Guiding Light - MESSAGE BOARDS

Hi,

I am a longtime GL fan since the 70s. I live in Silver Spring, MD where the show airs @ 3:00. I know the GL finale is set to air on Sept. 18, but for the past few weeks I've been seeing commercials advertising the premiere of "The Dr. Oz Show" on Sept. 14. @ 3:00. I know programming varies by different parts of the country but there will still be a week of the show left. What are they going to do here, end it early or worse, not air it at all? It's bad enough it's being forced off the air for more talk show programming, but to not even allow a TV icon its proper sendoff is beyond unfathomable. Nothing else has been cancelled as of yet and there's been no indication as to a time change or any other shows shifting schedules. Are there any other posters on this board that live in my area that might have some idea as to what is going on or have any way of finding out? This commercial has been airing for about 3 weeks. Please help me find out if I need to have a friend/relative in some other part of the country on standby to record the finale as a backup or where I can go to find out what the local CBS affiliate is trying to pull. Thanks for any help you can/are willing to provide with this.

Don't live in your area but you can watch episodes on the shows website. They are posted the same day they air on tv. That's how I watch them when I am away at school.

I live in Maryland also and I saw that commercial advertisement for Dr Oz premiering September 14th at 3:00 pm. It never occurred to me that Guiding Light may end here before the finale. If that is so than the CBS affiliate here channel 9 should be ashamed! That is just too mean! What, they can't wait a few more days? I will never watch the Dr. Oz Show.

Thanks polka dotted. I'll keep that in mind. I know, pmjb. Do you think we can contact the WUSA-9 to see what the deal is? Surely they can wait another week to start yet another talk show. I mean show a little respect. I will NEVER watch it either.

Hi pjmb,

I know you live in MD and I got an update from another board. Apparently, Dr. Oz is contractually obligated to premiere here on Sept. 14. The last week of GL is being bumped to 10-11a. I've been calling USA9 for a week with no response. Glad someone was able to get this info. Set your DVR (VCR if you're ol' school).

As well as the finale not being shown in the Mich./Flint area, now I see that I cannot bring up any of the weeks' full length previews on the Fan Cast channel? The last date to watch was Aug. 14, and not another since then (today is the 19th)....jdvermeer@comcast.net

Neither am I, pjmb. I can't believe that it has to premiere on that exact date in that exact time slot. Isn't "The Doctors" enough? Gimme a break! Uggh! The worst of it is that if one of the moderators from the soapcentral board had not been kind enough to post the info, we'd have known nothing. It would've just disappeared and we could've been under the mistaken impression that it wouldn't air. What a slap in the face to longtime viewers. I do not like our CBS affiliate here. I think that moderator is in the DC area. Too, they keep showing that stupid commercial-even with annoying pop-ups about the premiere during the other soaps-but couldn't put that GL will be telecast in the 10-11a time slot for its last week? Nice.

Oh, thank God! I never thought about that! I live in St. Petersburg, FL & I just assumed (I know, I know!) they would air the finale!!!!!!!I HOPE they do I'm pretty sure they will - but now I know I can watch it on the web, so, whew!!!!!

I'm 48 & have been watching GL since the mid 70s. When I heard they stopped production I didn't know if I could continue watching, but I am. I mute the intro though, tried to watch the intro today but just ended up crying, so I muted it - will never watch intro again.

I just don't know how I can say goodbye!

Hi Annefrank, I'm 39 and have been watching GL since shortly after Watergate (definitely dating myself here). Started as a kid with my babysitter and my Grandma. Can't imagine a Light-less world. Guess I just took for granted that it was a force of nature that would always be around. I teared up at the end of the Bauer BBQ. I'm starting the last week of GL by turning 40 (still coming to grips with it) so I'm sure I'll be a reeeaal fount of emotions come Sept. 18.

I'm glad to know that it can be viewed on the web as well and I've done that @ cbs.com in the past. My only concern is that the uploads appear to be time-sensitive. In other words, they only stay up there for a couple of weeks. If you're looking to have a keepsake, you'll have to go ol' school with a VCR or even if you DVR it, from what I'm told-and I'm very technologically challenged-you can have your own DVD made sometime in the future. If you do have DVR, to ensure it won't erase, you might want to click on the "Protect" option and that way if your recordings automatically fade every few weeks or month to month, you'll have it until you manually delete it. I want to immortalize it on film at some point. Just a few thoughts. Keep your eyes open and keep us posted.

I live in N. Va. and have contacted WUSA several times and they have never had the courtesy to reply. Thanks for whoever said it will air 10-11 am but what a rip-off for all the long time fans. Now we will have 2 hrs. of crazy drs. diagnosing to folks who have no idea what they are getting into. Just what we need - another Oprah spin-off. Isn't Dr. Phil enough. I am so done with CBS, Proctor & Gamble, and now WUSA.

I never know from day to day if I can watch the show...
Today no signal for the CBS- DTV/broadcast. Can't watch online with dial up internet... hopefully the signal will get better and it doesn't rain or storm the last week and day of GL...

You can watch the shows in full on cbs.com

Yes, you can watch them there, sholsten. I have done that in the past, but they only stay for @ 2 weeks. I have bookmarked epis on my computer and come back to find that the link is no longer valid because it has been removed. Just something to keep in mind if you plan on trying to keep the last epi for posterity. Will need a plan B.