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Original at PGP Classic Soaps
• Thu, Nov 19
By noreply@blogger.com (PGP Classic Soaps) Daniel Cosgrove will join the cast of As The World Turns in early 2010. Cosgrove is best known for his roles on Beverly Hills 90210, Dirty Sexy Money and Guiding Light where he played Bill Lewis. Cosgrove's character on ATWT is still unknown.
Original at PGP Classic Soaps
• Fri, Nov 6
By noreply@blogger.com (PGP Classic Soaps) On-going Guiding Light synopsis from http://twitter.com/MelindaSueLewis for November 2, 2009 to November 6, 2009. Leah goes out with Kevin Marler, a fact that doesn't thrill either Mindy or Rick. He reminds them a little too much of his grandfather, Roger.
Original at PGP Classic Soaps
• Fri, Oct 16
By noreply@blogger.com (PGP Classic Soaps) Jonathan arrived at the party without Sarah and told Lizzie the little girl was still upset about sharing her mom with the new baby and refused to come. Lizzie wanted to know who Sarah was with now, and Jonathan admitted she was with Aubrey, the young woman Jonathan became involved with whil...
Video: Friday Grill: Guiding Light
Original at CBS News
• Fri, Sep 18
Adam "The Audience Guy" grilled Guiding Light cast members Tina Sloan and Ron Raines about what they'll miss most about the show and its fans.
Video: Lights Out for Guiding Light
Original at CBS News
• Fri, Sep 18
The final episode of "Guiding Light" airs after a 72-year run on radio then television. Actors Tina Sloan and Ron Raines reminisce after their 26 year-long roles came to an end. To read more, go to Final Flicker for "Guiding Light."
Guiding Light - Guiding Light: From The Beginning.Original at Soap Opera News Room at Soaps.com
• Thu, Sep 10
In light of the end drawing near, here's a little glance back at the beginning. Guiding Light first aired on radio on January 25, 1937 and ran until June 29, 1956. It made the leap to TV in 1952. The kernel of the series came to writer Irna Phillips from her own experiences growing up in Illinois. Af...
Guiding Light - Guiding Light on 60 Minutes. (Updated)
Original at Soap Opera News Room at Soaps.com
• Thu, Aug 20
Original Article: June 12 Since the Guiding Light's cancellation was announced, plenty of fans have been saddened by how little media attention the event has received. Finally, it looks like someone, at CBS no less, will be giving the show a little more of the honor it deserves. Amidst all o...
Is Guiding Light actually going to sabotage the Reva/Josh relationship?
Original at TV Squad
• Wed, Aug 19
By Bob Sassone Filed under: OpEd, Daytime, Reality-Free But I thought that, since the show was ending, they'd start wrapping up classic storylines and actually get Reva and Josh together forever, to please fans of the show. It doesn't look like that's going to happen.
The end is near for Guiding Light
Original at TV Squad
• Tue, Jul 28
By Allison Waldman There will be no reprieve from the governor, no last minute miracle save. No, the end is approaching and Guiding Light will stop filming the week of August 3. The CBS soap opera will air its last show on September 18, 2009, and the 72-year-long run of America's most enduring daytime drama will...
Guiding Light - Guiding Light's Marcy Rylan Engaged.
Original at Soap Opera News Room at Soaps.com
• Tue, Jul 28
After recently marrying the love of her life onscreen, it looks like real life could be catching up with fiction. Guiding Light's Marcy Rylan (Lizzie Spaulding) has just become engaged. Surrounded by her friends and castmates, her longtime boyfriend, Don Money, surprised her with a marr...
Guiding Light - Maureen Garrett Returns To Guiding Light.
Original at Soap Opera News Room at Soaps.com
• Tue, Jul 14
This year has already meant a string of returns, now Guiding Light fans can add another character to the list. Maureen Garrett has been snagged to make a return appearance on the series as Holly Reade. After originating the role all the way back in 1976, she coming back to tie up some story stra...
Guiding Light - The Many Lives of Guiding Light's Bradley Cole.Original at Soap Opera News Room at Soaps.com
• Thu, Jul 9
While in pursuit of Edmund, Jeffrey's plane went down and everyone is sure he's dead. Then again, everyone was also sure that Edmund was dead. Both characters have been in this kind of territory before. Bradley Cole played Richard Winslow from 1999-2002. After that character's demise, the a...
