Guiding Light - NEWS ROOM

Originally posted April 6:

It has just been made public that Guiding Light 's Marcy Rylan (Lizzie Spaulding) is pregnant. The twenty-eight year old actress has been pregnant on-screen before but this marks the first time in real life. She and her boyfriend, Don Money, are expecting the child to be born in late October.

Her fictional beau, Bill Lewis (Daniel Cosgrove), announced some baby news of his own last week... » Read More

Blogging From The Beacon.

Thoughts on the week of September 14-18.

This is my final blog for Guiding Light . It's been an extremely sad few days since the show ended. There will be something very strange about not sitting down at my desk to furiously type the daily recap as I watch the show each day. To those who have read my recaps and thoughts over the past three years, I want to send a humble thank you. The... » Read More

Guiding Light 's Ron Raines (Alan Spaulding) and Tina Sloan (Lillian Raines) were at CBS' "The Early Show" today to give a little interview. They reminisce and talk about how much the fans have meant to them over the years.

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With the turn of the century, Guiding Light split away from centering itself in Springfield and substantially changed the focus of the entire series. Springfield was invaded by the Santos crime family and a baroque tale of battles for the throne and international intrigue dominated life on the distant island of San Cristobel.



The first half of the decade also saw the show go through many... » Read More

Here is a special video preview of the final episode including a touching behind the scenes look at the final day of shooting.



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Just in case you ever wanted to see how some of the location sets connect to each other, here is Guiding Light 's Lawrence Saint Victor (Remy Boudreau) giving a special tour of the show house in Peapack.



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Join Guiding Light 's Frank Dicopoulos (Frank Cooper), Kurt McKinney (Matt Reardon), Daniel Cosgrove (Bill Lewis), Zack Conroy (James Spaulding), Lawrence Saint-Victor (Remy Boudreau) and Karla Mosley (Christina Boudreau) in Pittsburgh on October 1 to lend your support to the fight against breast cancer. The actors will be appearing at the Go Pink With Panera event being held to benefit the Young Women's Breast Cancer Awareness Foundation.
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The 1990s opened with Reva killing herself and Guiding Light swiftly changed style. The first half of the decade marked a return to more realistic and slightly more subdued storytelling, going out of its way to avoid the tendencies which marked the years of Pamela Long and Reva. With Roger Thorpe back in the fold, the series concentrated more on the Spaulding and Cooper families, expanding both of them again, and even bringing Meta Bauer back... » Read More

Original Article: August 13

Tom Pelphrey (Jonathan Randall) and his friends in the Apothecary Theatre Company will be giving a special performance this October. The event will be given to raise funds for the troupe to make a down payment on a production space. This year's event will be given on the same day as the Official Fan Club Luncheon on Saturday October 10, 2009. It will include a staged reading of a play featuring Pelphrey... » Read More

In the 1980s, Guiding Light underwent more major changes, though, strategically, the shifts were largely the same. The Dobsons left as head writers and Douglas Marland was brought in. The focus jumped again to introducing the younger characters on the show, displacing many of the more established ones, and creating more complex plots. Marland introduced the Chamberlain and the Lewis families among others.


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If seeing his brief cameo on Guiding Light wasn't enough for you, here's your chance to catch Y&R 's Christian LeBlanc (Michael Baldwin) as he goes behind the scenes to document his appearance on the show. You can see him hanging out with Kim Zimmer (Reva Shayne) and Jeanne Cooper (Katherine Chancellor), joking around with Justin Deas (Buzz Cooper) about kissing Crystal Chappell (Olivia Spencer) and talking about what an honor it was to be... » Read More

It may be short notice, but if you are in New York City tonight, you might want to rush down to The Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre to catch Guiding Light 's Robert Bogue (AC Mallet) when he appears on stage. The actor will be taking part in the latest episode of the theatre's long-running, and improvised, parody of a soap opera, "As The Diamond Burns."

The thirty minute performance calls on a troupe of actors to create and... » Read More

The 1970s saw some major changes for Guiding Light , and for soaps in general. The demands of advertisers made it necessary to focus more on younger characters and competition with the many new soaps springing up forced them to be sexier and more shocking than before. That didn't mean that the series lost its heart. The Bauers continued to provide a balance and Bert returned to focus for a few years. To keep up with demand, the show expanded to... » Read More

Original Article: August 5

Ever since the cancellation was announced, there have been steady reports of former cast members returning to Springfield for brief appearances to tie up loose ends. However, it looks like it won't only be veteran performers from Guiding Light who will be making cameo appearances before the series ends this September. It's being reported that Jeanne Cooper (Katherine Chancellor) and Christian LeBlanc... » Read More

Here is the final preview for Guiding Light . There are plenty of hints about how things will end. Will all of the stories be tide up before the finale?



