turns</a></i> (1993)</li> <li><i><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Guiding Light</a></i> (1994)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/All_My_Children" title="All My Children">All My Children</a></i> (1995)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Young_and_the_Restless" title="The Young and the Restless">The Young and the Restless</a></i> (1996)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Young_and_the_Restless" title="The Young and the Restless">The Young and the Restless</a></i> (1997)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Young_and_the_Restless" title="The Young and the Restless">The Young and the Restless</a></i> (1998)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Young_and_the_Restless" title="The Young and the Restless">The Young and the Restless</a></i> (1999)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #F9EFAA;;width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/General_Hospital" title="General Hospital">General Hospital</a></i> (2000)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Young_and_the_Restless" title="The Young and the Restless">The Young and the Restless</a></i> (2001)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Young_and_the_Restless" title="The Young and the Restless">The Young and the Restless</a></i> (2002)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/All_My_Children" title="All My Children">All My Children</a></i> (2003)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/General_Hospital" title="General Hospital">General Hospital</a></i> (2004)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/General_Hospital" title="General Hospital">General Hospital</a></i> (2005)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/General_Hospital" title="General Hospital">General Hospital</a></i> (2006)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/As_the_World_Turns" title="As the World Turns">As the World Turns</a></i> (2007)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/One_Life_to_Live" title="One Life to Live">One Life to Live</a></i> (2008)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/One_Life_to_Live" title="One Life to Live">One Life to Live</a></i> (2009)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #F9EFAA;;width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/General_Hospital" title="General Hospital">General Hospital</a></i> (2010)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Bold_and_the_Beautiful" title="The Bold and the Beautiful">The Bold and the Beautiful</a></i> / <i><a href="/wiki/The_Young_and_the_Restless" title="The Young and the Restless">The Young and the Restless</a></i> (2011)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/General_Hospital" title="General Hospital">General Hospital</a></i> (2012)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Bold_and_the_Beautiful" title="The Bold and the Beautiful">The Bold and the Beautiful</a></i> (2013)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/One_Life_to_Live" title="One Life to Live">One Life to Live</a></i> (2014)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Bold_and_the_Beautiful" title="The Bold and the Beautiful">The Bold and the Beautiful</a></i> (2015)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/General_Hospital" title="General Hospital">General Hospital</a></i> (2016)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/General_Hospital" title="General Hospital">General Hospital</a></i> (2017)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Days_of_Our_Lives" title="Days of Our Lives">Days of Our Lives</a></i> (2018)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Young_and_the_Restless" title="The Young and the Restless">The Young and the Restless</a></i> (2019)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #F9EFAA;;width:1%">2020s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/General_Hospital" title="General Hospital">General Hospital</a></i> (2020)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/General_Hospital" title="General Hospital">General Hospital</a></i> (2021)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/General_Hospital" title="General Hospital">General Hospital</a></i> (2022)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/General_Hospital" title="General Hospital">General Hospital</a></i> (2023)</li> <li><i><a 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Outstanding Writing Team for a Drama Series</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #F9EFAA;;width:1%">1970s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Edge_of_Night" title="The Edge of Night">The Edge of Night</a></i> (1974)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Another_World_(TV_series)" title="Another World (TV series)">Another World</a></i> (1975)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Days_of_Our_Lives" title="Days of Our Lives">Days of Our Lives</a></i> (1976)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ryan%27s_Hope" title="Ryan's Hope">Ryan's Hope</a></i> (1977)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ryan%27s_Hope" title="Ryan's Hope">Ryan's Hope</a></i> (1978)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ryan%27s_Hope" title="Ryan's Hope">Ryan's Hope</a></i> (1979)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #F9EFAA;;width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Ryan%27s_Hope" title="Ryan's Hope">Ryan's Hope</a></i> (1980)</li> <li><i><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Guiding Light</a></i> (1981)</li> <li><i><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Guiding Light</a></i> (1982)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ryan%27s_Hope" title="Ryan's