Guiding Light Nov 5, 2007
Original at MovieWeb
• Wed, Jun 17
Cassie turns to Jeffrey for help. Lizzie and Dinah strike up an interesting relationship. Marina and Cyrus reunite and declare their love for one ... www.movieweb.com
Mayor Will Miss 'Guiding Light'
Original at New York Times
• Tue, Jun 16
United States The soap opera will broadcast its final episode on Sept. 18. Can a daytime soap be a “real New York institution”? That's what Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg called “Guiding Light,” the longest-running drama in television history, on Monday, at the fourth ...
SOAP OPERA REVIEW
Original at Worcester Telegram
• Mon, Jun 8
MA GUIDING LIGHT: Phillip was livid when he learned James is working a new Ponzi scheme. Mallet found a PVC pipe in the trunk of Reva's car that could prove she's the person who killed Edmund. Reva was arrested for Edmund's murder. ... Daytime dramas San Jose Mercury News all 6 news articles
Soap Opera Review
Original at Worcester Telegram
• Mon, May 18
GUIDING LIGHT: Shayne secretly donated blood when Henry, who is anemic, needed a transfusion. Dinah wants Shayne to tell Marina that he is Henry's father. Phillip learned James is running a Ponzi scheme using Bill's name. ONE LIFE TO LIVE: Jessica ...
Peyton Place - Part One
Original at DVD Talk
• Sat, May 9
OR With the predictions of the death of traditional network daytime soaps gaining a lot of news coverage lately (daytime's longest running serial, The Guiding Light, was recently canceled), it's rather fascinating to see this night-time version of the ...
20 stars of daytime soap operas on Marco Island to mingle with ...
Original at The News-Press
• Fri, May 1
• 4 related articles
FL You can bet Thomas will be sipping bubbly with her soap friends this weekend at the 11th annual SoapFest on Marco Island. Twenty soap stars from "As the World Turns," "All My Children," "Guiding Light" and "One Life to Live" will give fans the ...
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SOAP OPERA REVIEW
Original at Worcester Telegram
• Mon, Apr 13
MA GUIDING LIGHT: At her old boarding school, Daisy failed to realize the boy she met in the dorm was James Spaulding. Alan told Phillip that he bribed a judge to make sure that Phillip went to prison. Christina had Remy served with divorce papers. ...
Billy V: Robert De Niro, Chris Brown, Guiding Light
Original at KGMB9
• Tue, Apr 7
HI Guiding Light may leave CBS, but find new life elsewhere, reports TV Guide. TeleNext Media, which produces the soap for Procter & Gamble, has launched a campaign to find the show a new home. A TeleNext spokesman says "conversations are happening."
Guiding Light - Soaps.com Talks to Guiding Light's Beth Chamberlin.
Original at Soap Opera News Room at Soaps.com
• Mon, Apr 6
I've interviewed Beth Chamberlin (Beth Raines) before, but I never had the pleasure to do so in person. By the time I arrived in Orlando, she'd already been down for a few days, enjoying the sun with her son. Although Guiding Light had been down to Florida for a big Spaulding event before, that...
Opinion: Guiding Light - Fan Reaction to Guiding Light's Cancellation.
Original at Soap Opera News Room at Soaps.com
• Fri, Apr 3
It's been a brutal week for all of us since news of Guiding Light's cancellation was announced. We've been flooded with e-mails about it at Soaps.com. They've been both sad and angry, testament to what a profound impact the series has had in the lives of generations of viewers. Here are a just a f...
Opinion: Guiding Light - Soaps.com Talks to Guiding Light's Robert Newman.
Original at Soap Opera News Room at Soaps.com
• Wed, Mar 25
This was the first time I ever met Robert Newman (Josh Lewis) in person. I was a bit nervous. We sat in the shadows cast by the Jaws ride at Universal Studios. Sensing my nervousness, he did his best to help me out. We talked a bit about architecture and a lot about our backgrounds working in theater....
Guiding Light - What's Going On With Guiding Light's Natalia and Olivia?Original at Soap Opera News Room at Soaps.com
• Fri, Jan 9
For some time now, rumors have been circulating that Natalia (Jessica Leccia) and Olivia (Crystal Chappell) are embarking on a ‘different’ sort of relationship for Springfield. Initially, many insiders suggested that they would become a romantic pairing, making them Guiding Light’...
Opinion: Guiding Light - Guiding Light End of Year Overview: The Best and Worst.
Original at Soap Opera News Room at Soaps.com
• Wed, Dec 31
polls) The Reva-Josh movie was a big plot this year. It managed to play into the nostalgia of Jeva fans and provide some self-reflexive commentary on the show’s history. I found it amusing and I’m glad she stuck with Jeffrey. The 'Always' movie story?
TV News: Resolution Time for Soaps
Original at National Ledger
• Sat, Dec 20
AZ - Dec 20, 2008 GUIDING LIGHT: Be steadier with that camera; no more needing Dramamine to watch some of the scenes. To stop having Reva battle one illness after the other. ...
