Finally, after 72 years, ‘Guiding Light’ bid adieu to its audience with its main characters Josh and Reva agreeing to get married. Unfortunately, ‘Guiding Lights’ could not survive the rating race. In its milestone run, ‘Guiding Light’ won three Daytime Emmys for Best Drama Series too. Created by Irna Phillips, the soap opera first released as a radio program in 1937. The decision to cancel ‘Guiding Light’ was quite shocking as it was the longest-running soap opera in history. #TheStoryofSoaps How can you have the story of soaps and have so little of Guiding Light, which made the jump from radio and stayed on 70 years? Way too much from ABC Soaps, when CBS only network with more than one daytime drama.- Merlisa May 20, 2020 Fox, Jon Hamm, Denise Richards, John Stamos, Chandra Wilson, Susan Lucci, and countless many other iconic soap opera performers, writers, producers, primetime stars, and reality TV personalities. ‘The Story of Soaps’ featured interviews with many daytime veterans, such as Alec Baldwin, Bryan Cranston, Carol Burnett, Vivica A. Related: Now We Know Why CBS Cancelled Guiding Light After 57 Years Since the time the special aired, fans have continuously been wishing for new seasons or reboots of these classics like ‘Guiding Light’, ‘All My Children’, and many more.

It also covered the history of the genre and how reality shows have taken over a lot of space that was earlier enjoyed by soap operas. The special dwelled more on how their legacy is alive even today and over prime time and reality, and what thrusts modern television. Produced by PEOPLE magazine, ‘The Story of Soaps’ was a two-hour primetime special that revolved around the journey of female creators who made a shift from radio to television and how they became a force in daytime television for more than three decades.

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