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With Agnes Nixon at the helm for the first half of the decade, Guiding Light in the 1960s became more explicitly socially conscious, allowing even more room for topical issues while integrated advertisements became less explicit. The second half of the decade saw former actors from the show taking over as writers and the brief return of Irna Phillips. Over the course of the decade, the show would leap from 15 minutes to a full half hour (in... » Read More

Blogging From The Beacon.

Thoughts on the week of September 7-11.

The abbreviated three day week was nicely divided into a few symbolic acts, which is a wise way to condense a lot into a little. There was the feeling that things were being wrapped up speedily. It's not so much that things are rushed, but that they are simplified. At times there is a certain nearly poetic beauty about doing it this way, but other... » Read More

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 of the recent Twittering from the GL actors at the recent taping of the Bauer barbecue, one of the things that stood out... » Read More

In the 1950's, Guiding Light moved to TV while still remaining on the radio. For the first half of the decade, actors would shoot for TV in the morning before recording for radio in the afternoon. In 1952, the first episodes aired on CBS and ran only fifteen minutes. Control of the series was passed from Phillips to Agnes Dixon. Over the course of the decade, many of the show's staple families would become firmly established. This was... » Read More

This Sunday September 13, veteran "60 Minutes" journalist Morley Safer will be airing a piece he did on the end of Guiding Light . It will feature commentary and interviews with the cast and crew of the series.



Here he is talking to a fellow reporter about the story and why he thinks the show, and the genre in general, is ending. The special will air on CBS. Please check your local listings for... » Read More

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. After giving birth to a stillborn child, she found solace in the radio broadcasts of church services and sought to create a new kind of space for... » Read More

It looks like it's all about families beginning again this week. Phillip and Alan finally bond, Shayne learns how to be a father, Olivia and Nat have something to tell Emma and Jonathan prepares to make Lizzie's dreams come true and bring her child back home.



Watch this, the next-to-last preview before the show ends. » Read More

Blogging From The Beacon.

Thoughts on the week of August 31-September 4.

We're now into the final two weeks of the show. For past few weeks, however, things have been rapidly bustling along. I keep wondering whether I would experience it differently if I didn't know it was ending. More than anything, the recent weeks have reminded me of the episodes from the writer's strike last year. Everything is plotted and... » Read More

In a week with a lot of impressive acting, there were some standout performances on Friday between some of the show's most complicated characters as they dealt with their failures and wishes as parents. Whether it was Phillip and Olivia contemplating his demise and her future, Doris coming out to her daughter or Alan and Buzz sharing one of their heartfelt scenes, there was plenty to impress.



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If you were disappointed by the brief video tribute which Guiding Light received at Sunday's Daytime Emmys, you can catch the unedited four minute version below, which is a vast improvement.



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Within days of filming the last scenes of CBS’ longest running serial Guiding Light , Jordan Clarke (Billy Lewis) took the time to speak with Soaps.com about the end of an era, daytime TV and life after Guiding Light .

Soaps.com: I appreciate you taking the time speaking with me today. I’m a huge GL fan and am just bummed about this cancellation. I can’t wait to get this interview up for the fans to read and enjoy as... » Read More

Saying So Long To Guiding Light. (Updated)

Original article: July 30.

If you have been looking for away to bid your final goodbye to Guiding Light , this may be it. A special event is being organized in Pittsburgh this October to say goodbye to the history making series and celebrate the many memories it has given generations of viewers. "So Long, Springfield" will be a daylong farewell featuring ten of the show's... » Read More

As we enter the final month of the show, things start to move rapidly. You can expect to see Alan desperate to save his son, Phillip coming clean with Beth, Josh telling Reva how much he loves her and more.



Check out this video preview and let Soaps.com know what you think. How do you want these stories to turn out? » Read More

Blogging From The Beacon.

Thoughts on the week of August 24-28.

We're down to the final three weeks of the show and things have become very eventful. Maybe I'm alone in feeling this, but the fact that the show is drawing to a close seems to drain some of the dramatic tension out of things as they unfold. There was a lot of charm and tenderness on the show this past week, but there was also the sense that things were... » Read More

Last night was the 2009 Daytime Emmy Awards. Although they received few nominations, Guiding Light still received some recognition. In an unusual turn, Jeff Branson (Shayne Lewis) and one time GL star Vincent Irrizary (now on AMC ) took home the Emmy for took the 2009 Outstanding Supporting Actor trophy! Soaps.com sends out congrats to both of them. Although Jeff joined the show at the end of last year, he proved to be a strong presence... » Read More

It turns out that what some of us long suspected was actually true – Cyrus is Jenna's son. For the full explanation of this serendipitous development, watch this clip.



While it's nice to know that Buzz has found another son and there is still a piece of Jenna out there, it's also a bit troubling. Even if they aren't all blood relatives, it's a bit irksome to know that the newfound member of the Cooper... » Read More