Guiding Light

seriesGlobal1952TV Series
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Popular Love
58
Signal Breakdown
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True Feel
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1Core Metadata

Title & Origin
Canonical title
Guiding Light
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Territory
Global
Release & Format
Format
film_tv
Release status
concluded
Release date
1/1/1952
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Creator
Robert ScintoDirector
Bruce S. BarryDirector
Susan StricklerDirector
Irna PhillipsCreator
Brian MertesDirector
Ellen WheelerDirector
Larry CarpenterDirector
Network
TeleNext MediaStudio
RDF TelevisionStudio
CBSStudio
Procter & Gamble ProductionsStudio
CBSNetwork

2Content

Synopsis

Guiding Light (known as The Guiding Light before 1975) is an American television soap opera that is listed in Guinness World Records as the longest-running drama in television in American history, broadcast on CBS for 57 years from June 30, 1952 until September 18, 2009, preceded by a 15-year broadcast on radio.Guiding Light is the longest running soap opera and the fifth longest running program in all of broadcast history

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dramaromance

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3Commercial Metrics

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Awards
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4Audience Intelligence

reddit
Score
62.1
Score count
3
Rank
3
Audience size
110,379
Last updated
6/11/2026

5Industry Links

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6Community Sentiment

How people are talking about this IP — each row is a different signal: reviews, ratings or comments from one source.

Positive ≥0.6Mixed 0.4–0.6Negative <0.4
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Mixed0.50
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