Hope">Ryan's Hope</a></i> (1983)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ryan%27s_Hope" title="Ryan's Hope">Ryan's Hope</a></i> (1984)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/All_My_Children" title="All My Children">All My Children</a></i> (1985)</li> <li><i><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Guiding Light</a></i> (1986)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/One_Life_to_Live" title="One Life to Live">One Life to Live</a></i> (1987)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/All_My_Children" title="All My Children">All My Children</a></i> (1988)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Santa_Barbara_(TV_series)" title="Santa Barbara (TV series)">Santa Barbara</a></i> (1989)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #F9EFAA;;width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Guiding Light</a></i> (1990)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Santa_Barbara_(TV_series)" title="Santa Barbara (TV series)">Santa Barbara</a></i> (1991)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Young_and_the_Restless" title="The Young and the Restless">The Young and the Restless</a></i> (1992)</li> <li><i><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Guiding Light</a></i> (1993)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/One_Life_to_Live" title="One Life to Live">One Life to Live</a></i> (1994)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/General_Hospital" title="General Hospital">General Hospital</a></i> (1995)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/All_My_Children" title="All My Children">All My Children</a></i> (1996)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/All_My_Children" title="All My Children">All My Children</a></i> / <i><a href="/wiki/The_Young_and_the_Restless" title="The Young and the Restless">The Young and the Restless</a></i> (1997)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/All_My_Children" title="All My Children">All My Children</a></i> (1998)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/General_Hospital" title="General Hospital">General Hospital</a></i> (1999)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #F9EFAA;;width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Young_and_the_Restless" title="The Young and the Restless">The Young and the Restless</a></i> (2000)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/As_the_World_Turns" title="As the World Turns">As the World Turns</a></i> (2001)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/As_the_World_Turns" title="As the World Turns">As the World Turns</a></i> (2002)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/General_Hospital" title="General Hospital">General Hospital</a></i> (2003)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/As_the_World_Turns" title="As the World Turns">As the World Turns</a></i> (2004)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/As_the_World_Turns" title="As the World Turns">As the World Turns</a></i> (2005)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Young_and_the_Restless" title="The Young and the Restless">The Young and the Restless</a></i> (2006)</li> <li><i><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Guiding Light</a></i> (2007)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/One_Life_to_Live" title="One Life to Live">One Life to Live</a></i> (2008)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/General_Hospital" title="General Hospital">General Hospital</a></i> (2009)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #F9EFAA;;width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Bold_and_the_Beautiful" title="The Bold and the Beautiful">The Bold and the Beautiful</a></i> (2010)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Young_and_the_Restless" title="The Young and the Restless">The Young and the Restless</a></i> (2011)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Days_of_Our_Lives" title="Days of Our Lives">Days of Our Lives</a></i> (2012)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Bold_and_the_Beautiful" title="The Bold and the Beautiful">The Bold and the Beautiful</a></i> (2013)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Young_and_the_Restless" title="The Young and the Restless">The Young and the Restless</a></i> (2014)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Bold_and_the_Beautiful" title="The Bold and the Beautiful">The Bold and the Beautiful</a></i> (2015)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Bold_and_the_Beautiful" title="The Bold and the Beautiful">The Bold and the Beautiful</a></i> (2016)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Young_and_the_Restless" title="The Young and the Restless">The Young and the Restless</a></i> (2017)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Days_of_Our_Lives" title="Days of Our Lives">Days of Our Lives</a></i> (2018)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Young_and_the_Restless" title="The Young and the Restless">The Young and the Restless</a></i> (2019)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #F9EFAA;;width:1%">2020s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Bold_and_the_Beautiful" title="The Bold and the Beautiful">The Bold and the Beautiful</a></i> (2020)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Young_and_the_Restless" title="The Young and the Restless">The Young and the Restless</a></i> (2021)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Days_of_Our_Lives" title="Days of Our Lives">Days of Our Lives</a></i> (2022)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Young_and_the_Restless" title="The Young and the Restless">The