Guiding Light
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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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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American television series
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radio soap opera → television soap opera → |
| alsoKnownAs |
Guiding Light
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surface form: "The Guiding Light"
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| awardReceived | Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series → |
| basedOn |
Guiding Light
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surface form: "The Guiding Light (radio serial)"
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| broadcastFormat | daytime television → |
| cameraSetup | multi-camera → |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form: "United States"
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| creator | Irna Phillips NERFINISHED → |
| executiveProducer |
Ellen Wheeler
NERFINISHED
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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 NERFINISHED → Grant Aleksander → Justin Deas → Kim Zimmer → Maureen Garrett NERFINISHED → Michael Zaslow NERFINISHED → Robert Newman → |
| notableCharacter |
Alan Spaulding
NERFINISHED
→
Harley Cooper → Josh Lewis → Phillip Spaulding NERFINISHED → Reva Shayne → |
| notableFamily |
Bauer family
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Cooper family → Lewis family → Spaulding family → |
| notableTheme |
intergenerational family drama
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romantic relationships → social issues in American life → |
| numberOfEpisodesTV | 15000+ → |
| numberOfSeasonsTV | 57 → |
| originalLanguage | English → |
| originalNetwork | CBS → |
| precededBy |
Guiding Light
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surface form: "The Guiding Light (radio-only era)"
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| productionCompany | Procter & Gamble Productions → |
| radioNetwork |
CBS Radio
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NBC Radio → |
| recordHeld | one of the longest-running drama series in broadcast history → |
| setting |
Springfield (fictional town in Father Knows Best)
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surface form: "Springfield (fictional Midwestern town)"
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| typicalRuntimePerEpisode | 60 minutes → |
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form: "The Guiding Light"
this entity surface form: "The Guiding Light (radio serial)"
this entity surface form: "The Guiding Light (radio-only era)"