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.
E.J. Bonilla
Stuart Ambrose
Justin Deas
Beth Chamberlin
Bradley Cole
Kim Zimmer
Ron Raines
Emme Rylan
Frank Dicopoulos
Krista Tesreau
Nicole Forester
George Jefferies
Kirk McGee
Robert Newman
Michael O'Leary
M. Ryan Vazquez
Josh Adam Davis
Gunna Wilson
Marco Barricelli
Nadine Avola
Shirl Bernheim
Richard Borg
Susan Lynn Bragg
Gregory Burke
Chevi Colton
Leona Cyphers
Mark Deakins
Mark Derwin
Beth Ehlers
Fiona Gallagher
Roberto Luis Garay
Maureen Garrett
James Michael Gregary
Melissa Hayden
Rick Hearst
Ellen Holly
Roger Howarth
Pamela Huson
Anthony Inneo
Joe Jamrog
Melina Kanakaredes
Cindy Katz
Nadine Kay
Amelia Marshall
Jesse L. Martin
Andrea Masters
Brian McGovern
Petronia Paley
Burke Pearson
Dan Pinto
Julie Potter
Juliet Adair Pritner
Jeffrey Shore
Loukas Skipitaris
Tina Sloan
Irma St. Paule
Jerry verDorn
Scott Waara
Sharon Washington
Felicia Wilson
Henry Yuk
Kevin Scullin
Grant Aleksander
Mandy Bruno Bogue
Robert T. Bogue
Jeff Branson
Crystal Chappell
Chad Chelbowski
Ian Chelbowski
Bonnie Dennison
Jessica Leccia
Kane Manera
Gordana Rashovich
Gina Tognoni
Rebecca Watson
Creator
Irna Phillips
Status:
Ended
Original Language:
English
Type:
Scripted
Networks: