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Guiding Light

Guiding Light 2007 title card.
Format Soap opera
Created by Irna Phillips
Starring See cast list
Country of origin Flag of the United States United States
No. A soap opera is an ongoing episodic work of Fiction, usually broadcast on Television or Radio. Irna Phillips ( July 1, 1901 – December 22, 1973) was an American actress and most notably writer who created and scripted many of The United States of America —commonly referred to as the  of episodes 15,381 (as of February 29, 2008)
Production
Executive
producer(s)		 Ellen Wheeler
Producer(s) Procter & Gamble Productions
Camera setup Digital Hand-held Cameras
Running time 60 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel NBC (radio)
CBS (television)
Original run January 25, 1937-1956 (radio)
June 30, 1952 (television) – present
External links
Official website
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

Guiding Light (known as The Guiding Light prior to 1975, or simply GL) is an Emmy award winning American television program credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as being the longest-running soap opera in production and the longest running drama in television history. Leap years Although the modern calendar counts a year as 365 days a complete revolution around the sun takes approximately 365 days and 6 hours 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Ellen Wheeler (born October 9, 1961 in Hollywood California) is an American actress director and producer Procter & Gamble Co ( P&G,) is a Fortune 500, American global corporation based in Cincinnati Ohio, that manufactures a wide The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. Events 41 - After a night of negotiation Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the Senate Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, is defeated and killed by troops of the Usurper Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A television program (US television programme (UK or television show (U Guinness World Records, known until 2000 as The Guinness Book of Records (and in previous U A soap opera is an ongoing episodic work of Fiction, usually broadcast on Television or Radio. The 15,000th televised episode of Guiding Light aired on September 7, 2006. Events 1251 BC - A Solar eclipse on this date might mark the birth of legendary Heracles at Thebes Greece. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Due to this series run, it is not only considered to be the longest soap opera, but the longest-running scripted show in history. It has been announced that Guiding Light has been renewed into its 72nd season through 2009.

The program was created by soap writer Irna Phillips, and began as an NBC radio serial on January 25, 1937 before moving to CBS on June 30, 1952, as a televised serial. Irna Phillips ( July 1, 1901 – December 22, 1973) was an American actress and most notably writer who created and scripted many of The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Events 41 - After a night of negotiation Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the Senate Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, is defeated and killed by troops of the Usurper Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

The show's title refers to a lamp in the study of Reverend Dr. John Ruthledge, a major character when Guiding Light debuted in 1937, that family and residents could see as a sign for them to find help when needed.

Contents

Production and locales

The Guiding Light has been broadcast from three locations: Chicago, Illinois, from 1937 until 1946, Hollywood, California, from 1947 until 1949, and New York City from 1949 until the present. Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. The City of New York It was moved from Chicago to Hollywood (despite objections of both Irna Phillips and Arthur Peterson) to take advantage of the talent pool. Production was subsequently moved to New York City, where it remains. It is currently taped at the CBS studios in midtown Manhattan. Manhattan Island, in New York Harbor, is much the largest part of the Borough of Manhattan, one of the Five Boroughs which form the City of New York Since shortly before February 29, 2008 outdoor scenes have been shot on location in Peapack, New Jersey. Leap years Although the modern calendar counts a year as 365 days a complete revolution around the sun takes approximately 365 days and 6 hours 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Peapack-Gladstone is a borough in Somerset County in the US state of New Jersey. [1] The location filming coincided with another significant production change, as the series became the first American weekday soap opera to be filmed digitally.

The fictional action has also been set in three different locales - it was based in the fictional towns of Five Points and Selby Flats before "moving" to its current day locale of Springfield. Springfield is the setting of the television soap opera Guiding Light.

History, plot development, and cast

Due to the 8-decade run of Guiding Light as well as the complexity of the storylines, the show's history has been split up into separate entries. Cast lists are under individual articles.

1930s and 1940s

Main article: Guiding Light (1937-1949)

The series was created by Irna Phillips, who based it on personal experiences. Irna Phillips ( July 1, 1901 – December 22, 1973) was an American actress and most notably writer who created and scripted many of After giving birth to a still-born baby at age 19, she found spiritual comfort listening to the on-air sermons of Preston Bradley, a very famous Chicago preacher and founder of the Peoples Church, a church which promoted the brotherhood of man. It was these sermons that formed the nucleus of the creation of The Guiding Light, which began as a radio show.

1950s

Main article: Guiding Light (1950-1959)

In 1952, The Guiding Light began airing on CBS television. CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic Episodes were 15 minutes long.

After Irna Phillips moved to As The World Turns in 1958, her protege Agnes Nixon became Head Writer of The Guiding Light. As the World Turns ( ATWT) is an American television Soap opera that airs each weekday on CBS. Agnes Nixon (born Agnes Eckhardt on December 27 1927) is an American Writer and producer.

