"The Guiding Light" (1952) TV series 1952-2009

Creator:

Irna Phillips

Seasons:

1 | unknown

Release Date:

30 June 1952 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

Life happens here.

Plot:

Guiding Light takes place in the fictional Midwestern town of Springfield. In its early years the stories centered on the middle class Bauer family...

Plot Keywords:

Male Female Relationship | Soap Opera | Beautiful Woman | Fictional City | Husband Wife Relationship

Awards:

96 wins & 368 nominations

Cast

Kim Zimmer	...	Reva Shayne / ... (575 episodes, 1983-2009)
Robert Newman	...	Joshua Lewis / ... (536 episodes, 1981-2009)
Lia Yang	...	Susan (507 episodes, 1993-2007)
Ron Raines	...	Alan Spaulding / ... (435 episodes, 1994-2009)
Beth Chamberlin	...	Lorelei Hills / ... (431 episodes, 1989-2009)
Bradley Cole	...	Jeffrey O'Neill / ... (392 episodes, 1999-2009)
Justin Deas	...	Buzz Cooper / ... (383 episodes, 1992-2009)
Marcy Rylan	...	Lizzie Spaulding / ... (383 episodes, 2006-2009)
Frank Dicopoulos	...	Frank Cooper / ... (380 episodes, 1987-2009)
Beth Ehlers	...	Harley Davidson Cooper Spaulding Mallet Spaulding Aitoro / ... (374 episodes, 1987-2008)
Crystal Chappell	...	Olivia Spencer / ... (370 episodes, 1999-2009)
Gina Tognoni	...	Dinah Marler / ... (366 episodes, 2004-2009)
Mandy Bruno	...	Marina Cooper / ... (362 episodes, 2004-2009)
Robert Bogue	...	A.C. Mallet / ... (335 episodes, 2005-2009)
Nicole Forester	...	Cassie Winslow / ... (298 episodes, 2005-2008)
Bonnie Dennison	...	Daisy Lemay / ... (278 episodes, 2007-2009)
Michael O'Leary	...	Rick Bauer / ... (267 episodes, 1983-2009)
Daniel Cosgrove	...	Bill Lewis / ... (258 episodes, 2002-2009)
Jordan Clarke	...	Billy Lewis / ... (250 episodes, 1983-2009)
Murray Bartlett	...	Cyrus Foley (250 episodes, 2007-2009)
Jessica Leccia	...	Natalia Rivera / ... (241 episodes, 2007-2009)
Grant Aleksander	...	Phillip Granville Spaulding / ... (239 episodes, 1983-2009)
Lawrence Saint-Victor	...	Remy Boudreau / ... (231 episodes, 2006-2009)

Also Known As:

Guiding Light (USA) (new title)

Runtime:

15 min (1952-1968) | 30 min (1968-1977) | 60 min (1977-)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White (1952-1967) | Color (1967-)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (1952-1987) | Stereo (1987-)

Certification:

USA:TV-14

Filming Locations:

CBS Broadcast Center, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Procter & Gamble Productions (PGP)

Trivia:

It's the world longest soap opera, credited on the Guiness Book of World Records.

Quotes:

[Later, the two of them discuss their day]
Harley: Did you buy or seel any small countries today?
Gus: No, that's tomorrow at 4.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Roseanne: Suck Up or Shut Up (#6.13)" (1994)

Soundtrack:

Die Springfield Story

What was the song and Artist of song played in the 8/30/06 Episode???

Please help, answer that question, I will feel dumb when someone answers cause I know I it already just can't recall now. But I love that song though. I see I have to fill 10 lines of text so I am adding that I believe it or not I just got interested in Guiding Light with the Daytime Dollars code promotion, I had watched As the World Turns consistently 1983-1998 then stopped and rejoined 4/2/2006 the 50 year anniversary show, and tried to just pay attention to the code in Guiding Light but I got wrapped up in the Reva cancer story, mainly cause I had just seen Kim Zimmer win yet another Emmy so I decided I would give it a shot, and ironically that part is the one that is getting OLD I wish she would just tell JOSH get it over with.