'Guiding Light' goes out

I'm not really going to miss this one,but I will miss soap operas in general,they all seem to be dying out. Praise GOD for SOAPnet!

I have been watching GL since 82 and I will miss it but I have to admit that I lost interest in the last 4 years, the story lines has gotten lame. It is in the records for the longest show in tv history, so they should be proud of the accomplishment! So they should end it with a BANG!

April Fools?

I have fond memories of a long time ago, watching Guiding Light with my mother anytime I had to stay home sick from school. After my father retired we caught him watching the show occasionally too, although he protested that he only knew the story line because my mother liked to watch it. I remember the lighthouse and the opening music, and even the soap commercials....yep, I don't watch it, but I'll miss knowing that it's on, somewhere......

Springfield? Have they encountered Bart or Marge or Homer yet?

I have followed Guiding Light since the mid 1960s watching with my mom after school. The last few years the plot has struggled - but boy talk about an institution!

It is a real shame that the one soap with a really popular story line (Otalia) is getting the axe. This story line (highlighted in EW recently) has been bringing in more new fans than have watched the show in many years.

I just cannot believe the news I just heard. I have watched Guiding Light for
40+ years. I know the ratings are down, but this is such a shame. I like the
stories and the actors. Daytime will NOT be the same without Guiding Light.
Is there another network that might pick it up? Hope so. Best of luck to all
the actors----- hope to see them on other shows if Guiding Light is truly dropped.
Jan Carson, Fort Worth, Texas

What a pity, all good things must come to an end. It was a great SOAP for so many years, and it had some wonderful actors that made it big, in movies and TV-shows.
Lets hope other CBS shows will not follow, we need to keep the others on air. They are a great escape and fun for so many viewers and fans, of daytime are the greatest!

Lets NOT TURN ALL the lights OFF, from other soaps!!!

that show was still on? i thought tv was only awful reality shows now.

When I was a kid during the 50's the hour between noon and one was almost sacred because that's when my mother's "stories" came on. At noon was "Love of Life" followed at 12:30 by "Search for Tomorrow" and at 12:45 by "Guiding Light." We were a rambunctious bunch of little brats, but we knew better than to mess with Mom while her stories were on.

I haven't watched for many years, but I spent many hours watching with my mom. Happy memories for me... My mom loved "her stories"...

please don't take the guiding light off, i watch every day while i'm getting ready for work. i work for my husband that is why i'm still home at that time of day. i walk from the bathroom to the tv room putting on my mascara just to see what's happening. i used to be a huge fan of general hosptal but that was 4 kids and a hundred years ago. guiding light is the only soap i watch. i love the charachters.
i can't wait for reba to have that baby. jeffrey is a saint and oh so handsome. the only consulation would be if allen spaulding would be blungeoned before my eyes!!

I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS. I WATCHED WITH MY MOM AS A KID. AND MY SONS WATCHED WITH ME WHEN THEY WHERE KIDS. I'VE BEEN A FAN FOR OVER 40 YEARS. YOU CAN ASK MY HUBBY OR SONS ABOUT GUILDING LIGHT AND THEY CAN TELL YOU WHO'S ON THERE. WHY LEAVE JUST CHANGE THE STORY LINES, AND BRING LIFE BACK TO SPRINGFIELD? GOOD LUCK TO ALL THE ACTORS, AND I PRAY SOMEONE ELSE PICKS UP THE SHOW. BOOOOO TO CBS.

The end of an era. A great show that both my mother and I enjoyed for several years.

I can not believe Guilding Light is going off the air. I have been watching this show for 33 years. I will be very sad to see this show go. I watch this show everyday. Please leave the show on the air.

I have been watching since 1983. I used to watch after school, and even between classes at college, now that I work, I DVR it and watch each night before I go to sleep. I will miss this routine and will miss following the stories. My grandma used to watch too. I am a loyal fan! I can't believe this is true. I will miss this hour of enjoyment and relaxation! Boo hoo.....

I don't care about this show but It is my sister's birthday!!!!!!!!!!!

I know my husbands 84 year old Aunt will miss this show. It is one of her highlights for the day. Mabe we could the shows on dvd from the very begining :)

Wow - I started watching this show as a little girl with my mother when it was only 30 minutes daily. I will miss Reva Shain, Alan Spaulding, Rick Bauer, Buzz Cooper,......what will we do? Any chance that this decision will change?

i cant belive cbs is pulling this show , with the story lines starting to come together with the exception of the never ending stupied off the wall family feud with the spauldings and coopers and they are great actors but crappy story lines , and now with the once man eating olivia now a lesbian
wanna be , finally bill and lizzy and phillips return and the shows reva , , people need to be inspiried and to be givin hope and laughter , our countries already depressed reva and josh showed us love comes in many forms and that family is our soul give us our hopes and dreams , fix the problems ( your writers )

Say it ain't so! It's unAmerican to take the Guiding Light off the air. Please reconsider!

Barbara Bloom is just giving the standard line she doesn't care about GL or the fans what a heartless thing to do on April fools day what TRASH. I hope all of CBS daytime meets its demise if GL must go I hope they all get canceled look out ATWT your next.

Say it ain't so! It's unAmerican to take the Guiding Light off the air. Please reconsider!

I'm so very sad about this news. I'll definitely miss this show

I think it is terribly sad. I have watched faithfully from 1982 until 2007. For the last two years, I have recorded daily but only watched once or twice a week. I really feel the latest move with the portable cameras bothered a lot of viewers. In addition, GL was notorious for letting good actors go. I hope they find a way to keep the story alive on cable or online.

OMG will I miss this show! I have been watching this show since I was 11 years old (almost 30 years). I will watch the final episode and I'm sure I will cry. Thanks CBS for producing such a wonderful show for so many years.

This had better be a April Fool's prank......

OMG will I miss this show! I have been watching this show since I was 11 years old (almost 30 years). I will watch the final episode and I'm sure I will cry. Thanks CBS for producing such a wonderful show for so many years.

I've watched the show since it started on TV. I watched it with my Grandmother when she did her ironing while watching it. This is heart breaking - but money talks . . . Nothing of value or with a history is safe from the bottom line. I wasn't fond of the new format and I think that change was the last nail in the coffin.

Maybe a cable company will pick it up? Lots of us older folks are watching daytime TV now that we're retired or unemployed - lots of loyal viewers would watch it, even if they went back to a half-hour.

No way! It's the only soap I still watch. Wait. It's an April Fool's Day joke, right?

WOW! This is indeed sad news. I have heard it over the past few years, but never thought it would actually come to pass. Guiding Light off the air. It is my very favorite show. Not much else on TV these days. I have been an avid fan for at least 35 years... since I was a teenager. I hope they end it with class for all the characters story lines. I hope they bring Jonathan back for Ashley and so Lizzie and be with Sarah. Beth and Philip should be back together by then. Harley could come home for Rick. Olivia with Josh. Lillian and Buzz. Keep Alan ALONE as he deserves. Ofcourse Shayne and Dinah. Last but not least Daisy with Rafe. :)

Oh the days of Roger Thorpe and Lujack. I will miss the show!