With the transition to television the main characters became the Bauers, a lower-middle class German immigrant family. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe.

1960s

Main article: Guiding Light (1960-1969)

Agnes Nixon relinquished her role as head writer in 1966. In 1967, the show was first broadcast in color. A year later, the show expanded from 15 to 30 minutes.

The 1960s saw the introduction of African-American characters, and the main focus of the show shifted to Bill and Bert's children, Mike and Ed. African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa

1970s

Main article: Guiding Light (1970-1979)

Feeling pressure from newer, more youth-oriented soap operas such as All My Children, Procter & Gamble hired headwriters Bridget and Jerome Dobson in 1975. All My Children ( AMC) is a popular American Soap opera and drama television series that has been broadcast Monday through Friday on the ABC Procter & Gamble Co ( P&G,) is a Fortune 500, American global corporation based in Cincinnati Ohio, that manufactures a wide Bridget and Jerome Dobson were writers for American Soap operas and created the NBC soap opera Santa Barbara in 1984 The Dobsons introduced a more nuanced, psychologically layered writing style, and included timely storylines, including a complex love/hate relationship between estranged spouses/step-siblings Roger and Holly. Roger Thorpe and Holly Norris are Fictional characters and a Supercouple from the American CBS daytime drama Guiding Light. They also created a number of well-remembered characters, including Rita Stapleton, whose complex relationships with Roger and Ed would propel much of the story for the remainder of the decade, and Alan Spaulding and Ross Marler, who would both remain central characters into the 2000s. Rita Stapleton Bauer was a Fictional character on the CBS soap Guiding Light. Alan Spaulding is a Fictional character on the CBS Soap opera Guiding Light.

In the fall of 1975, the name was changed in show's opening and closing visuals from The Guiding Light to Guiding Light. On November 7, 1977, the show expanded to a full hour and aired from 2:30-3:30 p. Events 1492 - The Ensisheim Meteorite the oldest Meteorite with a known date of impact strikes the Earth around noon in a Wheat Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays m. daily.

The show in the 1970s focused on the Bauers and the Spauldings. Several notable characters were introduced.

1980s

Main article: Guiding Light (1980-1989)

The decision was made to re-introduce the thought-dead character of Bill Bauer. Everyone had thought that he had died in an airplane crash in the early 1970s, but he was said to actually be alive. When he returned to Springfield, he brought his daughter Hillary with him.

Shocking to most viewers, Jerome and Bridget Dobson killed its young heroine, Leslie Jackson Bauer Norris Bauer, R. N. She was killed by a drunken driver, and many viewers stopped watching the show due to this death.

In 1980, the Dobsons began writing As the World Turns, and were replaced by writer and former actor Douglas Marland. Douglas Marland (born Marland Messner, May 5, 1935 - March 6, 1993) was an American actor on and writer of Soap operas He created some new characters like vixen Nola Reardon. In May 1980, Guiding Light won its first Daytime Emmy award for Outstanding Achievement in a Daytime Drama.

An ever more complicated storyline focused on the Bauers, the Spauldings, the Reardons and the Raines. Pam Long became head writer in 1983, and refocused the show on Freddy Bauer (now called Dr. Pamela K Long is an American actress and Writer, most known for her stints writing the CBS Daytime Soap opera Guiding Light Rick Bauer), Phillip Spaulding, Mindy Lewis and Beth Raines. She also introduced characters Alexandra Spaulding and Reva Shayne. Long would return for a second stint from 1987 to 1990.

1990s

Main article: Guiding Light (1990-1999)

With the new decade, the show started to change from Long's homespun, earthy style to a more realistic style. The Bauers, Spauldings, Lewises, and the Coopers had been established as core families, and most major plot developments circled around them.

The show suffered major cast losses mid-decade, including the loss of characters Maureen Bauer and Alexandra Spaulding. As the decade progressed, the show began a series of outlandish plot twists to compete with the serial Days of Our Lives, including a highly controversial story on cloning. Days of Our Lives is an American Soap opera, which has aired nearly every weekday since November 8 1965 on the NBC network in the United Cloning in Biology is the process of producing populations of genetically-identical individuals that occurs in nature when organisms such as Bacteria, Insects

2000s

Main article: Guiding Light (2000-present)

The 2000s began with the splitting of the show into two locales: Springfield and the island nation of San Cristobel. The Guiding Light (GL is the longest-running American Soap opera. In Springfield, the Santos mob dynasty created much of the drama. Meanwhile, the royal Winslow family had their own series of intrigues to deal with. In 2002, however, San Cristobel was written off the show and the mob's influence in the story was subsequently diminished and, with the departure of character Danny Santos in 2005, eliminated althogether.

