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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.

http://news.prnewswire.com/DisplayReleaseC...99149&EDATE

"We are honored to have been welcomed into the homes of multiple generations of Guiding Light viewers," said Brian T. Cahill, Senior Vice President and Managing Director, TeleNext Media, Inc. "We are working hard to find the show a new home, and we are exploring all our options to continue to bring loyal fans the characters and stories they love."

http://www.soapoperadigest.com/news/breaking/

GL Canceled!

Soap Opera Digest has learned that the cast and crew of GUIDING LIGHT were notified today that yes, the 72-year-old show has been canceled. Check back for more details.

NY Post: http://www.nypost.com/seven/04012009/tv/gu...lled_162386.htm

TvGuide Magazine: http://www.tvguidemagazine.com/soaps/its-o...celled-506.html

It's sad if it's true. If it's an April Fools joke, I feel GL fans won't be laughing about it.

It's up on SOD's website.

Having just been punked on my Facebook page, I pray this news is one big April Fool's joke.

But the way you put it, jp, I don't think it is.

http://soapoperadigest.com/

Yeah it's up on SOD. Wow, how depressing.

It's up on SOD's website.

Wow, I thought you were joking.....

http://www.soapoperadigest.com/news/breaking/

If this is a joke, that is cruel!!!!!!!

If it's true, so sorry GL fans. I've been there 3 times before.

That's two down for Ellen Wheeler.

Seriously, it's very sad. This did not have to happen. Management and orienting storyline around personal bugaboos got it here. Paul Rauch beat this show into paste until it couldn't walk on its own anymore, and Wheeler, etc. finished it off.

GL has a proud, rich history and could have gone on for years if properly cared for. It dies a demented old animal.

Edited April 1, 200916 yr by Vee

This has to be an April Fools...I just dont see why anyone would think it would be a good idea to ACTUALLY cancel a TV show on April 1st. Plus, there were rumblings of Passions being cancelled for a good few weeks before it was actually confirmed. This has been, what? Two, three days?

Wow... another soap dies... and it's Guiding Light.. my first soap... I didn't watch it in years, but I'm so sad....

I remember Santa Barbara and Sunset Beach's cancellations.

I wasn't a super-regular GL fan but I was an occasional viewer and appreciated the absolutely stellar cast GL had and still has.

I am really sorry for the GL fans if this is true, because the show was on an improving bent in recent months. I hope they tie everything up and do justice to the show.

The problem is, it follows the same pattern as AW. On its way out the door, the show tries to get good again and go back to its roots and what people want to watch. You can't go back to that at the last minute and expect a reprieve. There has to be a longstanding commitment. Wheeler should have brought Grant Aleksander back a year ago.

This means AMC and OLTL will fight for last spot now...

This means AMC and OLTL will fight for last spot now...

No. GH. Mark my words.

NY Post too:

http://www.nypost.com/seven/04012009/tv/gu...lled_162386.htm

It will be As The World Turns, of course.