I have been watching this soap faithfully for over 30 years. I taped it or dvr'd it for years. I don't know what I will do without it. It has been my "escape" for so many years! Very sad about this news! Good luck to all of the wonderful actors!!

I have been watching this soap opera for 40 years.Please dont go off the air.

Move it to CBS. Sandwich it between the Young and the Restless and the Bold and the Beautiful (which, after 20 years, should go to an hour). Let Dr. Phil follow. Guiding Light will soar in the ratings once again, and those who love soaps will have really great little afternoons, five days a week. Let CBS become **the** soaps network.

I Cant beleive what I am reading -you people are giving up..... I am not i am posting anywhere I can . there is an petition out there if you see it please sign it, or better yet call 1 212 975-4321 to save our guilding Light....... I still cant beleive that they are canceling the show.. I enjoyed the show since 1982-and we just did get Grant Aleksander Back,,,,,,,,, Come on People-- voice your opionion. SAVE THE LIGHT. A GRANT ALEKSANDER FAN.

Please say this isn't true! Guiding Light has been a part of my life since I was first married and I'm a grandma now. I automatically tape it every day just in case I'm not home, as do my daughters and watch it at night after they come home from work. What can we do to keep it on the air? CBS - WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU! LIFE WITHOUT REVA? IF THIS IS AN APRIL FOOL.........NOT FUNNY!

What are they going to put on more talk show garbage? Guiding Light may sometimes be far fetched, but it is relief from the reality shows, horrible talk shows, and a distraction from the mess going on in the world. I enjoy watching and remember watching with my mom 35+ years ago. I hope the network changes this decision and keeps the show on the air.

I have been watching this show since I was 4 years old! I started watching it with my grandma and I still watch it today with my little girl who now loves the show! I will truely miss the show!
PLEASE PLEASE DON'T GO OFF THE AIR!!

What can I say? This show has been a part of my life for 31 years! Apparently, my mother and grandmother had me watching this show the day I came home from the hospital. I have been a faithful viewer and I will stay faithful until the end. I love you Guiding Light!!

I am very upset. Why is this happening? I love Reva and Josh. I dont like the story lines now. I still love the show I will miss it.

I'm feeling like I'm losing a friend! I've watched Guiding Light since I was 5 years old and even at 34 and too busy during the day to sit down and watch, I still tivo it. How will I say goodbye to Reva, Josh, Billy......? Say it isn't so! This is my only soap I watch and I will be so hurt if it ends.

Uhhhh...what? I DVR this every day....I have been watching it since I can remember. Is it an April Fools?

This is truly the death of daytime Soap-Opera...... It's truly sad. This show should be kept on just because of the record and for the record (longest running progam). I remember watching it with my mom, uncle, and grandmon starting back in the 1979 (it was the year before I was to enter kindergarden). The theme music and sunlight of the opening credits barely hinting through the trees, and yes; still till this day, the show (it's new look) and theme song still touches me. May it rest in peace; for "Only Love Can Save The World" GUIDING LIGHT..............

This is just too sad. I've watched this show since I was a little girl. It's my daily ritual...ATWT and then GL while the children nap. Please CBS....reconsider!

I cannot belive they are doing this.... I have been watching guiding light for 18 years. God I hope they change their minds.....................

I've been watching this when I can for years. My grandmother, and mother both watched it. I've missed some of the old characters. I'm a stay at home mom and I've used my "stories" as an escape when the kids are napping! I will be sorry to see it go. Good luck to the actors! Just shows how bad this economy is, not even actors are safe!

I guess the programming geniuses at cbs daytime will fill that time slot with another judge show or some washed up actor being given a talk show. They are tossing away a piece of American television history. I hope it finds another venue to keep the stories coming.

i am so sad, my dad born in 31 would tell me stories about how he listened to guiding light on the radio growing up

SHOCKED!!!!I thought this was one of the most popular soaps on cbs. They should cancel Bold and the Beautiful. The story line is always the same. Not much ever going on in that one. BORING!!!!!

I am so very disappointed that my favorite show on TV has been cancelled. I used to watch this as a kid with my mom in the 60"s. My kids watched with me, We would talk about the characters and what happened on the show like they were our friends. I look forward to coming home from work and watching it on the internet. Come on... we just got Phillip back!!

First Another World, now Guiding Light. I'm off soaps from now on. I knew it would happen though when they lost Gus, then Harley. Maybe Mindy and Bill can go to General Hospital too.

CBS has really screwed up with this one!!! Moving GL to the 10 am time slot was the firs mistake they made. My entire family has watched GL from my grandma to my mother. Mom and I still watch it and are very faithful fans of the show.I DVR the show and watch it after work everyday. We both cried like babies recently when "Coop" died. I REALLY HOPE THAT CBS RECONSIDERS THIS DECISION. I do not find the story lines bland at all. Sure there aren't any women that are possessed by the devil and the sex scenes are far from the risky sex scenes on most daytime tv but that is what I love about the show it is about real people.

I turned 50 years old today and can remember sitting with my beloved grandma watching this show since I was 2! I cannot believe they would take this show off but leave the bold and trashy on! Boo to CBS! I have MANY happy memories thru the years because they(the actors) made you feel like family. I have laughed and cried MANY tears(especially when Charita Baur died). I am very sad that this is happening and my grandmother God rest her soul is probably turning over in her grave!! I too hope another station picks it up!

I don't know what I'm going to do without Reeva!

Shame on you CBS, I have watched this show for years. I remember coming in as a child to take a nap and watching the show with my mom. I can't image not being able to watch Guiding Light.

OMG ... I am totally speechless ... 3 genorations watch the our light everyday together ... what a shame ... cbs you have to rethink this ... affects alot of viewers ...do you really want to lose them ????????

I have been watching this show since I was a child with my mom and I still do to this day! I record it on my DVR and watch it at my convience. I will miss this show soo much and I hope that they change their minds!

This is really a tradegy,. This soap has been a part of my entire life. Can't someone like soapnet pick this up if CBS no longer want it, Please some one give GL a home

This is not cool. I have been a Guiding Light fan for a long time. Since i was 9 years old . I use to watch the show with my grandmother. I love Guiding Light and everybody on there. Guiding light can not be leaving? Yes i do love it, Yes i will miss it. It's the only one that i truely love and watch.To all the men and women of the show you will be missed and to the writers of Guiding Light thank you for making Guiding Light apart of my life. September 18 will be a very sad and upseting day. You all are loved and you will be missed.

I have been watching this show almost 30 years (since I was 8). I used to watch with my mom and my Grandma. My Grandma is 98 and she still watches everyday. It's so sad to think that it will not be around. I have to admit, I did not like it when they switched to the new format a few years back, but I will definitely miss this show!!

So sad. I've watched this show for years. I remember watching it with my mother and sister when I was little. My sister and I still talk about some of the great story lines and characters - Josh & Reva....Always. The stories have definitely suffered over the last year or so, but I had hope that it would return to what it once was. I will definitely miss it and all of the laughter and tears it brought me over the years. What a shame!