In 2005, former director and actress Ellen Wheeler (Emmy Award winner as an actress for All My Children and Another World) took over as executive producer of Guiding Light. All My Children ( AMC) is a popular American Soap opera and drama television series that has been broadcast Monday through Friday on the ABC Another World is a television Soap opera that ran on the NBC network from May 4 1964 to June 25 1999. She and writer David Kreizman made numerous changes to the sets, stories, and the cast. David Kreizman (born 1974 is an American Soap opera writer He is a graduate of the University of Virginia Several veteran actors were dropped, mainly due to budget cuts. Due to the lack of veteran influence, Wheeler has refocused the show on the youth of Springfield, centering on the controversial pairing of cousins Jonathan and Tammy.

The show marked its seventieth broadcast anniversary in 2007. The show marked the anniversary with the launch of website FindYourLight. com and a program of outreach, reflecting Irna Phillips' original message. There was also a special episode in January 2007, with current cast members portraying Phillips and some of the earlier cast members. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.

Despite low ratings, the show won 2007 Daytime Emmy Awards for Best Writing and Best Show (sharing Best Show with The Young and the Restless). Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The Young and the Restless is a 39 time Emmy Award winning American Television Soap opera, first broadcast on CBS on March 26

In the daytime drama's 71st season the show will change it's look to a more "realistic" experience. On February 29, 2008 a new opening replaced the current anniversary opening which many fans have not been pleased with. The new look of Guiding Light means free hand camera work and less time in traditional studio sets. Producer Ellen Wheeler has introduced a "shaky-cam" style present in a number of feature films featuring extreme-closeups and frequent cuts, including those that "break the axis," which may prove disorienting to viewers accustomed to the traditional "soap opera look. " Also new are the shooting of outdoor scenes that take place in actual outdoor settings. Even many indoor scenes will have a more "on location" feel, utilizing real locations such as CBS board rooms and offices. CBS and the show's producers are wagering that the new look can help reinvent the show and raise ratings, making the longest-running program in daytime history a model for the future of daytime.

Many of the shows fans have expressed displeasure with this new format and with further dwindling ratings raises the question whether GL will survive.

Cast

Please see the articles by decade for cast. The current cast is in the article Guiding Light (2000-2009)

Ratings & Scheduling history

Unlike most attempts made by popular radio serials to convert to a television version, Guiding Light never had any difficulty holding onto its old listening audience and making new viewers simultaneously. This was made easy by the fact that neither ABC nor NBC broadcast programs on their respective networks at 2:30 p. The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's m. Eastern/1:30 Central, where CBS first placed GL. Six months into the run, however, the network moved the serial to a timeslot that gave it great popularity with its housewife audience, 12:45 p. m. /11:45 a. m. , where it ran for the next 15 years and eight months, sharing the half hour with its sister Procter and Gamble-packaged soap, Search for Tomorrow. Search for Tomorrow is a Soap opera which started airing on Monday September 3, 1951 on CBS. GL handled the competition breezily, even legendary shows such as Queen for a Day on ABC (briefly in 1960) and NBC's Truth or Consequences. Queen for a Day was an American radio and television show. It helped usher in American broadcast listeners' and viewers' fascination with big Truth or Consequences was an American quiz show, originally hosted on NBC Radio by Ralph Edwards (1940-57 and later on television Usually, GL ranked second in the Nielsen ratings behind another P&G serial, As the World Turns. Nielsen Ratings are audience measurement systems developed by Nielsen Media Research to determine the Audience size and composition of television As the World Turns ( ATWT) is an American television Soap opera that airs each weekday on CBS.

By 1968, though, changing viewership trends prompted CBS to expand its last two 15-minute daytime dramas, disrupting long-standing viewing habits. Search took over the entire 12:30-1/11:30-Noon period, with GL returning to its first timeslot, 2:30/1:30, albeit in the now-standard half-hour format, on September 9. Events 1000 - Battle of Svolder, Viking Age. 1379 - Treaty of Neuberg, splitting the Austrian This also caused the dislocation of The Secret Storm and the beloved Art Linkletter's House Party, as well as the cancellation of the daytime To Tell the Truth. The Secret Storm was a Soap opera which aired on CBS from February 1, 1954 to February 8, 1974. Art Linkletter's House Party or House Party was an American daytime TV variety/talk show which aired on CBS Radio from January To Tell the Truth is an American Television Game show created by Bob Stewart and produced by Goodson - Todman It would not be the last time, though, as the next 12 years would bring several shifts around CBS' lineup.

