I am so sad that they are going off the air. I have watched them since I was in KDG. I am 52 yrs. old. People who have not watched soap opera’s do not understand. I have watched some of the same people on Guiding Light 40 yrs. A lot of people think soaps are stupid,but if you lived in this world long enough, you should realize that 90% of things that happen on soaps has happened in real life.Espcially the Light!The characters have worked together for so long they are a family on TV. I am really going to miss watching the Light.I wish I could meet the crew.I hope they do a really long special on all of them and the soap. I would tape it and keep it forever. Its kind of like the Johnie Carson show when that went off the air.I can not believe Iam the only person who has commented so far!

robin,

I can’t believe you’re the only commenter either. My wife started following TGL on the radio when she was a little girl and still tapes it every day. Since I’ve retired I’ve gotten into it too.

It’s hard to imagine that there’s not a cable channel somewhere that couldn’t turn a profit with this show, but I guess not. All good things come to an end. The fact that no one is even interested enough to comment on this blog must tell us something.

My wife has sworn to never watch ”Let’s Make a Deal.”

BTW, can you believe they killed off Alan?

OMG. I am 46 years old and have watched isnce Pre-K. I used to watch with my Mom (who has since passed) friends who have come and gone. But GL has always been a part of my life. When I can’t watch I have always read it online. I feel like I grew up with Philip, Rick Beth and Mindy. Not to mention Alan Alex and everyone. I am so going to miss them. I am not a fanatic nut job. They are as much a part of my life as teh 5:00 news is to some people. I don’t know if I can handle it.

Guiding Light - in my opinion is the best soap on television. It got me through a severe illness - also as a stay at home mother. I love the story line - the people - Reva, and her family - the Coopers - Josh - Rick, Beth - Mindy, The Chamberlins, and Billy - and Bill - Ross - the other Bauers - their lives were real and interesting and I will miss them. I sure wish the network could do something with the show - maybe move it to a 6:00 p.m. time slot? I guess good people always get pushed under the bus. Thanks Guiding Light - for the memories!!

I have watched this since the mid-fifties when I was in kindergarten right along with the Mickey Mouse Club. I have enjoyed this immensely. I work and tape this daily and then watch when I get home. I must say I have not liked the latest filming technique, sound foremat or new song for the show…but I still kept watching. I actually thought to myself yesterday, all these years we’ve wanted to “kill” Alan and they do it now?!I remember back in the 70s they ended another soap “The Edge of Night” — one day I watched a show that literally ended all the story lines and never saw the show again — my friend had missed that show and was so mad! (back before we could tape our shows) At least this time we knew the end was coming — thanks for that! Good luck to everyone! I’ll watch for you on other soaps :+)

I too have been watching since my age was in single digits (back in the 60s). I watched through college when most of the other girls were watching Luke and Laura on General Hospital. In my mind, GH could not company to GL. I feel sad, even though I haven’t watched it in years (since San Cristobal). The only other soap I felt this way about was Ryan’s Hope. Good Bye Guiding Light. RIP.

I watched Guiding Light for over 20 years. I stopped in 1997. Every now and then I would try to get interested again, but I just couldn’t. I’ve been watching every day for the last 3 weeks to see how they end it. I’ve done this with several other canceled soaps, and usually those last 3 weeks are great because so much happens. But I have to say in this case it’s just awful. I’m forcing myself to watch in case something good happens. It kills me to say all this because I used to be a big soap fan. I subscribed to Soap Opera Digest for 30 years. But now the same people are marrying the same people for the 3rd and 4th times, and that’s just getting to be too much. I’m sorry the genre of the daily soap opera seems to be dying out, but it’s apparently run it’s course.

I, too, have been watching Guiding Light since I was about 4-5 years old (or old enough) to remember. The cast has become so much like my family members. Sometimes you just wanted to yell at them and ask how silly they were being. But too, many times like our family, I could always count on them as a staple dependable existence. For the fifty years + they have been with me through many difficult times and many happy moments. They are going to be missed. Maybe the CBS people will bless us all with a reunion show like they do with MASH, and so many other shows which are now retired.

Too bad some other cable channel or independent channel could not pick them up. Soap Network are you reading this…PLEASE FROM ALL GUIDING LIGHT FANS EVERYWHERE SOMEONE HELP THEM.

Deb

My mom and I have watched this cheezefest since I can remember. I don’t know anyone else but us that watches it- but I find comfort in settling in every evening to watch it on TIVO. The characters are like family members. We have enjoyed laughing at the over the top storylines together. I’m sad to see it go.

I’m going to miss this show terribly. I don’t watch any other soaps and don’t plan on starting, but this one really hooked me. I feel awful for all the actors, most of whom are probably unemployed by now. They seemed like nice people, and a lot of them did the whole charity thing a couple years ago during their anniversary year (was it “Finding Your Light”? I can’t remember — they were rebuilding Katrina homes, doing New York inner city projects, and I think they did something in St. Louis too with an old school.) Watching this show and its actors became such a habit (maybe not so good!) and it’s going to be really hard to give it up.

BTW, I saw Alan going a few weeks ago. At first I was afraid it’d be Philip mirroring the end of GL, but Alan is more appropriate. I hope they can wrap up Reva-Josh-Jeffrey okay, at this point I can’t figure out how they’re going to manage that.