I've been watching this program since I was five years old. I am now thirty. I can't believe CBS would allow such a wholesome soap opera to go off of their network. It is actually the only show that I tune in to CBS to watch. I am highly dissappointed and deeply saddened. I can only hope that someone will reconsider this decision. Lets try to keep some decent shows on the air, PLEASE!

I'm from Germany and just started watching Guiding Light a few months ago. I heard of the show on the internet (Otalia) and haven't missed one episode since. I'm neither a lesbian nor am I bisexual but I have to admit that the Otalia s/l is one of the best told lovestories I have ever seen also due to the incredible acting of Crystal Chappell (I have never seen acting on such a level on a daily soap). Nothing against daily soaps but normally the actors are not the best (to say the least)

I think it's really sad, not only because I've grown fond of some of the characters but also because of its long history and tradition (72 years and they just cancel it like that?

I think it's sad that cbs and the rest of the the networks are going to let go of a good shows because the rating are down. Everything is down. so why don't we let more people lose there job. I have watch this show forever . Soaps are part of the our long standing history. They are like a on going book that change, repeats itself, and give you drama that not your own. I'm about ready to get rid of my cable all together. I feel like, we as a consumer have no voice. So why give these company our money.

I love this show! I am so sad 2 hear that is going off the air! not only is this a wonderful show but the actors are involved with a lot of charity work as well. you guys are the best of the best,thank you for all of the years! josh and reva 4ever!.o and if billy needs somewhere to stay I'm in texas!! I will miss you all!!!

roger thorpe was the best villian ever i pattern my life after him!

I am so saddened by this turn of events. I have fallen in love with the charcters and the town of Springfield over the years. Guiding Light is my time away from reality, I would not miss it for anything.
I really wish they would reconsider, it is very sad to see such a great show come to a halt:(

OMG! I tape this show everyday. It takes my mind off of the stresses of everyday life. I have watched this show since I was a little girl. This is one of the only things that is enjoyable in the afternoons. I am so upset!!

i am 36 years old and have been watching this show since i was a little girl.With everything else thats going wrong in this world how can u even think about taking Guiding Light away?Reva&Josh,Beth,Phillip,Rick&Mindy are people i grew up watching & I look forward to watchin it everyday take something else away NOT GUIDING LIGHT!!!!!!!!

Just when Guiding Light is getting interesting again they decide to pull the plug?! I love that Phillip is back! Bring back the Bauers... quit with the whiny story lines... give these talented actors some meaty material and let them run with it! BOO to CBS and this decision to run some other crap in the time slot. Watch out As The World Turns... you are probably next :(

Please do not take Guiding Light off, we have waited so long for Phillip to return. This is the only soap that I watch, My heart is broken. Try new writers or a new time slot, just don't cancel the show. I have watched so long that I feel almost like the actors are a part of my family. Say it ain't so, don't let it go.

My wife is in tears as I type this. Please reconsider pulling this show. It is her only "stress release" after a busy day. She feels as though she can go off to a different place and let go. I've seen the smiles and tears on her face as she has followed the show throughout the years. She even has our DVR set so she doesn't miss an episode. I'm begging you to reconsider.

Days will be next.It has become a kiddy soap.

I HAD been watching this show for 40 years until they went to the new way of taping and it is so bad, I have a hard time bringing myself to watch it. I can't hear much of the dialogue and the video is rather amateurish and makes me think they are using a home video camera. Now, if they had went to HD INSTEAD, they would have improved things. I just wonder how many other long time viewers have the same issues. I HAVE a bunch of shows dating to last year yet to watch, but I don't know if I will ever get around to it. I love the characters and the actors and most of the storylines, but sheeeshhh..I don't know why they are canceled, but I can guess.

So sad...an end of a soap opera era...mom & I used to watch this together when I would get home from school (back in the days of the original Alan Spaulding and his nemesis Roger Thorpe). Nice to see others share the same experience. Mom is gone now and so will Guiding Light be as it will be shelved with the television archives. Thank you to the wonderful actors and the writers of Guiding Light of yesteryear. I will always have the fondest of memories.

OMG! I'm devastated! I look forward to holidays, vacations, and yes sick days so I can enjoy seeing an episode of Guiding Light. GL watching was passed down from my Grandmother. The memories of our time spent watching GL are precious to me. I'm very disappointed. Remember the Mallot and Harley romance. Now those were the good days of Guiding Light. I have stuck with GL even through the horrible Reva cloning episodes. This is very disappointing news.

I am so glad my mom and grandmothers are no longer around to see the end of Guiding Light. They watched for years and got me hooked. I have been watching for about 28 years faithfully. This show has been the last connection I had to my mom and both my grandmothers. So many actors have gotten there start on this show. I guess there will be another daytime talk show that will take it's place. The only thing we need more than another talk show is another reality show!

I remember watching the soaps on the old National set in the parlor. It took up a little space (it was small) in the corner, so I had to squeeze together with my siblings to watch a show. I used to burn my self on the exposed steam heat pipe next to the tv in the winter when the heat was on. In the summer the pipe was nice and cool.
I hate tv now, so.

I will miss Reva, Alan, Rick, Buzz, Jeffery, Josh and all the rest of Springfield, USA. Some where in my house I have a picture of my Great Grandma, my Grandma, my Mom, & me watching the Guiding Light. That would be 4 generations watching this ONE show. They would tell me how they would listen to it on the radio. I recently had my daughter and my Great Grandma and Grandmother are gone now, but my mom, myself, & my daughter watch. Talk about 5 generation. That is just WRONG!!!!!! Just WRONG!!!!! If the network would try putting the Guiding Light on @ 12:30 just when every office goes to lunch instead of @ 10:30 in the morning when everyone is working they may get more people. But now a days CBS Network people don’t care about the 2 million people who do enjoy there show.

WOW. I had heard rumors recently that the Guiding Light might get cancelled. I just started watching it this past year. I like the chemistry all the characters seem to have. Just when it appeared as though things were really starting to heat up in Springfield the plug is pulled. I certainly hope some other avenue is found to continue the show. I believe the show has a very good cast and very professional actors and actresses. The only thing I noticed about the show I didn't like is that not enough air time was given to all the story lines. There would be times when the characters of Remy and Christina wouldn't be seen for long periods of time where as the writers would focus almost to much on the same characters. ialmost made the show seem somewhat

Is this an April Fool's Joke?

Yes, I will miss it. The cast are all superb actors. They feel like family. It is too bad that the majority of the people watch the smutty soaps and keep the ratings up. When we finally see a fantastic group of people taking on normal daily lives, CBS thinks that they have to follow the saying, "majority rules". It is a tasteful enjoyable storyline. Very sad. Hope CBS reconsiders.

I will absolutely miss it. I have watched it for many years. 32 years every day and 15 years before that when it was a 15 minute soap on summer breaks from school. I am grieving. It was something my mother and I shared, and then my daughters and I. I have taped it for the last 25 or so years.

