Guiding Light

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American television series radio soap opera television soap opera

Guiding Light is a long-running American television soap opera renowned for its multi-decade run on radio and TV and its influential role in daytime drama history.

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All labels observed (11)

Label Occurrences
Guiding Light canonical 47
Guiding Light universe 3
Guiding Light (television era) 2

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American television series ⓘ
radio soap opera ⓘ
television soap opera ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Guiding Light ⓘ
surface form: The Guiding Light
awardReceived Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series ⓘ
basedOn Guiding Light self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Guiding Light (radio serial)
broadcastFormat daytime television ⓘ
cameraSetup multi-camera ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
creator Irna Phillips ⓘ
executiveProducer Ellen Wheeler ⓘ
Lucy Johnson ⓘ
Paul Rauch ⓘ
firstAirDateRadio 1937-01-25 ⓘ
firstAirDateTV 1952-06-30 ⓘ
followedBy cancellation of series ⓘ
genre soap opera ⓘ
lastAirDateRadio 1956-06-29 ⓘ
lastAirDateTV 2009-09-18 ⓘ
notableCastMember Beth Ehlers ⓘ
Beverlee McKinsey ⓘ
Grant Aleksander ⓘ
Justin Deas ⓘ
Kim Zimmer ⓘ
Maureen Garrett ⓘ
Michael Zaslow ⓘ
Robert Newman ⓘ
notableCharacter Alan Spaulding ⓘ
Harley Cooper ⓘ
Josh Lewis ⓘ
Phillip Spaulding ⓘ
Reva Shayne ⓘ
notableFamily Bauer family ⓘ
Cooper family ⓘ
Lewis family ⓘ
Spaulding family ⓘ
notableTheme intergenerational family drama ⓘ
romantic relationships ⓘ
social issues in American life ⓘ
numberOfEpisodesTV 15000+ ⓘ
numberOfSeasonsTV 57 ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
originalNetwork CBS ⓘ
precededBy Guiding Light self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Guiding Light (radio-only era)
productionCompany Procter & Gamble Productions ⓘ
radioNetwork CBS Radio ⓘ
NBC Radio ⓘ
recordHeld one of the longest-running drama series in broadcast history ⓘ
setting Springfield (fictional town in Father Knows Best) ⓘ
surface form: Springfield (fictional Midwestern town)
typicalRuntimePerEpisode 60 minutes ⓘ

Referenced by (62)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series → notableWinner → Guiding Light ⓘ
Daytime Emmy Award for Lifetime Achievement → notableRecipient → Guiding Light ⓘ
Olivia Cole → notableWork → Guiding Light ⓘ
Guiding Light → basedOn → Guiding Light self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Guiding Light (radio serial)
Guiding Light → alsoKnownAs → Guiding Light ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Guiding Light
Guiding Light → precededBy → Guiding Light self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Guiding Light (radio-only era)
Mackenzie Phillips → notableWork → Guiding Light ⓘ
Agnes Nixon → notableWork → Guiding Light ⓘ
JoBeth Williams → notableWork → Guiding Light ⓘ
Michael Wilding Jr. → notableWork → Guiding Light ⓘ
Tammy Blanchard → notableWork → Guiding Light ⓘ
Tammy Blanchard → appearedIn → Guiding Light ⓘ
Frank Grillo → appearedInTelevisionSeries → Guiding Light ⓘ
Sharon Leal → notableWork → Guiding Light ⓘ
Sharon Leal → performedIn → Guiding Light ⓘ
this entity surface form: Guiding Light (TV series)
Ty Simpkins → appearedIn → Guiding Light ⓘ
Frances Fisher → notableWork → Guiding Light ⓘ
Laura Bell Bundy → notableWork → Guiding Light ⓘ
Julie Bovasso → notableWork → Guiding Light ⓘ
Peter Hermann → televisionSeriesAppearance → Guiding Light ⓘ
Melina Kanakaredes → notableWork → Guiding Light ⓘ
Melina Kanakaredes → televisionDebut → Guiding Light ⓘ
James Rebhorn → appearedIn → Guiding Light ⓘ
Katharine Houghton → performerIn → Guiding Light ⓘ
Procter & Gamble Productions → produced → Guiding Light ⓘ
Procter & Gamble Productions → produced → Guiding Light ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Guiding Light (radio series)
Procter & Gamble Productions → notableWork → Guiding Light ⓘ
Lucy Johnson → notableWork → Guiding Light ⓘ
Josh Lewis → appearsIn → Guiding Light ⓘ
Josh Lewis → createdFor → Guiding Light ⓘ
Harley Cooper → appearsIn → Guiding Light ⓘ
Harley Cooper → createdFor → Guiding Light ⓘ
Bauer family → appearsIn → Guiding Light ⓘ
Bauer family → partOfFictionalUniverse → Guiding Light ⓘ
this entity surface form: Guiding Light universe
Spaulding family → appearsIn → Guiding Light ⓘ
Spaulding family → createdFor → Guiding Light ⓘ
this entity surface form: soap opera Guiding Light
Spaulding family → firstAppearanceInSeries → Guiding Light ⓘ
this entity surface form: Guiding Light (television era)
Lewis family → appearsIn → Guiding Light ⓘ
Lewis family → partOfFictionalUniverse → Guiding Light ⓘ
this entity surface form: Guiding Light universe
Lewis family → introducedIn → Guiding Light ⓘ
this entity surface form: Guiding Light (television era)
Lewis family → createdFor → Guiding Light ⓘ
Cooper family → appearsIn → Guiding Light ⓘ
subject surface form: Cooper family (Guiding Light)
Cooper family → partOf → Guiding Light ⓘ
subject surface form: Cooper family (Guiding Light)
this entity surface form: Guiding Light universe
Kim Zimmer → notableWork → Guiding Light ⓘ
Kim Zimmer → participatedIn → Guiding Light ⓘ
Robert Newman → notableWork → Guiding Light ⓘ
Beth Ehlers → notableWork → Guiding Light ⓘ
Beth Ehlers → appearsIn → Guiding Light ⓘ
subject surface form: Harley Cooper
Grant Aleksander → notableWork → Guiding Light ⓘ
Grant Aleksander → televisionSeries → Guiding Light ⓘ