❤ Only Love can Save the World....l have watched Day time Dramas nearly my whole life. ABC,NBC,CBS. As of July 2024,there are only 3 left in broadcast tv. I watched GL from 1990 to series finale. This was my favourite soap. Irma Phillips abd and I would have been friends..... the people, places, and cities are Real....to those who love them. They are the families We choose. I will always hold a special place in my ❤️ heart fir GL. After Katrina, the actors came down here to Biloxi to help with clean up. The Shine Your Light campaign. What an honour it was to meet the cast. Remember we All can be Lighthouses if we allow our beacons to shine. Thus is not the end of the story , as long as we keep following the Guiding Light 🕯️. Springfield Illinois forever. Daytime greetings from coastal Mississippi 👋🐻🤠🌎
I've never in my life been more entertained by a tv show. Even now, six years later, when its 3:00 and I happen to be sick or on vacation I feel a little sad that I can't turn on the light.
I was a little girl when I started watching Guiding Light with my grandma. She had to watch her stories. As I grew older and started school, the only “story” I was able to watch with her was GL. It came on at 3:00 in the afternoon. My 88 yr old grandmother died in September of 2009 and had been ill for a while before she passed, so she didn’t see the end of Guiding Light. 12 years later, I watched it for her. I know she would have been happy with the way it ended. Thank you Guiding Light for giving me so many special memories that I shared with my grandmother. ❤️
GUIIDING LIGHT’s “The End” is the saddest moment in televisions history. Thank you for years of happy times, heartbreak, love and weddings. Who to who, what and when what happened, I had to catch up on TH-cam. When Jeffrey was lost, I quit watching then the final episode shows Reva and Josh take off together. What happens now? Please come to your senses CBS. Put GUIDING LIGHT BACK on the air. Today is 4th July. Can the Bauer’s send me some BBQ?
I watched this by myself on my computer at work after everyone had gone home. I wept it was so strange it was like a part of my life was over. I had watched gl since 7th grade (1981)so in a way it was. I still miss it so much.
Guilding light was my favorite soap and still is i started watching it in the mid 80s until it ended. Miss them so much this show was the best out of all of them
I really miss this show! But, at least before the show went off everybody was where they were suppose to be Phillip & Beth, Rick & Mindy, Billy & Vanessa and even Josh & Reva!!
I know it will make unpopular to say this but I think that Josh and Reva had out grown each other so getting back together was a bad ending for Guiding Light. What was that sending Jeffrey off to chase Edmond for the rest of his life. Jeffrey wasn't my favorite character like Richard was but Bradley Cole deserve to be present with rest of the cast for the end of Guiding Light.
I think I know exactly why I didn't watch the outdoors scenes, but I use to watch Guiding Light with my mom and grandma. I miss it but the life must go on.
My thanks to the cast and crew--past, present, dead and alive--of "Guiding Light" for 72 years of shining the light as the longest-running radio and television soap opera in the United States of America.
@MrsChristopherAsher In the penultimate episode, Holly and Ed left together for an around-the-world trip. As for Jeffrey, they left it ambiguous as to what happened to him. The last we saw him he was chasing Edmund.
I can't believe this show is over! I never thought it would end in my lifetime. RIP Guiding Light! I will miss this show being a big part of our American culture and my life growing up!
It's sad to see the show end which after 72 years it had a lot of memories that had joy & sorrow. As The World Turns is next on the chomping block and that too is going to be a sad day when it airs it's last show.
Thought you why they can do away with Bold and Beautiful and sometimes even The Young and the Restless the show us years ago were much better and they cancel them
OH how i miss this show!!! Wow i wish they could be on today. With All the different Networks, Cable theres know Way we should not be able To See Our Favorite Soaps not just Reruns. This is 2019!! Come on.
I love this! Josh and Reva are like Luke and Laura. They will always find their way back to eachother even if they marry other people (ie Luke/Tracy, Josh/Cassie, Laura/Scotty, Reva/Jeffery). I do wish that Jonathan had found someone to love before the end. But I guess Sarah was enough for now.
You know what would have been nice. If Frank Dicopoulos (Frank Cooper) said to the Fans. We at Guiding Light thank you for 72 Years of Loyalty and 57 Years of Viewership. We don't believe in saying farewell, but so long until we meet again, so once again thank you!