I can not believe The Guiding Light has been canceled! I am 34 years old and have been watching this soap since I was 4 yrs. old. My mother never missed an episode. I do not watch any of the other soaps. Guiding light to me is like coming home. My 9 year old daughter is also sad to see this soap go. She has been watching with me since she was a baby. Even when I have things to do around the house, I turn every T.V. I have (4) on to Guiding Light so I can at least hear what is going on. What will replace GL anyway? Probably some lame talk show or game show. I never thought I would see this day come! SOOO SAD! :(

I've been watching for 30 years and even have my husband watching. It seem like all the wonderful show are leaving. Please think twice before taking a wondeful show away. Good luck

I have watche Guiding Light since I was 13, and I'm 53 now, I feel like I am losing a lot of good friends! I would like to know what we can do to keep it on the
air? I buy Proctor and Gambe come on guys!!!!

MARY

I have been watching this show, since I was 13 with my grandmother. She is 92 and still watches the show!! I am heart broken, that the show is coming to an end, please don't take this showw off the air.. I DVR it everyday..

Ugh! Sooo sad. I love Guiding Light! I started watching with my grandmother and still watch today.

I am sick to my stomach. This historic show has brought so much to millions of viewers. I can only hope that CBS will reconsider this terrible decision. I have never been polled. How can the ratings truly show an accurate number of viewers when not all are polled? I pray that this does not come to fruition. Please do not cancel Guiding Light! CBS and Proctor and Gamble are making a HUGE mistake.

I am SHOCKED by this news! I can not believe CBS is taking the longest running show off the air. I agree the show lagged over the past few years, but lately, with Phillip's return, there's a new energy to the show. Surely CBS could give this a little more time. 72 years deserves more turn around time! I have fond memories of watching this show with my Mom when I was growing up. My mom has passed on and over the years I've found comfort and great memories in continuining to watch this SOAP. I am just so saddened and disappointed by this news.

I surely hope this is an April Fool's Joke! Although I dont find the humor in it!
I have been watching GL since I was 5 with my grandma. Im now 42. What are these people thinking taking this off the air?
KEEP GUIDING LIGHT SHINING!

Three generations of women in my family have watched Guiding Light. I am still holding out hope for Josh & Reva to get back together. I hope there is still time for CBS to reverse their decision. Maybe, if ratings go up in the next few months, there is still hope. After all the anticipation of Phillip coming back, it seems strange that the show is being cancelled.

I have watched since Papa Bauer, Bert Bauer, Mike Bauer, and Ed Bauer were on this show. The writers don't know how to write a decent story line these days. The new filming format is for the birds. If they went back to the basics with the new Bauers -- Rick and bring Michelle back -- maybe the show could hang on longer. Reva always keeps things hopping, but I was oh so confused when they had her get pregnant. So many more things she could do. I don't know what I will do without it and kinda makes me scared for the only other soap I watch, ATWT, since it seems to be going the same way with story lines and filming format.

Can not believe it! My grandmother use to listen to it on the radio, then switched to TV, my mother watched it until she passed away and I remember it being in back ground and watching it with both of them as a small child as I still do and think fondly of them. This March while in Universal studios, they were filming a couple of days and I got to see some of them. What a treat for me! Thanks to the many years!

I AM 73, listened to GL on the radio and have watched it since its inception on tv. They keep those horrible reality??? shows on tv because they are cheap,
I have been noticing they seem to have been making people on the shows happy, getting together , but NO matter who they put together it will never sooth my sadness over Josh and Reva being over. I assume that is why Phillip has returned, they only have to pay him for a short while, and to ty=ie up loose ends.. It does prove that the capability of writing interesting story lines are possible, but they had to wait for the demise of GL to get any kind of good writing, HOW SAD., I have also watched ATWT's since it started also, they can take that off first , It has nothing to do with what it was even 15 years ago

I thought this was a April Fools joke at first! I can't believe it. I've been watching GL for 20 years!!! I'm am truly so sad to hear this news! Good luck to all the actors, I wish them well!!

A friend that knows that i have watched this faithfully since I was a teenager just called to tell me this. CBS has failed Guiding Light not the other way around. The writers sabotaged the show by destroying Reva and Josh, killing off Gus and writing out the families that the show was based on like the Bauers....when you take away what the fans love and don't really give then anything in return how can you expect the show to perform well in the ratings. I often think about what has become of all the great characters of the past on this show. They don't even update you on their status anymore. Such a shame.....

Please, please,please do not cancel The Guiding Light! I have watched this show since I was five, and I'm 60 years old. The recent changes have not helped the show. I know the audience has declined because of the changes, moving the show away from the stages, but I am so enjoying having Philip back, and seeing Mindy again at the reunion was so much fun. i really enjoy Cyrus, too. Sponsors, please don't give up on this show. There must be something we can do????? Won't you reconsider?

I will be sad when the Guiding Light comes to an end. I remember listening to the soap on the radio and also when it was on TV for 15 minutes with Search for Tomorrow on for the other 15 minutes. Virtually I have been a fan all my life. I tape the Guiding Light every single day and then I watch it in the evening when I can enjoy one of my favorite soap operas.

I am truly saddened and shocked by this news. I have been watching for several years and I think this writing and acting on this show is unmatched. The recent Olivia/Natalia storyline has had some of the best scenes I've seen on daytime in years! Crystal Chappell is absolutely amazing to watch. I think the CBS folks should go back to the board room and figure something out, because this seems kind of ridiculous.

Life is so strange...I had stopped watching the soaps and then my Mother broke her leg and I had to be with in arms reach of her and I got hooked again. Springfield had become this mini-vacation of mine, away from my kids growing up, my husband dying and still taking care of my bedridden Mother...who loved her soaps...ATWT and Guiding Light. I loved the Christmas special...I love it when you would put in something of humor like an old movie.I didn't like were you were trying to take Olivia and I wouldn't watch on those days.I think because when I lost my husband there was a very sweet woman who became my lifeline for awhile.

If CBS is taking Guiding Light off why did they have to take April Fool's Day to announce it? CBS is making a big mistake. I will be 63 years old in August and I have watched and listened to Guilding Light ever since I can remember. When I was a little girl we never had a television set. My mother and I couldn't afford to buy one but we had a radio. We would listen to the stories and then when they moved to television we would go to neighbor's houses to watch them until when I got in high school we got our first tv set. My mother is gone now but I still watch them and tape them every day. Please don't take the Guiding Light off the air.

Please don't take the Guiding Light off. We don't need any more reality shows,judge shows, comedies or talk shows. Everybody is not alike. All of us don't work. What about senior citizens that stayed home all day and like to look at their soap operas. Yes, it has changed but what else has been on television as long as it has? If you take it off then the other shows will go off. What will people do if they don't have Victor to look at? Watching soap operas is how some people make it through the day. The way the economy is now we need a relief and a break from worring about money by watching the soaps. Please leave it alone.