Young and the Restless</a></i> (2023)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/General_Hospital" title="General Hospital">General Hospital</a></i> (2024)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Writers_Guild_of_America_Award_for_Television:_Daytime_Drama" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Writers_Guild_of_America_Award_for_Television:_Daytime_Serials" title="Template:Writers Guild of America Award for 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hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Love_of_Life" title="Love of Life">Love of Life</a></i> (1973)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Search_for_Tomorrow" title="Search for Tomorrow">Search for Tomorrow</a></i> (1974)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Search_for_Tomorrow" title="Search for Tomorrow">Search for Tomorrow</a></i> (1975)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ryan%27s_Hope" title="Ryan's Hope">Ryan's Hope</a></i> (1976)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ryan%27s_Hope" title="Ryan's Hope">Ryan's Hope</a></i> (1977)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ryan%27s_Hope" title="Ryan's Hope">Ryan's Hope</a></i> (1978)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ryan%27s_Hope" title="Ryan's Hope">Ryan's Hope</a></i> (1979)</li> <li><i><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Guiding Light</a></i> (1980)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ryan%27s_Hope" title="Ryan's Hope">Ryan's Hope</a></i> (1981)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ryan%27s_Hope" title="Ryan's Hope">Ryan's Hope</a></i> (1982)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ryan%27s_Hope" title="Ryan's Hope">Ryan's Hope</a></i> (1983)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ryan%27s_Hope" title="Ryan's Hope">Ryan's Hope</a></i> (1984)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Search_for_Tomorrow" title="Search for Tomorrow">Search for Tomorrow</a></i> (1985)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/One_Life_to_Live" title="One Life to Live">One Life to Live</a></i> (1986)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ryan%27s_Hope" title="Ryan's Hope">Ryan's Hope</a></i> (1987)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ryan%27s_Hope" title="Ryan's Hope">Ryan's Hope</a></i> (1988)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ryan%27s_Hope" title="Ryan's Hope">Ryan's Hope</a></i> (1989)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ryan%27s_Hope" title="Ryan's Hope">Ryan's Hope</a></i> (1990)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Santa_Barbara_(TV_series)" title="Santa Barbara (TV series)">Santa Barbara</a></i> (1991)</li> <li><i><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Guiding Light</a></i> / <i><a href="/wiki/Santa_Barbara_(TV_series)" title="Santa Barbara (TV series)">Santa Barbara</a></i> (1992)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/One_Life_to_Live" title="One Life to Live">One Life to Live</a></i> (1993)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Loving_(TV_series)" title="Loving (TV series)">Loving</a></i> (1994)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/General_Hospital" title="General Hospital">General Hospital</a></i> (1995)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/General_Hospital" title="General Hospital">General Hospital</a></i> (1996)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/All_My_Children" title="All My Children">All My Children</a></i> (1997)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/General_Hospital" title="General Hospital">General Hospital</a></i> (1998)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/All_My_Children" title="All My Children">All My Children</a></i> (1999)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Days_of_Our_Lives" title="Days of Our Lives">Days of Our Lives</a></i> (2000)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/All_My_Children" title="All My Children">All My Children</a></i> (2001)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/All_My_Children" title="All My Children">All My Children</a></i> (2002)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Young_and_the_Restless" title="The Young and the Restless">The Young and the Restless</a></i> (2003)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/All_My_Children" title="All My Children">All My Children</a></i> (2004)</li> <li><i><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Guiding Light</a></i> (2005)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Young_and_the_Restless" title="The Young and the Restless">The Young and the Restless</a></i> (2006)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/As_the_World_Turns" title="As the World Turns">As the World Turns</a></i> (2007)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Young_and_the_Restless" title="The Young and the Restless">The Young and the Restless</a></i> (2008)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/As_the_World_Turns" title="As the World Turns">As the World Turns</a></i> (2009)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Young_and_the_Restless" title="The Young and the Restless">The Young and the Restless</a></i> (2010)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/As_the_World_Turns" title="As the World Turns">As the World Turns</a></i> (2011)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/General_Hospital" title="General Hospital">General Hospital</a></i> (2012)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Young_and_the_Restless" title="The Young and the Restless">The Young and the