GL: Will The Light Burn Out Out Come Sept?

[Rocket Man]

Here are the addresses to send postcard (you can get them from facebook) and/or mail to show your support of "Guiding Light":

GUIDING LIGHT

C/O CBS-TV

51 WEST 52ND STREET

NEW YORK, NY 10019

NINA TASSLER

PRESIDENT

CBS ENTERTAINMENT

7800 BEVERLY BLVD

LOS ANGELES, CA 90039-2112

LESLIE MOONVES

CEO

CBS ENTERTAINMENT

51 WEST 52ND STREET

NEW YORK, NY 10019

(If you live in the Toledo, Ohio region)

BOB CHIRDON

GENERAL MANAGER

WTOL-TV

730 N SUMMIT STREET

TOLEDO, OH 43604

BARBARA BLOOM

SENIOR VP, CBS DAYTIME PROGRAMS

CBS TELEVISION

7800 BEVERLY BLVD

LOS ANGELES, CA 90036

KEEP THE "LIGHT" SHINING!!!!!!!!!

[SteveFrame]

From everything that I have read though the production costs between an hour and a 30 minute show are not that different despite the time. So if it boils down to a cost issue, cutting it won't make a difference.

[Ann_SS]

Right back at you, rangethatrover.

[Rocket Man]

"Guiding Light" has a toll-free phone hotline for fans and viewers to call in their support at 1-866-695-1859!!!

[brimike]

I'm not sure what calling Guiding Light will do - it's not like GL decides if they're going to be canceled or not.

[Carolyn1980]

Entertainment Weekly says that an insider at GL confirms the axe is likely to fall within the next month (but it will air until September).

Sad news for the genre.

And then there were 7......

[Rakesh]

2008- Passions

2009- Guiding Light

2010- All My Children

[rangethatrover]

My guess would be

2010 ATWT

2011 OLTL

2012 AMC

[Carolyn1980]

I still think all the ABC shows will go at the same time. They own all three of them, and not one of them does significantly better or worse than the other two.

[UKBoi]

I thought it was pretty sure to be getting renewed, at least it was looking that way. I dont know why but I have a hard time believing this, while I totally knew Passions would be a goner as soon as NBC found something they thought was viable enough to replace it.

Part of me wonders if GL really is a goner, so many steps have been taken to get it in much better shape that I don't see CBS cutting it; I thought this new production model meant it was actually generating a profit?

[Ann_SS]

I am a fool hoping that EW is wrong. It is delaying the inevitable, but I hope that GL gets another year. We'll know by next month either way.

[brimike]

It's going to be "next month" in a couple of days.

Very strange to me that all of these articles are breaking a couple days before April .

[Carolyn1980]

Last year, CBS didn't renew ATWT and GL until they announced their fall primetime skeds in mid-May.

So it could take until then (Wednesday, May 20th) before they make any announcement. (Plus, it would give them the added benefit of "burying" the news amid all the other schedule changes).

[Rakesh]

http://popwatch.ew.com/popwatch/2009/03/guiding-light-s.html

I feel like slapping that bitch, Lynette Rice for writing such a stupid article. It is nothing but pure garbage. All she does is bash the show when she has no clue what's it about. An insider "confirmed" to EW that the show is going off air? Too bad the "insider" didn't even leave them a comment on what's going on. A typical soap bashing article from a reject.

[Y&RWorldTurner]

GL will always have a special place in my heart, even if I just can't get behind what it is right now. However, since many are enjoying it at the moment, wouldn't it be better to go out on top, rather than going out way past your prime?