Guiding Light

Original title: The Guiding Light

TV Series
1952–2009
TV-14
1h

IMDb RATING

6.5/10

1.9K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

2,246

Soap Opera Drama Romance

This show took place in the fictional Midwestern town of Springfield and centered on the middle class Bauer family.This show took place in the fictional Midwestern town of Springfield and centered on the middle class Bauer family.This show took place in the fictional Midwestern town of Springfield and centered on the middle class Bauer family.

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

6.5/10

1.9K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

2,246

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 106 wins & 453 nominations

Episodes10532

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TopTop-rated58 years

Trivia
Many episodes of this show and other daytime television shows are believed to be lost forever. It was live until the 1960s, and many prior episodes exist as kinescopes (videotape was not invented until 1956). Procter & Gamble Productions did not begin archiving its shows until the late 1970s, believing there was no use for them after their initial airing. The original tapes were re-used.

Quotes
Rick: I'm pregnant! I'm pregnant! Well, I'm not. My wife is. I'm just overweight.

Connections
Featured in The 25th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (1998)

Soundtracks
Die Springfield Story
Written by Ralph Thiekötter & Maik Weppner
Courtesy of Heinz & Klaus Funk, Hamburg
(German version)

User reviews31

Review

Featured review

A great soap:

I admit,I do not care for the way Paul Rauch runs this show nowadays but through-out the 80's and well into the 90's,Guiding Light was the best daytime drama out there. The 4 musketeers (Mindy,Rick,Phillip and Beth) were by far some of the best characters ever. I miss the character of Mindy Lewis played by either Krista Tesreau or Kimberley Simms and GREAT actors like Beverley McKinsey (Alex) and Michael Zaslow (Roger) and soon the very talented Wendy Monez (Dinah) will be leaving,so sad. However many great actors still remain with the show like Michael O'Leary (Rick),Grant Aleksander (Phillip),Maeve Kinkead (Vanessa) and Mary Kay Adams (India) so for the the enjoyment of watching these great actors and a few others,Guiding Light still shines (only not as bright)