I am so shook up, a show on the air for 72 years being canceled what monsters decided this. I am truly despondent I hate you CBS and all that you do I have just started watching for the Otalia story. How can this show be saved, how can this be happening. I will call CBS write, raise money whatever it takes this show is apart of America they just don't know what they are doing bstrds!

Don't cancel guiding light. I have watched it since I was a child with mother. I have grown up with the show. I don't want it to end.

Guiding Light is one of the greatest things on tv these days! Please keep it! I take my lunch hour at 2:00 just to watch GL!
With all the sadness in the economy, don't take away our Light!

Say it ain't so!!!! I DVR GL everyday so that I can watch it at night. I started watching GL as a little girl with my mother and have been watching since.

I know about twenty other people who agree with me.

Don't do it dont don't don't don't I love this show to peices and the cast and crew they care so much about us and we care about them. CBS can't be this mean can they, to have the cast go to Orlando and then come back and be told they have been canceled what a travesty. LOSERS! I will never watch a CBS show again Daytime or primetime!

Boooooo to CBS! I started watching GL in 1976 with my mom, who has now passed away. I record and watch every episode daily with my husband. I look forward each day knowing that I can watch GL when I get home after a tough day at work. PLEASE reconsider and keep Guiding Light going. I may quit watching Ellen and other CBS shows as well, if it goes off the air.

Please don't take this show off the air, especially now that Phillip has returned to the show. It is getting very interesting and I know that I will be lost without my daily fix of Guiding Light. Please reconsider your decision and allow us "fans" to continue watching our favorite daytime soap. I heard that Grant Alexander had signed a 4 year contract to do the show. Is this true?

I watch this every day and I recorded it. I started watching this when I was a little girl with my grandmother and my mother. I have grown up with Reva and Josh. I just can not believe you are taking it off the air. It has needed some spice put back into it. Bring Jonathon back on. He was never boring. Get some new writers but don't take it off the air.

How can they do this? The longest running show! Just because the age group that watches the show is 55 or so. So does that mean we are worthless too? I started watching this show because as a hairdresser it was what my clients talked about in my chair so I had to see what all the buzz was about. I got hooked. I feel like they are killing off family. So, it got a little lame every now and then...but come on do they have to cancel? They just brought Phil back and I waited years for that! If they really do this I don't think I can bring myself to watch CBS again.

All the Soap Operas have been having the worse story lines, I stopped watching all of them a few months ago

I am heart broken. I have been a faithful fan most of my life.
I remember coming home from kindergarten and climbing in the bed with my momma and hating Roger Thorpe with her.
I now have a 17 year old daughter that watches it with me every day (we tape it) who has fallen in love with this show also.
I am so sad! I would love for GL to be picked up by another network.

LIke others who have commented , Guiding Light has become a generational experience going back to the beginning with radio and my mother and grandmother and now my children. Even though we live all over the U.S. we still keep our "guiding light " bond as well as our traditional sense of family. Yes , the story lines have become ridiculous, and the camera angles in these atrocious outdoor sets are only rivaled by the bad writing, but someone with money could totally bring this show back from its grave and have such a fertile back story to work with. And now that Grant Aleksander is back, it seems a shame to pull the plug for more hideous game shows and reality TV.

I would like, at this time to say, "Thank you" to all the great actors that have brought me such pleasure in sharing their "tv lives" with me. Thank you, Josh and Reva, for the "never give up on love" attitude you've given to all the fans. Reva your tears have inspired, and consoled me, at times when you would never know when they were needed for me to shed. Your smiles have smiles are contageous, and all your wild and crazy actions have shown the true charactor of the one and only REVA SHANE! thank you for bringing her to life for all of us to know, and love.
Joshua, "BUD", your walk beside Reva, has been a heart riden, heart breaking, jouney in time....I know before September 18, 2009, you both will be together throughout time in our minds and hearts........ALWAYS.
To our Phillip, now we know why you answered our cries. for you to come back, to let us share you once more. Your charactor has carried the show for many years. the one who will be the strong, with heart ,Spalding....the man of the hour, all the time. Your have given us, the fans, a great blessing, by coming back to the show......Thank you is not enough to say. Thank you, Grant Alexander, for giving us, Phillip Spalding, to know all these years. You were terrible missed when you were gone those years...and so welcomed back, when we seen you. (Some in Springfield, were not ready for you...but we, the fan were) I hope you will let us all know if you will be directing, once more on ,ATWT. Or if you will be on the acting side again. I truely, haved loved knowing your charactor, in my life. Your acting ability is beyond measure. Thank you. God bless you.
All the actors on this show, are incredible. Thank you so much.
You will all be missed in my life. I have felt today as though I have read the most shocking obituary ever. As though I have lost 20 good friends, all at one time.
I'm hoping it may all be changed before September, but if not , I thank you all for the many hours your have spent with me, in my lifetime. For I have truely enjoyed, spending my time with all of you.

I wish I could come and visit with all of you, and meet you all, but it is a dream never to come true for me...so I send you all a great big hug, and a heart felt "Thank you" from me to you all.
May God bless the rest of your lives, as you have blessed all of us, in ours.

I really hope this program and all of the jobs involved can be saved....it's my favorite and I sure will miss it terribly. Proctor and Gamble should reconsider or perhaps new sponsors can be found. It's TV comfort food--and we need all of the comfort we can get.

I cannot believe this is happening to Guiding Light . I record everyday this story. I do not miss a episode. I am 50 and have been watching this since I was a little girl.They just brought Grant Alexander back. If anyone wants to start a petition lets do it.

PLEASE DON'T GO, I LOVE GUILDING LIGHT, I HAVE WATCHED IT SINCE THE DAY IT CAME ON TV.ITS THE BEST ON TV. WHEN I WAS IN N.Y A FEW YEARS AGO I CAME TO THE SET WITH MY FAMILY AND MEET KIM AND SHE TOOK PICTURES WITH US.. I LOVE THIS SHOW.

I have never been so devestated by news of a show ending as I was when my sister told me yesterday. I am already depressed about ER ending and finding out this is the last season of THE HILLS on MTV. Although I am only 30, I have been watching GL since I was 4 years old. My grandmother got me hooked long ago and I would rush home from school to see the last half hour. Thank god for DVR or I wouldn't see it at all because they dont show it on Soapnet. I hope they dont replace it with some horrible show like when Passions ended and this horrible stupid show called The Doctors showed up!!!

I have been watching Guilding Light since I was old enough to watch adults "kiss with their mouths open". My grandmother, my mother and I still watch almost 30 years later and talk about it like these characters are members of our families. Now a mother myself, my 3 year old daughter enjoys the open theme she calls "Me Love" and even has it downloaded on her mp3 player. This show will be thoroughly missed by so many. Reva, Lizzy, Phillip, Remy, Marina, Beth, Rick... and the rest of the cast... only love can save this show.

I am truly heartbroken! This was a show that I counted on and was a constant for me through good times and bad...I always had my Guiding Light! I would be okay to see any soap opera go but this one. I love all the characters and they were all a "part of my life" in a way. This is so sad and unfair.