Wish they would do a 5 year anniversary reunion! My favorite soap, and yes it was going downhill. I agree, when they started shooting more outdoor scenes that was a bad decision, but also the writing was really going downhill. I have to say though that this town they film in is so beautiful! Without me googling to find out where this is, anyone know?
Even though the show has finished - CC is still out there going strong. Days starts on 2nd October and Venice after Thanksgiving. She's also in the Twitter Ms World comp, although she has slid back to second. Vote for her @ tweeterwall(dot)mallplace(dot)com/tw/worldwide/ultimate-world-ms-twitter and check out her tweets @ Facebook and on CCNFriends
Thanks, BrandamantKnight, I think too many people here are satisfied with too little. We started out with a robust, really powerful and passionate love story that captured the hearts of thousands across the globe. Accepting that "they are happy" is NOT enough. NO one is equal until ALL are equal. We had a shot at it with GL -- and they blew it, plain and simple. Even AMC's lesbian couple was shown kissing and hugging and even making love. No kiss is no equality.
I can't believe it's been a year since it ended ! I so miss this show . Have you seen the smut that stays on the air these days ? I hope they do a reunion show in the future .
@thenewctc I actually missed it when it ended. I didn't know it was the last days til it was over. I saw cips on You Tube. Sorry I missed. I missed the ending of GL too. I tried to tape it and ended up taping the wrong show.I was happy to see Frannie. It was wonderful of Julianne Moore to appear. That show was a gateway to show stars over the years.
@@LoveShackSarah88 I think the show signed it's death certificate when they started this outdoor/weird camera stuff. Just didn't sit well with most fans.
@@webdar55 They started doing the outdoor scenes because they ran out of money and couldn't afford to construct or rent anywhere indoors. Really sad. Do you remember towards the end when they started doing hidden advertising, like Mr. Clean and other P&G products. I was embarrassed for all of them. It was time to end.
I've never heard from it before now, and it shocks me that it ran for so long. Ending something like that is, indeed, kinda harsh. But, what were they thinking, shooting outside with cheap camera's, looks like they wanted to kill the show. It all looks like something a first year filmstudent would make.
Guiding Light ran for 72 years. It began on radio and ran for 57 before ending in September. I never watched it because I'm a guy, but you've really got to respect a show that's lasted that long. It was a nice ending.
@fullimmerzion I completely agree with you on that ! All those characters such as roger, holly, alan-michael and ross etc, were placed on the backburner when the character of reva was brought back. when Michael zaslow left/fired in 97 I had a hard time watching the show and stopped watching altogether.
I agree! This past week, we saw Daisy and James post sex. All week we have seen nearly EVERY character play kissy face at some point! WTF? Otalia should have had a kiss, just as ANY other couple. By withholding the kiss, it sends all kinds of negative messages. It is ok to love someone of the same sex as long as they don't "act on it" or "put it in people's faces." Screw that! If cousins can make love, (Jammy), then Otalia could have had a few kisses, at the VERY least!
This is absolutely GOD-AWFUL. What would Michael Zaslow say, looking down at this horrible inoffensive utopia of bland families playing around in the park? Where the hell are the flashbacks?!!
I think we all agree its not about a kiss at all, its about the world seeing the lesbian couple as a couple and not as the lesbian couple. For CBS to treat those two with white gloves is a slap in the face. Yes they did stay together, but then again they had a baby, not as a couple, but with Frank and Natalia. You can't say all couples were equal on that show. Physical love is just that physical love. Yes I loved the love story, but that one kiss would have made all the difference.
I would have loved to see some flashbacks and such....and where was Holly? They bring back Fletcher, but no Meg and no Holly. I was happy to see Reva and Josh end up together at the end, but come on...we as fans deserved a much better ending. And if we feel that way, what must the cast feel?
As a faithful Otalia fan, I am appalled at the complete lack of respect this relationship was given. GL strung Otalia fans along, only to rip us off with scenes of virtually every other couple kissing and stupid Cyrus hooking up but not the long-awaited physical consumation (even the tiniest bit) of true love between two women. I am offended. The Otalia story could not be complete with just the two women, they had to have Frank in the middle of all of it. Shame on GL.
Ellen Wheeler did an outstanding job with this finale. I did not watch this program - but am fascintated with the last episodes of sopas, once mine (AW) went off the air in 1999. I loved the AW finale, with the exception of that gorilla, but had always wished for a nod to the old logos... Ms. Wheeler did indeed pay homage to the legacy that was in her hands - and did so beautifully. Bravo....
