Guiding Light 1952
Created by Irna Phillips
- Soap, Drama
- 60 min episodes
- 1 season
- 213 episodes
- Ended
- TV-14
Life happens here.
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 by a 15-year broadcast on radio. Guiding Light stands as the third longest-running program in all of broadcast history; only the Norwegian children's radio program Lørdagsbarnetimen and the American country music radio program Grand Ole Opry have been on the air longer. On April 1, 2009, it was announced that CBS canceled Guiding Light after a 72-year run 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.
Log it
Sign in to log this.
Character
Classical in form, earnest, grave and spare.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- unpretentiousprestige
Who loves it, who doesn't
No profiled raters yet.
Where do you stand?
Answer first; then see how everyone, and your circle, split.
“Was it canceled too soon?”
Sign in to answer.
Be the first to answer.
“Is this Irna Phillips's best work?”
Sign in to answer.
Be the first to answer.
“Is the slow pace a feature rather than a flaw?”
Sign in to answer.
Be the first to answer.
Ask the title
A yes-or-no question, answered from what people wrote here, on TMDB and on Wikipedia. Never made up.
Reviews
No reviews yet.
Pairings
Companions we picked from the closest works, and how to take them.
Similar in taste
Closest on the same fourteen dimensions, from everything scored on Curator Co. Other media included when they land close.
Love Rain 201279% alikeBoth earnest, grave, classical in form.
Knots Landing 197979% alikeBoth classical in form, earnest, grave.
Firefly Lane 202175% alikeBoth earnest, classical in form, grave.
Who Do You Think You Are? 200472% alikeBoth earnest, classical in form, grave.
My Happy Marriage 202372% alikeBoth earnest, classical in form, grave.
Beverly Hills, 90210 199072% alikeBoth classical in form, earnest, grave.
Days of Our Lives 196572% alikeBoth classical in form, earnest, grave.
Jamestown 201772% alikeBoth classical in form, earnest, grave.
Love's Long Journey 200577% alikeFilm · Both earnest, grave, classical in form.
Romeo VS Juliet 201374% alikeGame · Both classical in form, earnest, grave.
Often watched with
Recommendations from TMDB. Opening one adds it to Curator Co.