The 1970s saw GL's popularity dip somewhat, largely from the competition posed by younger-leaning serials such as The Doctors on NBC, but it still garnered decent ratings. The Doctors was a Soap opera which aired on NBC from April 1 1963 to December 31 1982 After four years, CBS bumped it up a half-hour to accommodate P&G's demand that Edge of Night move to 2:30/1:30, a move that led to the end of that show on CBS three years later. The Edge of Night (or known informally as Edge or EON by fans was a long-running American television mystery series/ Soap opera produced by Procter In the meantime, GL stayed steadily on course against NBC's Days of Our Lives, another soap favored by younger women, and ABC's The Newlywed Game. Days of Our Lives is an American Soap opera, which has aired nearly every weekday since November 8 1965 on the NBC network in the United The Newlywed Game was an American television Game show where newly-married couples answered questions to find out how well the husband and wife knew In late 1974, ABC replaced Newlywed with The $10,000 Pyramid, which went on to garner strong ratings, but not greatly at GL's expense. Pyramid is the collective name of a series of American television Game shows where contestants tried to guess a series of words or phrases based on descriptions Meanwhile, by fall 1975 (at this point, the show dropped the word "The" officially from its title), the impending departure of Edge and CBS' planned expansion of ATWT affected GL by pushing it back to 2:30/1:30 in December, where NBC still ran The Doctors and ABC had a short-lived hit the next year with an updated Break the Bank. To complicate the picture further, ABC opted to make its first expansions, that of One Life to Live and General Hospital, in July 1976, each occupying one-half of a 90-minute block. One Life to Live ( OLTL) is an American Soap opera which has been broadcast on the ABC television network since July 15 1968 General Hospital (commonly abbreviated GH) is an American Soap opera broadcast on the ABC television network during the

With this in mind, CBS acted to give its veteran serial a contending chance by expanding it to an hour in length on November 7, 1977, strategically keeping its start time put in order to dissuade viewers from turning to the other networks. Events 1492 - The Ensisheim Meteorite the oldest Meteorite with a known date of impact strikes the Earth around noon in a Wheat Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays This gained particular importance when ABC finally added 15 minutes to both OLTL and GH by January 1978, so that GL straddled those two programs, as well as the first half of sister P&G show Another World on NBC. Another World is a television Soap opera that ran on the NBC network from May 4 1964 to June 25 1999. Despite GH surprising all observers by skyrocketing from near-cancellation to the top place in the ratings with the "Luke and Laura" storyline, GL, holding its own while in direct competition with GH, still hit an upswing as the decade ended.

On February 4, 1980, CBS bumped GL down again, to 3/2, in the midst of a major scheduling shuffle intended to give Young and the Restless a shot at beating ABC's All My Children. Events 211 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus dies leaving the Roman Empire in the hands of his two quarrelsome sons Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) The Young and the Restless is a 39 time Emmy Award winning American Television Soap opera, first broadcast on CBS on March 26 All My Children ( AMC) is a popular American Soap opera and drama television series that has been broadcast Monday through Friday on the ABC It has remained in this timeslot since, facing GH and NBC entries such as Texas, The Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour and Santa Barbara. Texas (sometimes called Another World in Texas and later Texas The New Generation) was a daytime Soap opera which aired on NBC from The Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour was a American Television Game show that combined two long-running game shows of the 1960s and 1970s &mdash Santa Barbara was an American decade long and award-winning Television Soap opera, first broadcast in United States on NBC none of which made significant impacts upon GL. Furthermore, GH eventually petered out by the mid-1980s as well. Overall, the first half of the 1980s saw a revival in Guiding Light's popularity, with a top-five placing achieved in most years, and, for a brief period, it even managed to dethrone then-powerhouse General Hospital from the #1 ratings spot. General Hospital (commonly abbreviated GH) is an American Soap opera broadcast on the ABC television network during the As the decade progressed, however, the ratings slipped a bit, although it was still performing solidly. In 1993, GL began with one of the eight CBS-owned stations airing it at 10 a. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) m. Eastern time, New York City's WCBS-TV. The City of New York WCBS-TV, channel 2 is the flagship station of the CBS television network located in New York City. Solid performance remained the case until the mid-1990s, when the show's ratings sunk as low as eighth out of 11. However, during the controversial clone storyline in 1998, ratings experienced a brief resurgence. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) In March 2008, CBS renewed Guiding Light through September 2009, with an option to pick it up for an additional year after that. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common

In Germany, RTL aired the German Guiding Light title Springfield Story. RTL (formerly RTL plus) is a German commercial Television station distributed via cable and satellite along with DVB-T

As of January 2007, stations in a number of markets air GL in the morning either at 9 or 10 a. m. Eastern: Miami, Chicago, Baltimore, Boston, Detroit, New York City, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Orlando, Fort Wayne, Ind., South Bend, Ind., Portland, Me., Albany, N.Y., and Scranton-Wilkes Barre, Pa.