This is horrible! I used to watch this with my mom when I was little and remembered seeing Reva and Josh "oh so young" and I have been watching it ever since the 90's on my own. This is so sad and I hate it. BOOOOO CBS!

CBS has definitely made a mistake here. Guiding Light has spent the last year and a half rewriting the look and feel of daytime drama, and at the same time getting back to the basics of good emotional storytelling. There's not a space alien or mob figure to be found in Springfield nowadays -- just the human drama of love in all its incarnations.

CBS picked the wrong moment to pull the plug on a program poised to reenergize the genre. With some luck, Soapnet or some other network will reap the benefit of CBS' mistake.

I feel heartsick over this...I have been watching Guiding Light since 1982. It has
been such a special part of my life. I grew up watching these characters. So much in this world changes, and it was always so wonderful to sit down and watch your soap. It is like visiting an old friend, something you can count on. Please CBS, please reconsider...don't break the hearts of so many Guiding Light fans!!!!

Call - 212-975-4321 and protest to CBS for taking our show. They giving up n us. STOP watching CBS

Please DO NOT take Guilding Light off the air. The show is just getting better every day. I work when the show is aired, But watch it on the internet each evening. I want to see more of Olivia and Natail. CBS there is alot of other shows you need to cancel. But Guilding Light is NOT ONE OF THEM. To all the actors you are great.

I love GL, and I'll miss it terribly. Im a new viewer who was never into soaps until the Otalia storyline drew me in. Now I watch it everyday. Ive written and called, and now I just hope PG can find a new home for it.

I can remember my GrandMother holding me in her lap, and us listening to the Guilding Light on the radio. When I was 5 years old my GrandMother and my GrandFather bought a TV. I can remember her saying "Oh honey come here...we are going to get to see what these people on Guilding Light look like.".......And that my friend, became a part of my life ....I have watched The Guilding Light for 57 years.....When Bert died in real life I cried hard ...because she was a part of me,.
Now I do wished you would reconsider......My Mothers sister was name Reva, and very much like the character on the show. ...

GL has been a part of my family for five generations. In this day of constant yacking on talk shows, my time with GL and As the World Turns has always been a comforting part of the day. It gives me a sense of a connection to tradition -- something that lasts. I realize the ratings show a decline in the number of viewers, but to me the fact that more than two million people tune in every day and feel a connection to this show, its characters and actors is not to be taken lightly. It's true that the show has had some problems in recent years, but it was just coming together again. Maybe another network will give it new life.

I feel that this is a huge mistake. I am 53 and have watched that show since I was 12 years old. I had a terrible childhood and now am disabled due to a crippling disease. This is the one constant in my life that helped me through so many difficult times in my life. I don't feel it is the show but changing times and whatever CBS chooses to replace Guiding Light with will not do any better in the ratings. People have watched this show for years. I am devastated beyond words and I feel the show has the best writers and actors of all of Television. I hope so much that CBS will reconsider this terrible mistake. This is one of the few things I look forward to every single week day. I will stop watching all CBS shows in support of the best Television show ever!
I have already cried so much I have no more tears left.

Write letters to save Guiding Light!

The Procter & Gamble Company
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Phone: 1-513-983-1100

Alan Lafley CEO
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Why ruin the oldest soap opera dynasty just because the ratings have gone down. Clean up the writers, create new stories, keep the actors. That simple. I remember when my mother used to watch it on TV for 15 minutes right after Search for Tomorrow. Don't end a program that's been on for over 72 years... rethink on this... it obviously sold the viewers. You're making a mistake!!!

I've been watching since the 60's.I would come home from school and call my grandmother and ask her what happened that day.During the summer I never missed it.I had a crush on Buzz forever.I was hoping to see the super hero again.So that's why Gus and Harley left.Why isn't it shown on SOAPNET?I will miss Emme Rylan and the newest of young actors.The story was getting better,Even the crew has come back.

I am 44 years old. I grew up with this show. My Grandma , Mom , Aunts , cousins,Sisters all watched this show and still do. We would call each other and say did you see what Allen did , do you really think Reva is dead or Back when Mike Bauer was on. Heck my Husband even watches it when he can , and there are very few shows we both like. You so often hear about all this Family togetherness , and spend time talking to one another . That was one of the biggest talk subjects in ours. I am so fed up with getting shows we love taken away.It is like throwing away part of "Our Harritage"

I grew up watching this with my mother. Then I grew up and watched it for years. Then when our local cbs channel took it off in favor of some talk show, and our local cable system took the other cbs channel out of the line up. Then a new cable channel came along,and put it on their line up. I was thrilled after about 15 years of not having access to the show at all, now to have the rug pulled out i am heartbroken. I have not missed a day in the last 2 years of it. I sure hope it does get picked up SOMEWHERE!

I HAVE WATCHED GUIDING LIGHT FOR OVER 40 YEARS, WITH MY MOM AND
MOTHER-IN-LAW. I AM REALLY UPSET THIS SHOW IS BEING TAKEN OFF CBS.
PLEASE DO NOT PUT A NEW TALK SHOW ON (MOST ARE NOT INTERESTING),
AND I AM SICK OF GAME SHOWS. I HAVE BEEN HOME FOR THE LAST 2 YEARS,
BECAUSE I BROKE MY HIP AND WATCHED THIS SHOW. IT TOOK MY MIND OFF
MY OWN PROBLEMS. I HOPE SOMEONE LIKE SOAPNET PICKS GUIDING LIGHT UP! I HOPE THIS IS NOT A START OF ELIMINATING THE SOAPS! WE ALL NEED SOME ESCAPE!

I can not believe this, My Mother listened to this on radio when I was young,
What a shame to do this with such a long time running show, I am 72 and have listened and watched it as well. Why take it off?
I still work and I watch it almost every day.

I'm heartbroken for the genre, for the cast, the crew, and the fans. With clearly ZERO support from CBS over the past few years, I've heard that Ellen Wheeler and the production crew and cast worked extreme hours, took HUGE paycuts and did whatever they could (as seen by the new format) to keep the show on the air, and they should be applauded for their ingenuity and effort, not cut off the air without a second glance.

I too have watched this show for years! When I was home sick from school I watched it (along with Secret Storm, Love of Life and Dark Shadows!) The best GL was with Roger Thorpe, Holly, and all of those people. When Michael Zaslow passed away it was very sad. And now that this show is going off the air, this I must say is also VERY SAD. There needs to be some kind of major celebration for this television, and radio (before TV) icon. They have to do lots of clips too, of the older Bauer clan etc... Rita, Ed, the whole gang. And Roxie Shayne - Bring her back too :)

I am so sad to see this show go. i have been watching this show since i was a
kid. i feel that these actors are a part of my life. They are all so talented and
seem like nice people in real life. I wil miss reva,buzz,mallet,frank and of course
even alan spauding. god bless all.

I have watched GL for many years. I started watching with my mother when I was just a young girl, I am now 52 years old and watch with my daughter, she is 30 and has been watching for a long time as well. We will both miss GL very much and are very saddened with the cancellation news. I hope before the Light goes out for the last time we will see some of our favorites come back, ie Ed Bauer, Hope, Michelle and Danny, maybe if we saw more of the core family the show would not be in such trouble.