I'm fascinated by soaps' entire closing arc - from the announcement of cancellation to the last episode. I am so intrigued with the choices shows make about how to wrap up - so very different for each show.
I GOTTA SAYYYYYYYYYYYY GUIDING LIGHT'S FINALE WAS SOOOOOOOOO MUCH BETTER THEN AS THE WORLD TURNS N I LOVE AS THE WORLD TURNS BUT THEY DIDN'T BRING ANY OLDIES BACK LIKE GUIDING LIGHT DID, WHAT JUST FRANNIE AND JOHN.
This was a very LAME ending. Very bad music. Even Another World with the final shot of Mac was perfect. There should have been a shot ot or mention about Bert or Rev. Rutledge's famous poem. After 72 years GL deserved better.
The appalling show is an insult to the glory days. Remember Roger & Holly's philosophical scenes? Even Kierkegaard was thrown in! This show became a travesty! Better it be cancelled, than dumbed down to such a degree.
❤ Only Love can Save the World....l have watched Day time Dramas nearly my whole life. ABC,NBC,CBS. As of July 2024,there are only 3 left in broadcast tv. I watched GL from 1990 to series finale. This was my favourite soap. Irma Phillips abd and I would have been friends..... the people, places, and cities are Real....to those who love them. They are the families We choose. I will always hold a special place in my ❤️ heart fir GL. After Katrina, the actors came down here to Biloxi to help with clean up. The Shine Your Light campaign. What an honour it was to meet the cast. Remember we All can be Lighthouses if we allow our beacons to shine. Thus is not the end of the story , as long as we keep following the Guiding Light 🕯️. Springfield Illinois forever. Daytime greetings from coastal Mississippi 👋🐻🤠🌎
I've never in my life been more entertained by a tv show. Even now, six years later, when its 3:00 and I happen to be sick or on vacation I feel a little sad that I can't turn on the light.
I was weeping when I saw Reva get her happy ending with Josh, and they drove past the light house in the final shot. Bravo, Guiding light!
I'm glad Kim and Robert stayed close friends after 40 years since guiding light ended.kim and Robert are my favorite 4 ever and always
I was a little girl when I started watching Guiding Light with my grandma. She had to watch her stories. As I grew older and started school, the only “story” I was able to watch with her was GL. It came on at 3:00 in the afternoon. My 88 yr old grandmother died in September of 2009 and had been ill for a while before she passed, so she didn’t see the end of Guiding Light. 12 years later, I watched it for her. I know she would have been happy with the way it ended. Thank you Guiding Light for giving me so many special memories that I shared with my grandmother. ❤️
Gotta make a reunion show...with the same characters. A class act of a show.
GUIIDING LIGHT’s “The End” is the saddest moment in televisions history. Thank you for years of happy times, heartbreak, love and weddings. Who to who, what and when what happened, I had to catch up on TH-cam. When Jeffrey was lost, I quit watching then the final episode shows Reva and Josh take off together. What happens now? Please come to your senses CBS. Put GUIDING LIGHT BACK on the air. Today is 4th July. Can the Bauer’s send me some BBQ?
I watched this by myself on my computer at work after everyone had gone home. I wept it was so strange it was like a part of my life was over. I had watched gl since 7th grade (1981)so in a way it was. I still miss it so much.
Me too, I watched since high school. Was sick that it was going off the air!
My all-time favorite soap. Came to discover the Light when the Musketeers were in high-school. I was in junior high. Thx for the upload.
Josh and Reva getting back together we're the best.
The ending with josh and Reva driving off into the sunset had me crying for 3 days.
Guilding light was my favorite soap and still is i started watching it in the mid 80s until it ended. Miss them so much this show was the best out of all of them
I really miss this show! But, at least before the show went off everybody was where they were suppose to be Phillip & Beth, Rick & Mindy, Billy & Vanessa and even Josh & Reva!!
I know it will make unpopular to say this but I think that Josh and Reva had out grown each other so getting back together was a bad ending for Guiding Light. What was that sending Jeffrey off to chase Edmond for the rest of his life. Jeffrey wasn't my favorite character like Richard was but Bradley Cole deserve to be present with rest of the cast for the end of Guiding Light.
I thought the Jeff leaving w as wierd. Deus Ex Machina for Reva to be available.
2019 this still brings tears to my eyes.
And in 2022 too !!!!