In fact Guiding Light still has strong ratings in Pittsburgh, despite being moved to 10:00 AM in 2006. WBBM-TV, channel 2 is the CBS owned and operated Television station in Chicago, Illinois. WBZ-TV, channel 4 is an owned-and-operated television station of the CBS Television Network, located in Boston Massachusetts. WWJ-TV is the CBS - Owned and operated station in Detroit, Michigan. WCBS-TV, channel 2 is the flagship station of the CBS television network located in New York City. KYW-TV, channel 3 is a television station in Philadelphia Pennsylvania, owned by the CBS Corporation and affiliated with the CBS Television Network. KDKA-TV is the CBS owned and operated (O&O Television station in Pittsburgh. WGME-TV, channel 13 is the CBS -affiliated Television station for Portland Maine. WRGB, channel 6 is the CBS -affiliated Television station for Albany New York, licensed to Schenectady. This article is for the Scranton PA television station For the Madison WI community access channel please see WYOU (Madison. According to the Pittsburgh Post Gazette, Dr. Phil hasn't been able to pull in the same numbers that GL did in that time slot a year prior, while GL has maintained its audience share.

Starting in March, 2004 CBS started a same-day morning feed of GL to stations at 10:00 AM. . Stations who were previously a day behind caught up with the rest during the first day of the NCAA 'March Madness' basketball tournament. Starting in 2006, CBS also began offering a same-day feed to stations at 9:00 AM, in addition to the 10:00 AM feed. KGMB-TV of Honolulu, Hawaii currently airs GL at 12 Noon local time. KGMB is the licensed broadcast affiliate of CBS in Hawaii, with its main transmitter located in Honolulu broadcasting on channel 9 (analog and 22 (digital Honolulu is the Capital and most populous Census-designated place (CDP in the U Only two CBS affiliates do not air GL. One is KOVR-TV in Sacramento, California, even though it is now a network-owned-and-operated station. KOVR, channel 13 is a CBS owned-and-operated television station licensed to Stockton California, and serving the Sacramento -Stockton television KOVR had been acquired by CBS in the early Summer of 2005 but was a CBS affiliate since 1995. It never aired Guiding Light as a CBS affiliate on a regular basis. Before CBS affiliated with KOVR it had been affiliated with KXTV. KXTV, channel 10 is an ABC affiliate in Sacramento California. Back in 1992, KXTV Channel 10 as a CBS affiliate dropped Guiding Light. When KOVR became the CBS affiliate, KXTV became the ABC affiliate. Guiding Light has not therefore aired in the Sacramento market since 1992.

WNEM-TV in Flint/Saginaw/Bay City, Michigan also does not air Guiding Light. WNEM-TV, channel 5 is the CBS -affiliated Television station for Mid- Michigan that is licensed to Bay City. Flint is a city in the US state of Michigan and is located along the Flint River, 66 miles (106 km northwest of Detroit. Bay City is a city in the US state of Michigan located near the base of the Saginaw Bay on Lake Huron. They had also become a CBS affiliate in the mid 1990's. Initially they ran the soap but dropped it in 1996 due to underperforming ratings. In the Fall of 2006 WNEM began running Guiding Light on its digital channel, "My 5", which is a My Network TV Affiliate. MyNetworkTV (unofficially abbreviated MyNet or MNT) is a Television network in the United States, owned by the Fox Broadcasting Company

In Canada Guiding Light started airing on Global TV in September, 2007 claiming the Passions time slot for the most part when it moved to DirecTV. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Global Television Network (more commonly called Global TV or just Global) is a Canadian English language privately owned Television network Events in September It is the start of the academic year in many countries in the Northern Hemisphere. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Passions is an American television Soap opera created by DirecTV (trademarked as "DIREC' TV' " is a Direct broadcast satellite (DBS service based in El Segundo California, USA, that was founded

Internationally, Guiding Light started airing on September 3rd 2007 in the UK on Zone Romantica. Zone Romantica (formerly Romantica) is a TV channel that broadcasts Telenovelas Music and Entertainment from all over the world mainly

GL reached a record low of 2,009,000 viewers on Friday, May 30, 2008. Its previous lows were 2,025,000 viewers on Friday, July 13, 2007, and 2,080,000 viewers on Thursday, May 1, 2008.

Main article: List of US daytime soap opera ratings

Daytime History: Highest rated week (November 16-20, 1981) (Household Ratings-Nielsen Media Research)

Rank/Serial Household Rating (Time Slot) Network
1/General Hospital 16. The following is a list of television ratings and rankings for American daytime Soap operas from the 1950s to the present Nielsen Media Research ( NMR) is an American firm that measures media Audiences including Television, Radio General Hospital (commonly abbreviated GH) is an American Soap opera broadcast on the ABC television network during the 0 (3-4pm) ABC
4/Guiding Light 7. 9 (3-4pm) CBS