Restless</a></i> (2013)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Days_of_Our_Lives" title="Days of Our Lives">Days of Our Lives</a></i> (2014)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/General_Hospital" title="General Hospital">General Hospital</a></i> (2015)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/General_Hospital" title="General Hospital">General Hospital</a></i> (2016)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/General_Hospital" title="General Hospital">General Hospital</a></i> (2017)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/General_Hospital" title="General Hospital">General Hospital</a></i> (2018)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/General_Hospital" title="General Hospital">General Hospital</a></i> (2019)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Young_and_the_Restless" title="The Young and the Restless">The Young and the Restless</a></i> (2020)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Days_of_Our_Lives" title="Days of Our Lives">Days of Our Lives</a></i> (2021)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Days_of_Our_Lives" title="Days of Our Lives">Days of Our Lives</a></i> (2022)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Days_of_Our_Lives" title="Days of Our Lives">Days of Our Lives</a></i> (2023)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Radio_serials_in_the_United_States" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:US_radio_soaps" title="Template:US radio soaps"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:US_radio_soaps" title="Template talk:US radio soaps"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:US_radio_soaps" title="Special:EditPage/Template:US radio soaps"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Radio_serials_in_the_United_States" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Radio <a href="/wiki/Serial_(radio_and_television)" title="Serial (radio and television)">serials</a> in the United States</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Adopted_Daughter" title="Adopted Daughter">Adopted Daughter</a></i> (1939–41)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Against_the_Storm_(radio_program)" title="Against the Storm (radio program)">Against the Storm</a></i> (1939–52)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Amanda_of_Honeymoon_Hill" title="Amanda of Honeymoon Hill">Amanda of Honeymoon Hill</a></i> (1940–46)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Arnold_Grimm%27s_Daughter" title="Arnold Grimm's Daughter">Arnold Grimm's Daughter</a></i> (1937-1942)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Aunt_Jenny%27s_Real_Life_Stories" title="Aunt Jenny's Real Life Stories">Aunt Jenny's Real Life Stories</a></i> (1937–55)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Aunt_Mary_(radio_series)" title="Aunt Mary (radio series)">Aunt Mary</a></i> (1944–61)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bachelor%27s_Children" title="Bachelor's Children">Bachelor's Children</a></i> (1935–46)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Backstage_Wife" title="Backstage Wife">Backstage Wife</a></i> (1935–59)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Betty_and_Bob" title="Betty and Bob">Betty and Bob</a></i> (1932-1940)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Big_Sister_(radio_series)" title="Big Sister (radio series)">Big Sister</a></i> (1936–52)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Brenda_Curtis" title="Brenda Curtis">Brenda Curtis</a></i> (1939-1940)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bright_Horizon" title="Bright Horizon">Bright Horizon</a></i> (1941-1945)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Brighter_Day" title="The Brighter Day">The Brighter Day</a></i> (1948–56)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Clara,_Lu,_%27n_Em" title="Clara, Lu, 'n Em">Clara, Lu, 'n Em</a></i> (1930–42)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dan_Harding%27s_Wife" title="Dan Harding's Wife">Dan Harding's Wife</a></i> (1936–38)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/David_Harum_(radio_program)" title="David Harum (radio program)">David Harum</a></i> (1936–50)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Girl_Alone" title="Girl Alone">Girl Alone</a></i> (1935–41)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Goldbergs_(broadcast_series)" title="The Goldbergs (broadcast series)">The Goldbergs</a></i> (1929–50)</li> <li><i><a class="mw-selflink selflink">The Guiding Light</a></i> (1937–56)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Helpmate_(radio_program)" title="Helpmate (radio program)">Helpmate</a></i> (1941-44)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hilltop_House_(radio_drama)" title="Hilltop House (radio drama)">Hilltop House</a></i> (1937-57)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jane_Arden_(comics)" title="Jane Arden (comics)">Jane Arden</a></i> (1938–39)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/John%27s_Other_Wife" title="John's Other Wife">John's Other Wife</a></i> (1936-42)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Joyce_Jordan,_M.D." title="Joyce Jordan, M.D.">Joyce Jordan, M.D.