Guiding Light - MESSAGE BOARDS

I too am devestated that GL is off the air. I have been watching GL since I went to elementary school and came home for lunch. At that time GL was on for 15 minutes, 10 minutes of commercials and 5 minutes of story. I still can see Papa and Maita so clearly. I don't know what I'm going to do, the cast of GL has become family to me. I will miss Reva, Josh, Billy, Buzz, Jeffrey and the rest of my GL family. I adore Reva and yes, I have also learned to much from her. I just feel better knowing I am not alone in feeling this sadness, it is a very big loss. Another soap, not for me as I become too attached to the characters. I hope we are kept informed on the lives of our GL family.

%( Today was one of the saddest days of my life. I HATE CBS and I can guarentee CBS will NOT be on in my house at all! That channel has been blocked no one in my house can watch CBS I locked it and no one has the password but me.
I started watching GL as a little girl, I so loved Reva and Josh, I hated when either of them were with someone else, that was till the end when her and Jeffery got together. Now I know why Harley and Gus must have left the show because they knew it was going off the air. The day Gus died was another sad day. I loved seeing Ed come back, and Holly and Fletcher but was not soon enough. I pray all the actors and Actresses find new jobs with ease as each and everyone of them were great. I so totally hated the Natasha and Olivia story. I also hated that they didn't bring Jeffery back at the end, it was ok to see Josh and Reva at the end but I hated it because I knew Jeffery was still alive. It sucked that the actresses and actors didn't come on at the end of the show and say good bye to us the viewers who loved them dearly. Some day I plan on meeting Kim Zimmer and Robert Newman. That is my life long wish and before I die I hope to have said I met them. My husband who is not a soap fan in any manner started watching GL over the last few weeks, and he couldn't belive it was going off the air after 70 yrs. God bless the whole Guiding Light cast may you find your next love show!

So many fans have watched GL since they were children. I watched with my mother for years, and as times have changed, I caught up when I could. I work as a teacher, so summers and vacations were a chance to see what was going on.

I graduated from high school the year that Phillip, Beth, Mindy and Rick graduated. That was my favorite time on GL. My mother commented, upon seeing Phillip's return, that he looked so old! That was shocking to me...he looks just the same. I guess I see him through my own eyes, as a guy I knew years ago would look today. Damn, I think he looks great. I will always love the story of Phillip and Beth.

To respond to a post of someone that considered the cancellation was due to Reva's weight...that is just assanine and hurtful. Kim Zimmer is a real person and fan's love her no matter what, will always be a favorite. The point is, GL really tried to get "real" over the past two seasons. Reva's appearance is more typical to a real world woman than a sculpted, plastic surgery Susan Lucci. She played the character that was Reva. And sorry, Reva was getting older, but still beautiful. We all are.

I don't think soap audiences were ready for the "reality" model that GL had adopted. That is the reason for the cancellation, in my opinion. Audiences love the fake sets, fake boobs, fake faces and not a portrayal of real life.

My time is done with soaps. I didn't have much time to attend anyway, BUT, Guiding Light was a big part of my influential "fantasy" entertainment over the years. Best of luck to all the actors, writers and crew upon their new pursuits.

>( I guess you can't stand that there are lesbians in the world. The show was trying to be real. You probably hate that Reva got fat, also. Tune in to ABC and watch Susan Lucci and hopefully there won't be any gay people on there.

I'm sorry for your loss of Guiding Light. It was a special show to me for years and years, also. But it is not real, right? You understand that?

I have as most of you watched guiding light all my life my mother grandmother and great grandmother had all watched guiding light. i remember taping the show when i was in school and didn't get off the bus untill 3:45. september 18 is truly a sad day. I feel like I am losing part of my family. My only hope is that someone starts a book series and our beloved family could live on that way. I am also hopefull that cbs will come out with a DvD of all the episodes ever aired so that we may all re-watch from the beginig.

I have watched GL since I was old enough to sit up. I used to watch it wth my Great Grandmother,my Grandmother and my mother. It has been a tradition in my family. I even rasied 3 daughters and 3 Grand daughters watching this show. It helped me when I was feeling down, some of the story lines were great pick me ups. I laughed and I cried right along with them. I enjoyed helping solve their mysteries. To take off a TV Icon like GL is very wrong. It is to bad that CBS is like the government that they don't listen to the people they just do what they want. They should take off those lousy reality shows, and leave our daytime alone. I will admit I will watch the other 3 soaps because I have watched As the World turn forever and Young&Restless and Bold and Beautiful since they started but then the CBS gets turned off. BRING BACK GUIDING LIGHT. They ending at least left it with the possibility it could come back......

I, too, like so many of you, have watched GL as long as I can remember. When I still worked fulltime, it was ALWAYS taped so that I could catch up with it later that night. When I was unable to catch an episode for whatever reason, I was sure to read about it in Soap Digest or Soap Weekly (I subscribe to both.....might cancel now because I am losing interested in all soaps now that GL is gone.....the only one I MIGHT keep up with is ATWT to see how Tom Pelphey does on there.....I just CAN'T see him as anyone but Jonathan, though).

I feel dismayed and heartbroken to lose "my show". I have such wonderful memories watching GL as a little girl, then rushing home from highschool to catch it at 3pm.....then taping it and watching it at night in the 80's and 90's, until I had my first baby in 1999 and was home full time and could watch it at 10am (NYC timeslot in recent years).

And I'll always remember the thrill of knowing it was filming on location here in NJ not too far from me, where I could hop in the my car to see if I could catch a glimpse of the actors, which I finally did this past summer......they were filming near the "Bauer house/property". Just a lovely spot!! And the "Spaulding Mansion" is amazing.........HUGE!

*sigh* I'm glad that others here know how I feel.

I agree... I am 72.. My Grandmother listened to GL on the radio when I was little.. I have watched it for at least 50 years myself.. I cried when I realized it had ended.. It is like losing a close friemd or part of the family.. I will miss all of them...especially Reva.

all i can say is, i hope the actors dont go over to abc because they will not last over there very long. they treat there vets like crap. so to the cast, i hope they all go on three other cbs soaps, days, mellrose place.

I,too,have watched GL since I was in Jr.High(over 50 years ago) and remember rushing home so I could watch it. When I was working I would tape it so I wouldn't miss anything. I cried when they cried and laughed when then did. I got a lump in my throat when each character died or was written off the show or was replaced by a new one. The beginning of the end came when Dr.Phil forced the show to go to 10:00Am. No one that I know watches the soaps in the morning (too much to get done)and the ratings fell. Ask anyone from the 50's what soap they watch and I will bet GL will be among the top! It's a shame this had to happen and I for one, will miss everyone. I tried to follow Gus, Harley, Ross and Cassie to other soaps but the interest wasn't there,even though I loved them on GL. When you have grown up with GL NOTHING can fill its place. I for one, will not watch another daytime soap!

Good-bye Guiding Light. You will be terribly missed!

Guiding Light is a tough act to follow. I have grown with that soap. I started watching it with my mom,sister, co-workers, patients, brothers and talked about it passing time in the hospital during my appointments. I am so very sad to see the last episode. Maybe if you don't bring GL back you can always start with another generation off the History of GL. Don't just do us like this. It's gonna be hard to love another love story like this. Thank all of you for letting me grow with you.

I agree...I am lost without GL. Can we hold back time, while still moving forward? Can GL come back to us? I have been a fan forever! All the characters did a superb job!!!! Why not explore different options to keep it?