Awards

Daytime Emmy Awards

Show

Individuals

Other awards

Head writers and executive producers

Head writer(s) Years Executive producer(s)
Irna Phillips 1937 – 1958 David Lesan, Joe Ainley,
Carl Waster (1937 – 1956) (radio)
Lucy Ferri Rittenberg (1952-1958; television)
Agnes Nixon 1958 – 1966 Lucy Ferri Rittenberg
David Lesan, Julian Funt,
Theodore Forro, Mathilde Forro,
John Boruff, James Lipton &
Gabrielle Upton		 1966 – 1968 Lucy Ferri Rittenberg
Irna Phillips 1968 – 1969 Lucy Ferri Rittenberg
Robert Soderberg & Edith Sommer 1969 – 1973 Lucy Ferri Rittenberg
James Gentile, Robert Cenedella &
James Lipton		 1973 – 1975 Lucy Ferri Rittenberg, Allen Potter
Bridget and Jerome Dobson 1975 – 1979 Allen Potter
Douglas Marland 1979 – 1982 Allen Potter
Pat Falken Smith 1982 – 1983 Allen Potter, Gail Kobe
L. Kim Zimmer (born February 2, 1955 in Grand Rapids Michigan) is a four-time Emmy Award-winning American actress. Reva Shayne O'Neill (formerly Lewis alias Princess Catherine Winslow) is a fictional and arguably the most popular character on the long-running CBS Kim Zimmer (born February 2, 1955 in Grand Rapids Michigan) is a four-time Emmy Award-winning American actress. Reva Shayne O'Neill (formerly Lewis alias Princess Catherine Winslow) is a fictional and arguably the most popular character on the long-running CBS Rick Hearst (born Richard Charles Herbst on January 4, 1965 in Howard Beach New York, U Maeve Kinkead (born May 31 1946, New York City) is an American actress. Ellen Parker (born September 30, 1949 in Paris, France) is a French – American Actress. Michael Joel Zaslow ( November 1, 1942 &mdash December 6, 1998) was a Jewish American Actor. Justin Deas (born March 30, 1948 in Connellsville Pennsylvania) is an American Actor. Frank Achilles "Buzz" Cooper Sr is a Fictional character on the popular CBS daytime Soap opera, Guiding Light. Melissa Hayden (born November 13, 1969 in Pacific Palisades California) is an American actress. Justin Deas (born March 30, 1948 in Connellsville Pennsylvania) is an American Actor. Jerry verDorn (born November 23 1949) is an American Actor. verDorn is best known for his role as Ross Marler on the CBS Jerry verDorn (born November 23 1949) is an American Actor. verDorn is best known for his role as Ross Marler on the CBS Justin Deas (born March 30, 1948 in Connellsville Pennsylvania) is an American Actor. Cynthia Michele Watros (born September 2, 1968) is an Emmy-Award winning American Television actress, who also starred Annie Dutton (formerly Lewis) is a Fictional character on the CBS Soap opera Guiding Light. Crystal Chappell (born August 4, 1965) is an American actress. Olivia Spencer (previously Lewis) (born February 28) is a Fictional character on the popular CBS daytime Soap opera, Guiding Jordi Alejandro Vilasuso (born June 15, 1981 in Miami Florida) is an Daytime Emmy Award winning American actor Kim Zimmer (born February 2, 1955 in Grand Rapids Michigan) is a four-time Emmy Award-winning American actress. Reva Shayne O'Neill (formerly Lewis alias Princess Catherine Winslow) is a fictional and arguably the most popular character on the long-running CBS Jordan Clarke is an American Actor. He is best known for his role as Billy Lewis on the CBS Soap opera, Guiding Light Gina Tognoni (born November 28, 1973 in St Louis Missouri) is an American actress. Dinah Adele Chamberlain Marler is a Fictional character on the popular CBS daytime Soap opera, Guiding Light. Tom Pelphrey (born July 28 1982, Howell Township New Jersey) is an American Actor. The Writers Guild of America is a generic term referring to the joint efforts of two different US labor unions The Writers Guild of America East (WGAE representing David Kreizman (born 1974 is an American Soap opera writer He is a graduate of the University of Virginia Tita Bell (born February 16 1953) is an American television Soap opera writer Christopher Dunn is an American Soap opera writer Christopher Dunn has been married to Catherine Sedwick Lloyd 'Lucky' Gold (born September 6 1950) is an American television Soap opera writer and playwright Kimberly Hamilton (born January 30 1977) is an American television Soap opera writer Jill Lorie Hurst is an American television Soap opera Writer and producer Eleanor Labine is an American TV writer the daughter of Claire Labine and the sister of Matthew Labine. Royal Miller is an American Television Soap opera Script writer. Gillian Spencer (born December 18 1939) is an American Soap opera actress and Writer. Donna Swajeski is an American television Soap opera writer with experience at all three major American networks Ellen Weston (born Ellen R Weinstein on April 19, 1939 in New York City) is an American actress producer and writer Directors Guild of America ( DGA) is the labor union which represents the interests of film and television directors in the United States Motion Pictures An executive producer of a Motion picture is typically a producer who is sometimes involved in creative or technical aspects of production Irna Phillips ( July 1, 1901 – December 22, 1973) was an American actress and most notably writer who created and scripted many of Joe Ainley ( 28 October 1878 - 18 November 1907) was an English Cricketer: a Wicket-keeper and right-handed batsman Agnes Nixon (born Agnes Eckhardt on December 27 1927) is an American Writer and producer. James Lipton (born September 19, 1926) is an American writer Poet, and dean Emeritus of the Actors Studio Drama School Irna Phillips ( July 1, 1901 – December 22, 1973) was an American actress and most notably writer who created and scripted many of Allen Potter ( October 2, 1818 - May 8, 1885) was a politician from the U Bridget and Jerome Dobson were writers for American Soap operas and created the NBC soap opera Santa Barbara in 1984 Douglas Marland (born Marland Messner, May 5, 1935 - March 6, 1993) was an American actor on and writer of Soap operas Patricia Falken Smith ( January 21 1926 &ndash May 19 2001) was a Television writer, most famous for her stints as Head writer Allen Potter ( October 2, 1818 - May 8, 1885) was a politician from the U Gail Kobe (born March 19, 1929 in Detroit Michigan) is an American actress and producer Virginia Browne 1983 Gail Kobe
Richard Culliton & Pamela K. Long 1983 – 1984 Gail Kobe
Pamela K. Long 1984 – 1986 Gail Kobe
Mary Ryan Munisteri, Ellen Barrett &
Jeff Ryder		 1986 Gail Kobe, Joe Willmore
Joseph D. Richard Culliton is an American television writer known for his work on Soap operas He has won three Writers Guild of America Awards including one as a Head Pamela K Long is an American actress and Writer, most known for her stints writing the CBS Daytime Soap opera Guiding Light Pamela K Long is an American actress and Writer, most known for her stints writing the CBS Daytime Soap opera Guiding Light Gail Kobe (born March 19, 1929 in Detroit Michigan) is an American actress and producer Mary Ryan Munisteri (also credited simply as Mary Munisteri or Mary Ryan) is an American television Soap opera writer Manetta & Sheri Anderson 1986 – 1987 Joe Willmore
Pamela K. Long 1987 – 1990 Joe Willmore, Robert Calhoun
Nancy Curlee, Stephen Demorest, James E. Reilly 1990 – 1991 Robert Calhoun, Jill Farren Phelps
Nancy Curlee, Stephen Demorest, James E. Reilly & Lorraine Broderick 1991 – 1993 Robert Calhoun, Jill Farren Phelps
Stephen Demorest, Patrick Mulcahey, Nancy Williams Watt, Millee Taggert &
Sheri Anderson		 1993 – 1995 Jill Farren Phelps
Sheri Anderson 1995 Jill Farren Phelps
Douglas Anderson 1995 Jill Farren Phelps, Michael Laibson
Megan McTavish 1995 – 1996 Michael Laibson
Michael Conforti & Victor Miller 1996 Michael Laibson
Barbara Esensten & James Harmon Brown 1996 – 2000 Michael Laibson, Paul Rauch
Claire Labine 2000 – 2001 Paul Rauch
Lloyd Gold 2001 – 2002 Paul Rauch
Millee Taggert & Carolyn Culliton 2002 – 2003 Paul Rauch, John Conboy
Ellen Weston 2003 – 2004 John Conboy, Ellen Wheeler
David Kreizman 2004 – present Ellen Wheeler

