Ellen Wheeler
Executive producer
Guiding Light
May 19, 2008
Synopsis
The fictional Midwestern town of Springfield provides the backdrop for this continuing rich tale. The Bauer, Spaulding, Lewis, Cooper and Santos families form the backbone of the community as …
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History:
"Guiding Light" got its start as a radio drama in 1937 when Irna Phillips used her own experiences with a pastor who helped her during difficult times as the basis for the show. Phillips referred to the pastor as the guiding light and centered the drama on the reverend in a fictional city near Chicago.<#$>After Proctor & Gamble brought the radio drama to television in a 15-minute format in 1952, it performed quite successfully. The focus of the show switched to the Bauer family and thrived through several changes in writers. The show faltered a bit in the mid-'80s, but in recent years, "Guiding Light" garnered Daytime Emmys for outstanding writing, while stars including Michael Zaslow, Justin Deas, Crystal Chappell and Kim Zimmer have won acting Emmys.<#$>Prominant "Guiding Light" alums include Brittany Snow, Taye Diggs, Calista Flockhart, Cicely Tyson, Kevin Bacon and James Earl Jones
Premiered: Jun 30, 1952
WUSA
Premiered: Jun 30, 1952
Next Episode: May 19, 2008
03:00 PM
Trials and tribulations of the Bauer, Lewis and Spaulding families.
