In this image released by CBS, actors, from left, Herb Nelson, Ellen Demming, Susan Douglas and Lyle Sudrow appear in the premiere TV broadcast of “Guiding Light” on June 30, 1952. After 72 years on ...

Guiding Light is an American television soap opera that is credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest-running television drama in history, broadcast from 1952 until 2009, preceded ...

It’s been 72 years since Guiding Light first debuted on television — almost to the day! The classic CBS sudser debuted on June 30, 1952 and aired for the next 57 years until finally shutting off the ...

Created by Irna Phillips, “The Guiding Light” debuted as a 15-minute NBC radio show Jan. 25, 1937. From 1952 to 1956, the program aired on both radio and TV. The cast performed the scripts live for ...

The daytime drama "Guiding Light" will celebrate its 70th anniversary with a year of volunteering. By The Associated Press The daytime drama “Guiding Light” will celebrate its 70th anniversary with a ...

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The Guiding Light cast has enamored viewers since it’s very first episode back in 1952. This much-loved soap opera was set in the fictional Midwestern town of Springfield and originally centered on ...

The last episode of "Guiding Light," the soap opera that has been on TV or radio for 72 years, airs at 3 p.m. today on CBS. We asked readers to send us their memories of the soap. In 1943, when I was ...

CBS has announced a decision to cancel 'Guiding Light,' the longest-running scripted program in broadcasting history. The final episode will air on September 18. The soap opera began airing on the ...

Friday marked the final flicker of CBS' "Guiding Light," as that venerable daytime drama logged its farewell hour after 72 years on the air. The last episode took an upbeat, life-affirming tone, ...

CBS is pulling the plug on the soap opera “Guiding Light” after a 72-year run that predates television, the show a victim of the economy and changed viewing habits. The drama’s final episode will air ...

Like many other Americans, I was recently notified that I would soon be out of a job. I’m a long-term employee at Cedars Hospital in Springfield. I work with Dr. Rick Bauer, who went to medical school ...