live to pre-taping around this same time), and then to a full hour on November 7, 1977. The series broadcast its 15,000th television episode on September 6, 2006.

Although Guiding Light was the longest-scripted program in broadcasting history during the time, CBS canceled the series on April 1, 2009, after many years of declining ratings. The show taped its final scenes on August 11, 2009, and its final episode would air on the network on September 18, 2009.

Origins, plot development, and cast

Guiding Light has had a

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