I had Watch CBS News and Heard About Guilding light going of the Air and I thught why take something that is so special to everyone to watch it is like family to Alot of Pepole have be Watching for Almost 72 yrs now. so now we Ask What About the Acters and Actresess of Guilding light whats in store for thme now?

Type your comment here...I will surely miss it! And I really hope I don't have to. I have been watching this show for over 30 years! I have stopped watching other soaps I watched regularly when The Guiding Light switched to the same time as these soaps. The GL has always been my favorite and is the only one that I really care about. I think GL got a bum wrap when that stupid Dr Phil show took their 3pm spot and bumped them to the 10 am spot. I still watched at 10 am because I do not work and could, but many of the loyal fans at 3 pm probably didnt get that luxury. What really ticked me off, is that when Dr Phil's 3 pm spot was preempted,
his show took over the 10 am spot and screwed us loyal GL fans again. wat

I am devastated by the announcement that the Guiding Light is being taken off the air. This show has been part of my life since I was 3 years old. In so many ways the people on the show are more like family than my own. I live 1/2 across the country from where I grew up. I have nothing to remind me of my childhood left except the Guiding Light. My daughter's and I tape it and watch it everyday.
I can't believe that they are not taking more advantage of Phillip's return. Grant Alexander looks amazing, I remember him when he played Phillip in high school, he looks as good now as he did then. I remember Roger Thorpe, greatest character ever. I even Remember when Kevin Bacon played Tim McIntyre, I don't know what I will do without the show it is the only staple in my life. I feel as if someone died. I hope they reconsider. With all of this viewer out -cry, I hope that they reconsider.

Guiding Light has a lot of people who follow the show every weekday. Please don't leave us fans in the lurch like this. The storyline of Reva and Josh was so timeless. Looking in on these feuding families and their troubles made mine not seem so bad. I feel like I know these characters, and they have been a part of my life for decades. You took some steps to modernize and bring this soap into the 21st century, and you should be applauded for this. The anwer is to "reincarnate" this show online, on cable, or on digital tv stations. Please don't let this wonderful story die. There is a very good reason why this soap has lasted for so long.

I have watched this show all my life, Please reconsider this. Leave the Guiding Light on the air. It will not be the same around my house without it

It sadens me greatly to hear that Guiding Light is leaving us. I have watched this soap as long as I can remember and I am over 60 years old. I tape the show while I am at work and watch it as soon as I get home, living alone it's almost like going home to family.
I wish you would reconsider and let the show continue.

I HOPE THAT YOU GET ENOUGH FEEDBACK ON NOT TO CANCEL GUIDING LIGHT. I CAN NAME A COUPLE OF SOAPS THAT ARE OVER RATED AND GUIDING LIGHT ISN'T ONE OF THEM. SO PLEASE RETHINK THE IDEA TO CANCEL IT. NOW THAT PHILLIP IS BACK IS A VERY BIG PLUS. THANKS

I have watched the show since I was in high school -- when Roger Thorpe fell off the cliff, and then throughout college till now. I rearranged my class schedules to watch it. When I go on trips, I tape it. When I come back, it's marathon watching to get caught up. It airs on two different stations where I live, one at 10 a.m. in Philadelphia, and the other at 3 p.m. in Salisbury, MD. If it gets interrupted, I can watch it later. I can't imagine it not being on. I realize it's struggling in the ratings, but CBS please reconsider keeping it on. All the other soaps owe GL a lot of gratitude. It was the first one on TV. If it wasn't for GL they wouldn't be on now!

Please don't can take
guiding Light off. It is very good and the chartchers are funny ,has good sense of humor , and they touch the lives of millions. I don't understand why they are taking
Guiding Light off. They all play there parts very well and each of them add their own touch to the show.Isn't there some way to continue this soap. I't s the best!!!

What a shame. I have been watching this show for over 30 years. I DVR it and watch in the evening. The show seemed to go downhill after they took off the characters of Jonathan and Tammi. I also did not like the changes in the sets. But, I will truly miss Guilding Light. If this show can go, what next? The world will not be happy until everything we watch on TV is an exploiting reality show. How do they know that the ratings are down? Why not ask us the viewers what we want to watch?

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I have tears in my eyes. I am mourning the coming lose of part of my family. I only can hope that it all ends happily so it makes the lose a little easier.

CBS, Please reconsider. I started watching the show in the 80's and have watched it on and off since then. I now watch the show daily and love the characters. The actors are superb! Best of luck to all the actors.

I'm heart sick over this, I am 57 years old and I started watching guiding light with my mom when I was so little I sat in front of the tv in my little rocking chair...and I cried when I started to school because I wanted to watch the guiding light and the edge of night...oh I loved those shows...and to this day I watch the guiding light...do a little cleaning up in the writers department...get new writers to refresh the show thats all it needs..don't take it off the air..

PLEASE DON'T TAKE GUILDING LIGHT OFF THE AIR. I HAVE BEEN WATCHING GL FOR AROUND 25 YEARS ON AND OFF. MY MOM & I USED TO WATCH IT TOGETHER ON SICK DAYS & SUMMER DAYS. PLEASE DON'T CANCEL GUILDING LIGHT. CBS DAYTIME WILL NOT BE THE SAME IF GUILDING LIGHT ISN'T THERE. I HOPE GUILDING LIGHT WILL STAY ON. PLEASE PLEASE RECONSIDER.

You just can't take this show off the air because I have watched the guilding light since I was a small child . When me and my brothers was little my mother wtched this show and we knew not to worry her with anything while she was watching the guilding light, it was the rule. When I got older and got married I too did the same thing. So as you cane see this is a part of my life and it is a lot better than what is going on in the real world now , so please don't take this show off .
PLEASE, PLEASE , PLEASE THINK ABOUT THE GOOD OF THE SHOW AND LIFE AND WHAT IT HAS DONE FOR EVERYBOBY AND STILL DOING .bradley

I started watching GL when I was third grade. My grandmother got me hooked. I was a latch key kid and I really enjoyed coming home the same faces everyday. I was product of divorce before it was in fashion so it was nice to watch families that were even more unusual than mine.
I remember Phillip when he had a mother, Elizabeth and her lover Mike (a Bauer - the orginal family that I remember) I even remember Bert Bauer and her final episode.
I remember when Phillip and Beth were in high school with Minday and Rick. I couldn't believe it when Beth (not the orginial by the way) and Rick married in more recent years.
I remember the events that transpired between Holly and Roger and I remember when Roger.
One of my favorite characters was Vanessa. I remember when her Daddy had to get her out of jams.
I loved the story line between Buzz and Jenna. They seemed an odd match but also very much in love.
Then there's Reva and all her varied stories with Bud without Bud, dead, as a ghost, as a princess with a prince for a son, as a remade clone (that was an odd storyline) and now with another baby, wow.
I have shared the story with my grandmother till she died, my husband when he came along, with my mother when she retired and now with my own children.
I have to say in the last few years something changed in the shooting of the show. It doesn't seem to flow as smoothly and the outdoor scenes have seem stilted. I don't know what changed? Writers, budget? But it was better, in my opinion in years past. But I still got excited when I saw Phillip reappear in an ad online. I happen to be home one morning to actually see him and it did take me back
The way GL has been able to keep actors and have them come back is impressive and exciting to watch. I really feel like I know the characters.
It is sad to see it go. I will miss it. I have watched for probably 35 years. How many things can you say you have done for that long, not many.
Thank you Guiding Light for the memories.

