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- The series was expanded from 15 minutes to a half-hour during 1968 (and also switched from broadcasting live to pre-taping around this same time), and then to a full hour on November 7, 1977. The series broadcast its 15,000th CBS television episode on September 6, 2006.
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With this in mind, ABC and CBS acted to give a contending chance to both General Hospital and Guiding Light by expanding them to an hour in length. CBS started first by expanding Guiding Light to an hour on November 7, 1977.
Jan 25, 2017 · When it ended, the show was an hour-long CBS show. When it was finally cancelled after 72 years in 2009, Guiding Light was owned by Procter & Gamble, “a link to the earliest days of daytime...
- Kat Eschner
In 1967, the show was first aired in color, then it moved to a half-hour, and on November 7, 1977, it became an hour show and introduced the Spaulding family, who were mainstays of Springfield to the end.
Guiding Light: Created by Irna Phillips, Agnes Nixon, Thomas J. Bornkamp. With Kim Zimmer, Beth Chamberlin, Maureen Garrett, Robert Newman. This show took place in the fictional Midwestern town of Springfield and centered on the middle class Bauer family.
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Sep 13, 2009 · When television finally did become an industry, " The Guiding Light," as it was called then, made the jump and held on to become television's longest running drama. But after this...
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It aired on radio from January 25, 1937, to June 29, 1956, and debuted on CBS Television on June 30, 1952 running for 57 years. The series was expanded from 15 minutes to a half hour in 1968, and then to a full hour on November 7, 1977. The 15,000th televised episode of Guiding Light aired on September 7, 2006.
Guiding Light was a Soap Opera that began on NBC radio on the 25th of January 1937 in a Dramatic Half-Hour format. It was then moved to CBS radio in 1947 and then to television in 1952. Originally titled The Guiding Light, it was shortened to Guiding Light in 1975. The show ended on the 18th of September 2009 — after 18,262 episodes.
