The Guiding Light cast has enamored viewers since it's very first episode back in 1952. This much-loved soap opera was set in the fictional Midwestern town of Springfield and originally centered ...

NEW YORK (CNN)-- The venerable CBS soap opera "Guiding Light" will go dark in September after 72 years and 16,000 episodes, the network announced Wednesday. The daytime drama's declining ...

Soap opera star Mark Dobies has died at 65. The actor, best known best for his roles on “One Life to Life” and “Guiding Light,” died on Tuesday, Mach 11, according to an online obituary.

birthing the name “soap opera.” 1937: Irna Phillips creates The Guiding Light, which is set in a fictional Chicago neighborhood. It follows Rev. John Ruthledge, who provides help to those ...

Phillips went on to turn her successful radio drama “Guiding Light” into a TV soap opera in 1952 and also launched “As the World Turns” (1956) and “Another World” (1964). Critics ...