</a></i> (1938-55)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Judy_and_Jane" title="Judy and Jane">Judy and Jane</a></i> (1932–35)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Just_Plain_Bill" title="Just Plain Bill">Just Plain Bill</a></i> (1932–55)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Kitty_Keene,_Inc." title="Kitty Keene, Inc.">Kitty Keene, Incorporated</a></i> (1937–41)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Life_Can_Be_Beautiful" title="Life Can Be Beautiful">Life Can Be Beautiful</a></i> (1938–54)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lone_Journey_(radio_soap_opera)" title="Lone Journey (radio soap opera)">Lone Journey</a></i> (1940-52)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lonely_Women" title="Lonely Women">Lonely Women</a></i> (1942–43)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lorenzo_Jones" title="Lorenzo Jones">Lorenzo Jones</a></i> (1937–55)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ma_Perkins" title="Ma Perkins">Ma Perkins</a></i> (1933–60)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Myrt_and_Marge_(radio_series)" title="Myrt and Marge (radio series)">Myrt and Marge</a></i> (1931–42)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_O%27Neills" title="The O'Neills">The O'Neills</a></i> (1935–43)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/One_Man%27s_Family" title="One Man's Family">One Man's Family</a></i> (1932–59)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Our_Gal_Sunday" title="Our Gal Sunday">Our Gal Sunday</a></i> (1936–59)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Painted_Dreams" title="Painted Dreams">Painted Dreams</a></i> (1930–43)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Parker_Family" title="The Parker Family">The Parker Family</a></i> (1939-44)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pepper_Young%27s_Family" title="Pepper Young's Family">Pepper Young's Family</a></i> (1932–59)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Perry_Mason_(radio_series)" title="Perry Mason (radio series)">Perry Mason</a></i> (1943–55)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Portia_Faces_Life" title="Portia Faces Life">Portia Faces Life</a></i> (1940–53)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Romance_of_Helen_Trent" title="The Romance of Helen Trent">The Romance of Helen Trent</a></i> (1933–60)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rosemary_(radio_series)" title="Rosemary (radio series)">Rosemary</a></i> (1944–55)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Second_Husband" title="Second Husband">Second Husband</a></i> (1936-46)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Second_Mrs._Burton" title="The Second Mrs. Burton">The Second Mrs. Burton</a></i> (1946–60)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Stella_Dallas_(radio_series)" title="Stella Dallas (radio series)">Stella Dallas</a></i> (1937–55)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Story_of_Mary_Marlin" title="The Story of Mary Marlin">The Story of Mary Marlin</a></i> (1934-52)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Those_We_Love_(radio_series)" title="Those We Love (radio series)">Those We Love</a></i> (1938-45)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Today%27s_Children" title="Today's Children">Today's Children</a></i> (1933-50)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Valiant_Lady_(radio_series)" title="Valiant Lady (radio series)">Valiant Lady</a></i> (1938-52)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Wendy_Warren_and_the_News" title="Wendy Warren and the News">Wendy Warren and the News</a></i> (1947-58)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/When_a_Girl_Marries" title="When a Girl Marries">When a Girl Marries</a></i> (1939–57)</li> <li><i><a 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Hospital</a></i> (1963–present)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Young_and_the_Restless" title="The Young and the Restless">The Young and the Restless</a></i> (1973–present)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1940s debuts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Faraway_Hill" title="Faraway Hill">Faraway Hill</a></i> (1946)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Highway_to_the_Stars" title="Highway to the Stars">Highway to the Stars</a></i> (1947)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/These_Are_My_Children" title="These Are My Children">These Are My Children</a></i> (1949)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Woman_to_Remember" title="A Woman to Remember">A Woman to Remember</a></i> (1949)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1950s debuts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i>A Time to Live</i> (1954)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/As_the_World_Turns" title="As the World Turns">As the World Turns</a></i> (1956–2010)</li> <li><i>The Bennetts</i> (1953–1954)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Brighter_Day" title="The Brighter Day">The Brighter Day</a></i> (1954–1962)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Edge_of_Night" title="The Edge of Night">The Edge of Night</a></i> (1956–1984)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_First_Hundred_Years" title="The First Hundred Years">The First Hundred Years</a></i> (1950–1952)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/First_Love_(1954_TV_series)" title="First Love (1954 TV series)">First Love</a></i> (1954–1955)</li> <li><i>Follow Your Heart</i> (1953–1954)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/For_Better_or_Worse_(1959_TV_series)" title="For Better or Worse (1959 TV series)">For Better or Worse</a></i> (1959–1960)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/From_These_Roots" title="From These Roots">From These Roots</a></i> (1958–1961)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Golden_Windows" title="Golden Windows">Golden Windows</a></i> (1954–1955)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Greatest_Gift_(TV_series)" title="The Greatest Gift (TV series)">The Greatest Gift</a></i> (1954–1955)</li> <li><i><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Guiding