'Tis official. No word on replacement programming yet. CBS pee-arr sez:
CBS's "GUIDING LIGHT" TO BROADCAST ITS FINAL EPISODE
ON FRIDAY, SEPT. 18
CBS's daytime drama GUIDING LIGHT will broadcast its final
episode on Friday, Sept. 18, 2009. At the time of its final
broadcast, the series will have spanned 72 years and more than 15,700
episodes on television and radio.
Created by Irna Phillips, the show debuted on NBC radio on January 25,
1937 as the 15-minute radio serial "The Guiding Light." It made the
switch to 15-minute episodes on CBS Television on June 30, 1952,
although it continued to air concurrently on radio with the actors
playing parts on both shows until 1956, when the radio show ended. In
1967, the series first started being broadcast in color, and a year
later, the show expanded from 15 minutes to 30 minutes. In November
1977, the show expanded to a full hour. The series is credited by The
Guinness Book of World Records as "The Longest-Running Television
Drama."
The radio show's original storyline centered on a minister named Rev.
John Ruthledge, and all the people of a fictional suburb in Chicago
called Five Points. Today's show takes place in the fictional town of
Springfield, and revolves around the Spaulding, Lewis and Cooper
families. Throughout its historic tenure on the Network, GUIDING LIGHT
has been the recipient of 69 Daytime Emmy Awards, including three for
Outstanding Daytime Drama Series.
The show has broken ground with stories such as cancer, teen
pregnancy, sexual harassment, alcoholism, abuse, AIDS and post-partum
depression and, in 2008, premiered a brand-new daytime production
model, featuring permanent sets inside its New York City studio and
approximately 20% of the production shot in exterior scenes in the
town of Peapack, N.J. In addition, directing and editing were changed
to be done digitally and almost simultaneously, giving the sets a more
realistic feeling and eliminating the need for production suites.
GUIDING LIGHT is broadcast weekdays (check local listings) on the CBS
Television Network. Ellen Wheeler is the Executive Producer and the
Head Writers are David Kreizman, Christopher Dunn, Lloyd "Lucky" Gold
and Jill Lorie Hurst.
The show stars Grant Aleksander, Murray Bartlett, Jeff Branson, Robert
Bogue, E.J. Bonilla, Mandy Bruno, Orlagh Cassidy, Beth Chamberlin,
Crystal Chappell, Jordan Clarke, Bradley Cole, Zack Conroy, Daniel
Cosgrove, Justin Deas, Bonnie Dennison, Frank Dicopoulos, Marj Dusay,
Elizabeth Keifer, Maeve Kinkead, Jessica Leccia, Kane Manera, Kurt
McKinney, Karla Mosley, Robert Newman, Michael O'Leary, Ron Raines,
Marcy Rylan, Tina Sloan, Lawrence Saint-Victor, Gina Tognoni, Caitlin
VanZandt, Yvonna Kopacz-Wright and Kim Zimmer.
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Ben Scripps
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