Guiding Light
The Guiding Light
1952, Series, 60 min, Drama, Romance, English, United States, MoviePedia score 63
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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.
Directed by Ted Corday, Roy B. Steinberg, Brian Mertes, Harry Eggart, John Litvack, Bruce S. Barry, JoAnne Sedwick, Matthew Lagle, Adam Reist, Robert Scinto, Tracey Hanley Bryggman, Irene M. Pace, Ellen Wheeler, Scott McKinsey, Sherrell Hoffman, Rob Decina, Matthew Diamond, Leonard Valenta, Christopher Cullen, Susan C. Strickler, John Whitesell, John O'Connell, M.J. McDonnell, Joe Cotugno, Zetna Fuentes, Michael Gliona, Gary Bowen, Susan Flannery, Gary Graham, Peter Brinkerhoff, A.C. Weary, Maria Macina, Joseph K. Chomyn, Walter Gorman, Christopher Goutman, Nick Havinga, Andrew D. Weyman
Cast
- Bernie Grant as Dr. Paul Fletcher #2
- Ed Bryce as Bill Bauer
- Lynne Adams as Leslie Jackson Bauer R.N.
- Kay Campbell as Helene Benedict
- Kim Zimmer as Dolly Shayne
- Beth Chamberlin as Beth Raines Spaulding
- Barnard Hughes as Dr. Bruce Banning
- Chase Crosley as Jane Fletcher Hayes, R. N.
- John Boruff as Henry Benedict
- Les Damon as Bruce Banning
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