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whats the blondes real life name in this pic

ya my gramal watches it all the time its been on for so many years its going to affect people allot.!!!!!!

Yes i will miss it. I really don't want it to be canceled. I work long hours and I look forward to watching The Guiding light when I home from work. Look everyone needs a fairy tail. No matter if it is good or bad. We all know that we can for sure get it from The Guidinglight. Because we all know there has been good and bad ones. The cancelation of Guidinglight sucks and it will be miss by ALL OF IT'S VIEWERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

the story lines are getting so good again. please dont take this wonderful show off the air i have been watching gl for 40 yrs. i dont know what ill do without gl in my life.i will miss my gl family.please dont go

I can't believe the show is cancelled, I have watched for over 25 years. Since it moved to morning I record it everyday and watch it at night. I am hoping is is picked up by another station. I will miss the characters I have come to know over the years of watching. The show could have alot more story lines in the future since adding some of the younger cast. I hope they don't replace it with another show like Dr. Phil, which I don't watch since they traded time slots. Good luck to all the cast members!!

My great grandmother listened to this, my grandmother watched it .My mother watches this show! I have watch it , my sons watch and now my Grandsons watch it.
This is 6 generations that have watched or still watch the Guiding Light show what are they thinking stoping this show that Generations have grown up with the show is still current and would be great for yet an other generation .

TO:All the fans since CBS made the mistake of hiring the writters,I wrote a year ago and said it was tanking,lets send $5 each and Hire Grant Tinker. 40yrs

I started watching this show with my Grandmother back in the 1950's when I was very young. It is a shame that they are taking this show off.I think there is many great actors on this show. What are they going to do for jobs. THIS IS A BIG MISTAKE. My daughter even said she will miss this show. This was a 4 generation show for our family. Sorry to see it go.

I WILL MISS WATCHING GUIDING LIGHT. I HAVE BEE WATCHING IT FOREVER . WHO CARES IT HAS BEEN ON FOR A 100 YEARS IT IS STILL GOOD .IN MY OPINION IF ANY SHOW SHOULD BE TAKEN OFF THE AIR IT SHOULD BE BOLD AND BEAUTIFUL .THE BROOKE AND TAYLOR AND RIDGE STUFF IS ABSOLUTELY STUPID.

GL is a big part of my family and extended family for as far back as I can remember. Its like punishing us for our loyalty... why. Its only fair we dont buy any products of any commercial shown during the time a replacement show airs... EVER. Keep GL what ever it takes. It just takes some one with a good way of thinking to make it work.

I have been watching Guiding Light for many years...It's the only soap on TV that isn't just beautiful men and women taking their clothes off, but actually has several plots going at the same time. It's a shame that TV has to fill a special demographic spot of 18 to 49 year olds or the show is a failure. Years ago, that particular demographic stayed home and watched the soaps but today have careers that take them out of the home element. There are other demographic groups...those over 50 perhaps?... that do enjoy the show and watch it regularly..I am one of those people. You are very discriminatory in your choice of viewers!

As a fann I hate to see this show come to an end, I am a fifty-four yr old women and I absolutely, loved this story, and will miss it greatly. Its like loosing an old friend one that is more like a family member. Sept 18th will be a sad day for me.

My mother use to listen to The Guiding Light on the radio with her mother. I started watching it in 1982. I really wish that they would consider leaving The Guiding Light on the air. I'm really going to miss ALL the characters. Good Luck to all of you on your next endeavors. I know we're going to see most of you on another soap:)
Sincerely,
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I watched with my mom and now with my own kids,
Stupid Dr Phil in place of it. Oprah, How could you do this to the world, Nothing to look forward to any more. CBS Was my only channel to watch guess i'll find another channel CBS fairwell to YOU TOO!

I have been watching Guiding Light for many years, and it seems to be the only one on TV that still shows how important family life should be. It shows how good family sticks together through bad times and good times, and right now with our economy and the world problems as they are, it was good to turn on GUIDING LIGHT and be able to see these actors who have become so much a part of our life. Even though one knows they are acting a part, they are so good that it gives all of us some comfort in being able to be able to escape our own problems, and they show us through their problems that we can work out ours.
Dix

I watched Guiding light from my moms bed while she watched with a blank stare like no one else existed when I was a little girl growing up in 1977 and when my older sisters watched also, now I am 32 years old and I still watch I dont know what my day will be like without it, the best soap in the world!!! my husbad of 2 years went from a General hospital man to a Guiding light man and we are just heart broken! thanks for all the years GL! I will miss you REVA!!!! you go girl! :o)

No-WAY.... should GL go off the air. Its been around for many generations. Maybe make some changes...Absolutely do not turn off our light. My whole family are GL FANS!!! Too sad................................. Please re-think your final decision.

i am so sad that the light is going out at 4:00 september 18 ,2009 i will miss it so and i say farwell to all and it is going to be so hard looing for the light but just maybe one day it will light up again we just have to wait and see what happen and i love you all cast of the guiding light good bye for now

This is very sad CBS is pulling the plug on GL, this is the only Soap I watch

Without Guiding Light, there is no longer a reason to own a television set. CBS is making a huge mistake. No show will ever be able to replace it in my heart. After 32 years - roughly 9,100 episodes, I feel betrayed by a network I have been very loyal to for a very long time.. Shame on you, CBS.

Guiding Light was the best! I will miss it so very much. I have been a fan since by daughter was born over 21 years ago. It has been part of my family all these years. God bless the people who made it great for all of us to enjoy each time we tuned in. Thanks for the memories! I wish you all the very best in the future.

I have fond memories of listening to GUIDING LIGHT on the radio.... and then following it on the TV.....
Sadly the story lines have gotten pretty bad and so alas it is no more....
What shall I do with my mornings now I ask you?
This show will be missed by myself and many others............what a shame.............

I am lost.

Got my start watching GL with my mother back in early 70"s. It has been a show that I watched some and then went to school and sort of lost track. Then got my first job and got to see some episodes again to get caught up and then later recorded all the eposides that I would miss during the day. The last two years I have not worked and have watched about every day. I did not like the story line with some of the characters, but it was turning back around. I will miss GL as so many others will.

I have been watching Guiding Light for 20 years. I live the story lines. I wish they could bring it back! I am missing it already!

I am not only boycotting CBS, but I am boycotting Proctor and Gamble as well. This was THE only soap that I watched, and I love this one. I am so lost without it. I will never watch CBS again, or buy another P&G product, and that's a promise.

Still miss it ....