GL: Lights Out?-TV Guide Article

[dragonflies]

The well-regarded trade publication TV Week is predicting tht Guiding Light will bite the dust in 2009, and the web is ablaze with reports that the legendary soap has only until April to boost its ratings or face cancellation. "We don't comment on speculation," a CBS rep says.

[detroitpiston]

OMG, this is so shocking!

Not! I say cancel it. It's beyond repair IMO.

[Khan]

Okay, then how about commenting on what is as obvious as the cosmetically enhanced lips on Lisa Rinna's face?

GL is so toast come April, it isn't funny anymore. In fact, it's not sad, either. It just...is.

[Soapsuds]

1.9 is the key number.

[Khan]

And to think, I used to be worried when GL couldn't break out of sixth- or seventh-place. Now, it'll be a miracle if they outperform DAYS.

[Soapsuds]

I don't see GL surpassing any soap.

[miajere]

OH, JESUS!! Would they just take it out back and shoot it already!

The "dying soap" article must be what one writes when they have nothing else to turn in for the week.

[DaytimeFan]

Have you seen DAYS' recently spiked ratings? GL will be lucky if it outperforms a rerun of The People's Court.

[Khan]

Yes, I have - and you know what I say to that? That won't last long. Trust me. The very second Dee and Drake have vanished from the screen, DAYS'll be back in the ratings cellar, or the next best place. ;-)

[Y&RWorldTurner]

Well, we all knew it was coming...

[DaytimeFan]

We'll see...they haven't exactly been front burner and they're getting a happy send off...for the sake of that show I hope it continues to trend up.

[Soapsuds]

I'd rather see a rerun of PC than GL right now.

[Y&RWorldTurner]

Read the spoiler section, that send-off they're getting is anything but joyous. In fact, it's mean and degrading.

[Khan]

And "trifling," Y&RWorldTurner. Don't forget "trifling".

[Rocket Man]

Let's get real here, GL has a contract with CBS until this fall and this blurb in TV Week is far from the truth because they conspire and speculate about other TV shows whether its backstage turmoil, cancellations, time slots changes, etc, and etc. If you are familiar with TV Week, this what they do just like any other publications.

Instead of jumping into instant, knee-jerk reactions about GL (not a shocker especially on this message board site), re-read the blurb especially when they used the word "predicting" and that's like myself predicting Detroit Lions is going to go to the Super Bowl this year (NOT!). Also TV Week website is NOT, and I repeat "NOT" ablaze with reports about GL based on my research and past readings. Do a search and you will come up with 3 or 4 with the latest about Montel Williams appearing or Caitlin VanZandt's weight loss, there is no certifiable, cited article about the timeline to boost its ratings or face cancellation except hearsay comments on public message boards which we ALL SHOULD KNOW it's pure speculation. Like the CBS rep said, "We don't comment on SPECULATION!" Michael Logan is getting awfully senile these days, it's time for him to retire from TV Guide especially when quoting a "speculative" statement from another publication. Shame on him for doing lazy, poorly executed work.