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Robert Calhoun is an American television producer and director. Sheri Anderson is an American television writer and producer who has worked primarily on serials and in international film and television development Pamela K Long is an American actress and Writer, most known for her stints writing the CBS Daytime Soap opera Guiding Light Nancy Curlee is an American Soap opera writer She was Head Writer of Guiding Light from 1990 to 1993 Stephen Demorest is an American Soap opera writer He is married to Nancy Curlee. James E Reilly (born July 15 1948 in Bountiful Utah) is an American Soap opera writer "JFP" can also refer to the Journal of Functional Programming. Nancy Curlee is an American Soap opera writer She was Head Writer of Guiding Light from 1990 to 1993 Stephen Demorest is an American Soap opera writer He is married to Nancy Curlee. James E Reilly (born July 15 1948 in Bountiful Utah) is an American Soap opera writer Lorraine Broderick is an American television Soap opera writer who got her start on All My Children as a protégée of Agnes Nixon's "JFP" can also refer to the Journal of Functional Programming. Stephen Demorest is an American Soap opera writer He is married to Nancy Curlee. Patrick Mulcahey is an award-winning American television writer who graduated from Yale University. Millee Taggart is an American actress, best known for her long-running role as Janet Bergman Collins on Search for Tomorrow. Sheri Anderson is an American television writer and producer who has worked primarily on serials and in international film and television development Sheri Anderson is an American television writer and producer who has worked primarily on serials and in international film and television development "JFP" can also refer to the Journal of Functional Programming. "JFP" can also refer to the Journal of Functional Programming. Michael Laibson is an American Television producer whois notable for producing Soap operas such as As the World Turns (1986&ndash1988 Megan McTavish (born April 30 1949 in Pembroke New Hampshire) is an American television actress and Soap opera writer Michael Conforti is an American television writer on the ABC Daytime Soap opera General Hospital. Victor Miller or Victor B Miller (b May 14, 1940) is an American Writer for Film and Television. James Harmon Brown and Barbara Esensten are American television writers primarily working on Soap operas. James Harmon Brown and Barbara Esensten are American television writers primarily working on Soap operas. Michael Laibson is an American Television producer whois notable for producing Soap operas such as As the World Turns (1986&ndash1988 Paul Rauch is an American television producer and writer Another World Rauch is best known for his work on Another World, which he produced from 1972 Claire Labine Lloyd 'Lucky' Gold (born September 6 1950) is an American television Soap opera writer and playwright Millee Taggart is an American actress, best known for her long-running role as Janet Bergman Collins on Search for Tomorrow. Carolyn Culliton is an American daytime serial writer and an alumnus of Northwestern University. Paul Rauch is an American television producer and writer Another World Rauch is best known for his work on Another World, which he produced from 1972 John Conboy is an American Soap opera producer Conboy is best known for bringing glamorous production values to a show soon after he is hired Ellen Weston (born Ellen R Weinstein on April 19, 1939 in New York City) is an American actress producer and writer John Conboy is an American Soap opera producer Conboy is best known for bringing glamorous production values to a show soon after he is hired Ellen Wheeler (born October 9, 1961 in Hollywood California) is an American actress director and producer David Kreizman (born 1974 is an American Soap opera writer He is a graduate of the University of Virginia Ellen Wheeler (born October 9, 1961 in Hollywood California) is an American actress director and producer His credits include Guiding Light (as Executive Producer) from 1988-1991), As The World Turns (1984-1988), Another World and Texas (1981). Motion Pictures An executive producer of a Motion picture is typically a producer who is sometimes involved in creative or technical aspects of production As the World Turns ( ATWT) is an American television Soap opera that airs each weekday on CBS. Another World is a television Soap opera that ran on the NBC network from May 4 1964 to June 25 1999. Texas (sometimes called Another World in Texas and later Texas The New Generation) was a daytime Soap opera which aired on NBC from He has garnered 8 Daytime Emmy Award nominations. The Daytime Emmy Awards are awards presented by the New York -based National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and the Los Angeles -based Academy His first nomination in 1979 was shared with Ira Cirker, Melvin Bernhardt and Paul Lammers. Melvin Bernhardt (b Buffalo New York) is an American award winning stage and Television director.

