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The Guiding Light

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The Guiding Light is an American soap opera that began as an NBC radio serial in 1937 and moved to CBS television in 1952, continuing in that medium until its cancellation in 2009. Originally centered on a small-town minister and his community, the series evolved over the following decades into a multi-generational drama following an extended cast of families through the conventions typical of the genre. With seventy-two years on the air across both media, The Guiding Light holds the record as the longest-running scripted program in the history of American broadcasting, surpassing every other soap opera of its era.

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1. Guiding Light, Wikipedia
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    Guiding Light (also known as The Guiding Light before 1975) is an American daytime soap opera.
  • The Guiding Light, Description, original language
    The Guiding Light is an American soap opera that began as an NBC radio serial in 1937 and moved to CBS television in 1952, continuing in that medium until its cancellation in 2009. Originally centered on a small-town minister and his community, the series evolved over the following decades into a multi-generational drama following an extended cast of families through the conventions typical of the genre.
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