Opinion: Guiding Light - Guiding Light Blog: Part Three: Lunch With Jill Lori Hurst.
Original at Soap Opera News Room at Soaps.com
• Tue, Dec 16
On that first morning in New York, myself and the other bloggers were introduced to Co-Head Writer Jill Lori Hurst and Producer Alexandra Johnson-Gamsey before setting out for the morning drive to New Jersey. The first thing we did when we arrived in Peapack was go out to eat, which I was ver...
Review: Guiding Light Week of October 27, 2008 "Lost and Found"
Original at Firefox News
• Sun, Nov 2
Bill's drunk driving can be effective for Guiding Light, if used right. I'd like to see him arrested after his recovery and Alan use it to regain control of Spaulding. The one disappointment was Jeffrey. I mean, Alan hires him and then ...
Guiding Light's Bradley Cole and Wife Expecting Second Child
Original at Celebrity Baby Blog
• Fri, Oct 17
By Angela R. Bradley, 49, first joined Guiding Light in 1999 and portrayed the character Richard Winslow until 2002. He returned back to the show in 2003 as Jeffrey. His co-star Nicole Forester is also expecting her first child, due in February. Source: Soaps
"Guiding Light" Star Talks About Her Weight Loss Surgery
Original at Huffington Post
• Tue, Sep 30
By The Huffington Post News Editors After a lifelong battle with obesity, Caitlin VanZandt, of Guiding Light and The Sopranos, underwent a 45-minute laparoscopic adjustable gastric-banding procedure. Six months after surgery, VanZandt has shed 65 pounds, and went from a size 20 to a 12. The 5-foot-8 soap star, who is a spo...
Guiding Light - Guiding Light Weekly Blog.
Original at Soap Opera News Room at Soaps.com
• Mon, Sep 29
Blogging from The Beacon. The Week of September 22-26. The week ended with something of a climax, which is unusual these days. Daisy was trying to be helpful, or at least, trying to help Rafe. As usual, whenever someone tries to be helpful on Guiding Light, something goes wrong. She joined a yout...
Shaking things up on 'Guiding Light'
Original at Boston Globe
• Mon, Jul 28
United States - The gloriously orderly and stiff choreography of yore is now more naturalistic on "GL," less nailed down. The actors walk into and past the cameras, ...
Former ATWT and GL EP Robert Calhoun has died
Original at boards.soapoperanetwork.com
• Tue, Jun 17
Robert Calhoun, best known to soap fans for his runs as Executive Producer at AS THE WORLD TURNS and GUIDING LIGHT has passed away. He died of lung cancer in New York on May 24th at age 77. Calhoun won a 1987 Daytime Emmy Award for producing AS THE WORLD TURNS
Soap Producer Calhoun Dies
Original at Television Week
• Tue, Jun 17
By Vlada Gelman TV producer Robert Calhoun died May 24 in New York from lung cancer, Daily Variety reports. Calhoun was a producer on “As the World Turns,” “Guiding Light” and “Texas,” earning five Emmy nominations and a win in 1987 for “As...
Guiding Light Star Weighs In on Weight-loss Story
Original at Seattle Post Intelligencer
• Wed, May 28
- The plus-size Guiding Light star recently underwent Lap-Band surgery and has already dropped more than 40 pounds. The GL writers had her character, ...
Guiding Light - Beth Ehlers Set to Leave Guiding Light
Original at Soap Opera News Room at Soaps.com
• Sun, May 25
Following much speculation, official word has come out that Beth Ehlers (Harley Davidson Cooper) will be departing from the cast of Guding Light. Although rumors of her departure began circulating around the time they did for fellow cast member Ricky Paull Goldin (Gus Aitoro), the show...
Beth Ehlers bolts Guiding Light for All My Children
Original at TV Squad
• Fri, May 16
By Allison Waldman Filed under: Daytime, Celebrities, Casting, Reality-FreeYou could call it bailing from a sinking ship, assuming you think the current changes on Guiding Light are something like being on the Titanic. On the other hand, it may just be a talented actress spreading her wings to take on a new...
Opinion: Guiding Light - Soaps.com Chats with Guiding Light Songwriter Colin McShane
Original at Soap Opera News Room at Soaps.com
• Thu, May 15
When the people at Guiding Light revealed their new production model at the end of February, one of the first thing to strike most viewers was the remarkable presence given to music. One of the musicians involved in this change for the show has been New York City based singer/songwriter Col...