Light</a></i> (1952–2009)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hawkins_Falls,_Population_6200" title="Hawkins Falls, Population 6200">Hawkins Falls</a></i> (1950–1955)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Kitty_Foyle_(radio_and_TV_series)" title="Kitty Foyle (radio and TV series)">Kitty Foyle</a></i> (1958)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Love_of_Life" title="Love of Life">Love of Life</a></i> (1951–1980)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Miss_Susan" title="Miss Susan">Miss Susan</a></i> (1951)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/One_Man%27s_Family" title="One Man's Family">One Man's Family</a></i> (1954–1955)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Portia_Faces_Life" title="Portia Faces Life">Portia Faces Life</a></i> (1954–1955)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Road_of_Life_(TV_series)" title="The Road of Life (TV series)">The Road of Life</a></i> (1954–1955)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Secret_Storm" title="The Secret Storm">The Secret Storm</a></i> (1954–1974)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Search_for_Tomorrow" title="Search for Tomorrow">Search for Tomorrow</a></i> (1951–1986)</li> <li><i>The Seeking Heart</i> (1954)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Three_Steps_to_Heaven_(TV_series)" title="Three Steps to Heaven (TV series)">Three Steps to Heaven</a></i> (1953–1954)</li> <li><i>Today is Ours</i> (1958)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Valiant_Lady" title="Valiant Lady">Valiant Lady</a></i> (1953–1957)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Woman_with_a_Past" title="Woman with a Past">Woman with a Past</a></i> (1954)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_World_of_Mr._Sweeney" title="The World of Mr. Sweeney">The World of Mr. Sweeney</a></i> (1954–1955)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Young_Doctor_Malone" title="Young Doctor Malone">Young Doctor Malone</a></i> (1958–1963)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1960s debuts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Another_World_(TV_series)" title="Another World (TV series)">Another World</a></i> (1964–1999)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ben_Jerrod" title="Ben Jerrod">Ben Jerrod</a></i> (1963)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bright_Promise" title="Bright Promise">Bright Promise</a></i> (1969–1972)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Clear_Horizon" title="The Clear Horizon">The Clear Horizon</a></i> (1960–1962)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dark_Shadows" title="Dark Shadows">Dark Shadows</a></i> (1966–1971)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Days_of_Our_Lives" title="Days of Our Lives">Days of Our Lives</a></i> (1965–2022)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Doctors_(1963_TV_series)" title="The Doctors (1963 TV series)">The Doctors</a></i> (1963–1982)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Flame_in_the_Wind" title="A Flame in the Wind">A Flame in the Wind</a></i> (1964–1966)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Full_Circle_(1960_TV_series)" title="Full Circle (1960 TV series)">Full Circle</a></i> (1960–1961)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/General_Hospital" title="General Hospital">General Hospital</a></i> (1963–present)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hidden_Faces_(American_TV_series)" title="Hidden Faces (American TV series)">Hidden Faces</a></i> (1968–1969)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Love_Is_a_Many_Splendored_Thing_(TV_series)" title="Love Is a Many Splendored Thing (TV series)">Love is a Many Splendored Thing</a></i> (1967–1973)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Moment_of_Truth_(Canadian_TV_series)" title="Moment of Truth (Canadian TV series)">Moment of Truth</a></i> (1965)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Morning_Star_(TV_series)" title="Morning Star (TV series)">Morning Star</a></i> (1965–1966)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Never_Too_Young" title="Never Too Young">Never Too Young</a></i> (1965–1966)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Nurses_(TV_series)" title="The Nurses (TV series)">The Nurses</a></i> (1965–1967)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/One_Life_to_Live" title="One Life to Live">One Life to Live</a></i> (1968–2012)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Our_Five_Daughters" title="Our Five Daughters">Our Five Daughters</a></i> (1962)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Our_Private_World" title="Our Private World">Our Private World</a></i> (1965)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Paradise_Bay_(TV_series)" title="Paradise Bay (TV series)">Paradise Bay</a></i> (1965–1966)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Peyton_Place_(TV_series)" title="Peyton Place (TV series)">Peyton Place</a></i> (1964–1969)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Where_the_Heart_Is_(American_TV_series)" title="Where the Heart Is (American TV series)">Where the Heart Is</a></i> (1969–1973)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Young_Marrieds" title="The Young Marrieds">The Young Marrieds</a></i> (1964–1966)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1970s debuts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/All_My_Children" title="All My Children">All My Children</a></i> (1970–2011)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Best_of_Everything_(TV_series)" title="The Best of Everything (TV series)">The Best of