Barbara Garshman is an American television producer, writer and executive. Barbara Garshman is an American television producer writer and executive She holds a MA in Theater Arts- TV from UCLA. The University of California Los Angeles (generally known as UCLA) is a public research university located in Westwood Los Angeles, California, United She is a former NBC Director of Prime Time Development-East Coast where she helped develop the mini-series as a new dramatic form, presenting over 100 hours of on-air programming, as well as made for television movies, sitcoms and dramatic series. NBC Universal is a media and Entertainment company formed in May 2004 by the combination of General Electric 's NBC with Vivendi Universal A miniseries (also mini-series) in a serial Storytelling medium is a production which tells a story in a pre-planned limited number of episodes She received five Daytime Emmy Award nominations as Supervising Producer of CBS Daytime's Guiding Light. The Daytime Emmy Awards are awards presented by the New York -based National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and the Los Angeles -based Academy Motion Pictures An executive producer of a Motion picture is typically a producer who is sometimes involved in creative or technical aspects of production CBS Daytime (CBSD is a television programming block on CBS. Executives CBSD's Senior Vice President is Barbara Bloom, its Vice President is She worked for ABC Daytime as a consultant where she developed writers for their existing serials and conceived new dramatic forms for daytime television. ABC Daytime (ABC-D is a programming block on the ABC Network. Garshman currently runs a successful consulting business. Jackson Free Press: MWG, MWG 2007 P.L.A.N.S. Writers Conference, Media Bistro, The Peoples Improv Theater, New York Women In Film & Television


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References

  1. ^ Albanese, Elizabeth; and Dan J Kroll (January 29, 2008). List of past present and future cast members of the Soap opera Guiding Light. The following are Fictional characters both past and present from the CBS Soap opera Guiding Light. Events 904 - Sergius III comes out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed Antipope Christopher. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Guiding Light To Debut Groundbreaking Changes.

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