Podcast: Get That Hot Baywatch Beach Body From Lauren Jones. Learn How Mr Breakfast Starts His Day. And Get Fit By Sara Holliday
Original at weightlossradio.libsyn.com
• Thu, Mar 13
This sexy blonde bombshell has appeared on the WWEâs Smackdown; sheâs been a soap star on The Guiding Light; a Miss New York USA semifinalist; the star of Foxâs Anchorwoman series; and now sheâs donning Baywatchâs very recognizable red swimsuit to star in the new BAYWATCH Beach Body Work...
Podcast: Interview: Former NFL Pro-Bowl Guard Mark Schlereth (Episode 120)
Original at The Livin La Vida Low
• Wed, Mar 12
By Kevin Kennedy-Spaien Currently Mark is an integral part of the image-conscious world of television, including gigs at ESPN as a regular football commentator and as the hunky detective Roc Hoover on the soap opera “The Guiding Light.” Yes, it’s an eclectic way to make a living, but Mark Schlereth is eating it up...
Guiding Light - GL's Michelle Ray Smith Expecting
Original at Soap Opera News Room at Soaps.com
• Fri, Feb 15
Guiding Light's Michelle Ray Smith has publicly announced that she is pregnant. The actress recently made the announcement with her boyfriend Michael Laydon. The child is expected on July the 21st, around the same time that her contract with the show is due to be renegotiated. Smith joined...
Daytime soaps scrubbing old looks - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Original at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
• Tue, Feb 12
Daytime soaps scrubbing old looks PA - P&G Productions also owns "As the World Turns," which runs on CBS. But like other daytime dramas, "Guiding Light," has been plagued by falling ratings and ...
Actress Augusta Dabney dies at 89 - Variety
Original at Variety
• Fri, Feb 8
Actress Augusta Dabney dies at 89 CA - She also appeared in "General Hospital," "Another World," "As The World Turns," "Guiding Light," "One Life To Live," "Love Is A Many Splendored Thing" and ...
Guiding Light - The Changing Face of Guiding Light
Original at Soap Opera News Room at Soaps.com
• Wed, Jan 2
A new year begins and a new look for Guiding Light will soon be upon us. Many of you have no doubt heard of the sweeping changes in style planned for the show in the coming months. This year it will be made over, leaving the strict use of stage sets behind and allowing cameras to wander around and fo...
Guiding Light - Soaps.com Chats with GL's Caitlin Van Zandt
Original at Soap Opera News Room at Soaps.com
• Wed, Dec 26
Recently, Guiding Light's Caitlin Van Zandt generously took some time from her schedule to answer questions submitted to us by visitors to our message boards. A native of New York, Caitlin joined the cast of Guiding Light on March 25, 2006, taking on the complex and often surprising role o...
Fanfiction: I Saw Santa Kissing a Blonde (GL)
Original at jailynn24 (Livejournal)
• Fri, Dec 21
By jailynn24 Couple/ Show: Coop and Ashlee/Guiding Light. Rating: PG. Type of story: Alternate Reality, Romance, One-shot. Summary: Ashlee has a mission filled Christmas Eve. Disclaimer: Not mine, will never be mine. All the characters and the ...
Soap stars back WGA as studios cite postprod'n toll - Hollywood Reporter
Original at hollywoodreporter.com
• Mon, Dec 17
Variety Soap stars back WGA as studios cite postprod'n toll Hollywood Reporter, United States - All My Children,' 'As the World Turns,' 'Guiding Light' and 'One Life to Live' -- braved the cold and wind to join the picket and show their support. ...
Opinion: Best & Worst of 2007 in daytime!
Original at OH NO!!
• Tue, Dec 11
Guiding Light One Life to Live Days of Our Lives Tuc Watkins (David Vickers, One Life to Live) Luke & Noah, As the World Turns Josh & Cassie, Guiding Light Shawn/Belle/Phillip, Days of Our Lives Jonathan & Tammy's deaths, Guiding Light
Soaps: Is "Guiding Light" Being Cancelled? - National Ledger
Original at National Ledger
• Wed, Nov 7
• 4 related articles
Soaps: Is "Guiding Light" Being Cancelled? AZ - Look for lots of changes on GL starting next year, however. Ellen Wheeler, the show's executive producer, wants the venerable show (can you say over 70 ...
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Shows affected by the Hollywood writers strike - San Jose Mercury News
Original at mercurynews.com
• Mon, Nov 5
Philadelphia Inquirer Shows affected by the Hollywood writers strike San Jose Mercury News, USA - CBS soap operas such as "The Young and the Restless," "Guiding Light" and "As the World Turns" will continue uninterrupted for several months with completed ...