Everything</a></i> (1970)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bird_of_the_Iron_Feather" title="Bird of the Iron Feather">Bird of the Iron Feather</a></i> (1970)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/How_to_Survive_a_Marriage" title="How to Survive a Marriage">How to Survive a Marriage</a></i> (1974–1975)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lovers_and_Friends" title="Lovers and Friends">Lovers and Friends</a></i>/<i>For Richer, For Poorer</i> (1977–1978)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Return_to_Peyton_Place_(TV_series)" title="Return to Peyton Place (TV series)">Return to Peyton Place</a></i> (1972–1974)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ryan%27s_Hope" title="Ryan's Hope">Ryan's Hope</a></i> (1975–1989)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Somerset_(TV_series)" title="Somerset (TV series)">Somerset</a></i> (1970–1976)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_World_Apart_(TV_series)" title="A World Apart (TV series)">A World Apart</a></i> (1970–1971)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Young_and_the_Restless" title="The Young and the Restless">The Young and the Restless</a></i> (1973–present)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1980s debuts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Another_Life_(1981_TV_series)" title="Another Life (1981 TV series)">Another Life</a></i> (1981–1984)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Bold_and_the_Beautiful" title="The Bold and the Beautiful">The Bold and the Beautiful</a></i> (1987–present)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Capitol_(TV_series)" title="Capitol (TV series)">Capitol</a></i> (1982–1987)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Generations_(American_TV_series)" title="Generations (American TV series)">Generations</a></i> (1989–1991)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Loving_(TV_series)" title="Loving (TV series)">Loving</a></i> (1983–1995)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rituals_(TV_series)" title="Rituals (TV series)">Rituals</a></i> (1984–1985)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Santa_Barbara_(TV_series)" title="Santa Barbara (TV series)">Santa Barbara</a></i> (1984–1993)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Texas_(TV_series)" title="Texas (TV series)">Texas</a></i> (1980–1982)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1990s debuts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_City_(1995_TV_series)" title="The City (1995 TV series)">The City</a></i> (1995–1997)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Passions" title="Passions">Passions</a></i> (1999–2008)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Port_Charles" title="Port Charles">Port Charles</a></i> (1997–2003)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sunset_Beach_(TV_series)" title="Sunset Beach (TV series)">Sunset Beach</a></i> (1997–1999)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Swans_Crossing" title="Swans Crossing">Swans Crossing</a></i> (1992)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tribes_(TV_series)" title="Tribes (TV series)">Tribes</a></i> (1990)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2000s debuts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Spyder_Games" title="Spyder Games">Spyder Games</a></i> (2001)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Web series</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/All_My_Children" title="All My Children">All My Children</a></i> (2013)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Anacostia_(web_series)" title="Anacostia (web series)">Anacostia</a></i> (2009–2018)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/As_the_Cookie_Crumbles" title="As the Cookie Crumbles">As the Cookie Crumbles</a></i> (2008)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Bay_(web_series)" title="The Bay (web series)">The Bay</a></i> (2010–2015)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Beacon_Hill_(web_series)" title="Beacon Hill (web series)">Beacon Hill</a></i> (2014)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Cavanaughs_(web_series)" title="The Cavanaughs (web series)">The Cavanaughs</a></i> (2010–2011)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/DeVanity" title="DeVanity">DeVanity</a></i> (2011–2014)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/East_Los_High" title="East Los High">East Los High</a></i> (2013–2017)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/EastSiders" title="EastSiders">EastSiders</a></i> (2012–2020)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Miss_Behave_(web_series)" title="Miss Behave (web series)">Miss Behave</a></i> (2010–2012)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/One_Life_to_Live" title="One Life to Live">One Life to Live</a></i> (2013)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ragged_Isle" title="Ragged Isle">Ragged Isle</a></i> (2011–2014)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/River_Ridge_(TV_series)" title="River Ridge (TV series)">River Ridge</a></i> (2012)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Spot" title="The Spot">The Spot</a></i> (1995–1997)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tainted_Dreams" title="Tainted Dreams">Tainted Dreams</a></i> (2013–2014)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/They_Go_On" title="They Go On">They Go On</a></i> (1997)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Venice:_The_Series" title="Venice: The Series">Venice: The Series</a></i> (2009–2014)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/What_If..._(web_series)" title="What If... 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