I couldn’t believe my ears when I heard this. See I have been watching this since I can remember and even before it was on television, I listened to it on the radio. No I’m not telling my age, my mother listened to it when I was a baby so I had to have heard it too. Say it isn’t so!!!
After 72 years, the soap opera ‘The Guiding Light’ is going off. I guess someone finally turned the switch off. Don’t believe me? Well here’s the proof:
The soap opera “Guiding Light” is switching off after a 72-year run that predates television.
CBS says the show will have its final episode in September. Like most daytime dramas, “Guiding Light” has suffered from declining ratings and CBS is looking for a lower-cost alternative to the hour of programming.
The Guinness Book of World Records has cited it as the longest-running television drama.
It began as a 15-minute serial on NBC Radio in January 1937 and debuted on CBS television in 1952, focusing on the Bauer family of Springfield.
Related: Full episodes and clips from “Guiding Light”