Guiding Light: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

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

Series details

• Title: Guiding Light
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Romance
• Premiere date: 1952-06-30
• Final broadcast date listed: 2009-09-18
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: CBS
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 11800
• IMDb ID: tt0044265
• TVDB ID: 76597

Cast and credited roles

• Hayden Panettiere — Lizzie Spaulding
• Emme Rylan — Lizzie Spaulding
• Crystal Hunt — Lizzie Spaulding
• Daniel Cosgrove — Bill Lewis
• Bryan Buffington — Bill Lewis
• Kim Zimmer — Reva Shayne
• Frank Dicopoulos — Frank Cooper
• Crystal Chappell — Olivia Spencer
• Ron Raines — Alan Spaulding
• Wayne Tippit — Alan Spaulding
• Daniel Pilon — Alan Spaulding
• Christopher Bernau — Alan Spaulding

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1952-06-30; final listed air date 1987-02-27.
• Season 2: premiered 1988-01-04; final listed air date 1988-03-07.
• Season 3: premiered 1989-01-09; final listed air date 1989-02-28.
• Season 4: premiered 1990-01-01; final listed air date 1990-02-28.
• Season 5: premiered 1991-01-01; final listed air date 1991-01-31.
• Season 6: premiered 1992-01-01; final listed air date 1992-01-31.
• Season 7: premiered 1999-01-12; final listed air date 1999-01-29.
• Season 8: premiered 2001-01-02; final listed air date 2001-01-31.
• Season 9: premiered 2003-01-02; final listed air date 2003-01-30.
• Season 10: premiered 2005-01-03; final listed air date 2005-01-31.
• Season 11: premiered 2006-01-02; final listed air date 2007-01-31.
• Season 41: premiered 1992-01-15; final listed air date 1993-04-02.
• Season 43: premiered 1994-01-03; final listed air date 1994-01-28.
• Season 44: premiered 1995-01-02; final listed air date 1995-01-16.
• Season 45: premiered 1996-11-27; final listed air date 1997-07-04.
• Season 46: premiered 1997-06-30; final listed air date 1998-06-01.
• Season 47: premiered 1998-01-02; final listed air date 1998-02-27.
• Season 49: premiered 2001-05-23; final listed air date 2001-06-08.
• Season 50: premiered 2001-12-05; final listed air date 2001-12-19.
• Season 51: premiered 2002-07-04; final listed air date 2002-10-18.
• Season 52: premiered 2003-01-02; final listed air date 2004-06-29.
• Season 53: premiered 2004-06-30; final listed air date 2005-05-26.
• Season 54: premiered 2005-08-19; final listed air date 2006-04-12.
• Season 55: premiered 2007-01-02; final listed air date 2007-01-08.
• Season 56: premiered 2007-01-05; final listed air date 2007-02-19.
• Season 2008: premiered 2008-01-02; final listed air date 2008-12-30.
• Season 2009: premiered 2009-01-02; final listed air date 2009-09-18.

Source and licence

Adapted from Guiding Light on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.