I've watched this show with my granma since i was 6. Reva & Josh are the best daytime couple ever. Im going to miss this show.
Love Josh and Reeva together, she look so Beautiful
Thank you for posting. My son played Colin in the final scenes in Part 6 and Part 7 with Reva and Josh. YEAH, I can now send to family!!!
Gina Hansen oh WOW
It ran for nearly 57 years on TV! 1952-2009
***** That's not the half of it: the show started on *radio* in 1937!
Longest running drama...though usually soaps are not counted for that.
Seven years ago today. My " light" blew out.
I think I know exactly why I didn't watch the outdoors scenes, but I use to watch Guiding Light with my mom and grandma. I miss it but the life must go on.
Oh man how I miss this show so unbelievably much!!! :'(
Your " Only Love" version is way better. Cried my eyes out. Thanks!
My thanks to the cast and crew--past, present, dead and alive--of "Guiding Light" for 72 years of shining the light as the longest-running radio and television soap opera in the United States of America.
@MrsChristopherAsher
In the penultimate episode, Holly and Ed left together for an around-the-world trip. As for Jeffrey, they left it ambiguous as to what happened to him. The last we saw him he was chasing Edmund.
I can't believe this show is over! I never thought it would end in my lifetime. RIP Guiding Light! I will miss this show being a big part of our American culture and my life growing up!
I love my Josh and reva.i miss seeing Kim and Robert everyday they are my family
I miss this show so much!!!!!!!!
I'm so glad that in the show ended Josh and Reva was together I always liked his main characters of them
Kim zimmer and Robert Newman were the best on guiding light
love reva and josh always!!!!
It's sad to see the show end which after 72 years it had a lot of memories that had joy & sorrow. As The World Turns is next on the chomping block and that too is going to be a sad day when it airs it's last show.
Reva and Josh, one of the best Daytime Couples of all time. I so miss the Guiding Light.
Thought you why they can do away with Bold and Beautiful and sometimes even The Young and the Restless the show us years ago were much better and they cancel them
me 2 where are they know
where are they know
well it was lovely the song is appropiate for the the final segment!! thank you again
I will always love GL!!!
Always Bud. Always ❤❤❤❤❤
CBS, when you cancelled Guiding Light, you cursed yourselves.
OH how i miss this show!!! Wow i wish they could be on today. With All the different Networks, Cable theres know Way we should not be able To See Our Favorite Soaps not just Reruns. This is 2019!! Come on.
I love this! Josh and Reva are like Luke and Laura. They will always find their way back to eachother even if they marry other people (ie Luke/Tracy, Josh/Cassie, Laura/Scotty, Reva/Jeffery). I do wish that Jonathan had found someone to love before the end. But I guess Sarah was enough for now.
A real good show. I wish it lasted longer.
You know what would have been nice. If Frank Dicopoulos (Frank Cooper) said to the Fans. We at Guiding Light thank you for 72 Years of Loyalty and 57 Years of Viewership. We don't believe in saying farewell, but so long until we meet again, so once again thank you!
It was absolutely perfect they way they ended the series and I like how you changed the song to Only Love
Wish they would do a 5 year anniversary reunion! My favorite soap, and yes it was going downhill. I agree, when they started shooting more outdoor scenes that was a bad decision, but also the writing was really going downhill. I have to say though that this town they film in is so beautiful! Without me googling to find out where this is, anyone know?
New Jersey.
I agree, it went downhill.
It started as my favorite soap, but towards the end I was more into As The World Turns.
Sadly, the day that we've all been dreading September 18,2009 has arrived. "Guiding Light" airs its last episode today. I'm sad that it ended today
Kim Zimmer big, thanks for giving me 25 years of unforgettable emotion
Kim Zimmer and Robert Newman were the best
AMEN to this
Even though the show has finished - CC is still out there going strong. Days starts on 2nd October and Venice after Thanksgiving. She's also in the Twitter Ms World comp, although she has slid back to second. Vote for her @ tweeterwall(dot)mallplace(dot)com/tw/worldwide/ultimate-world-ms-twitter and check out her tweets @ Facebook and on CCNFriends
Thanks, BrandamantKnight, I think too many people here are satisfied with too little. We started out with a robust, really powerful and passionate love story that captured the hearts of thousands across the globe. Accepting that "they are happy" is NOT enough. NO one is equal until ALL are equal. We had a shot at it with GL -- and they blew it, plain and simple. Even AMC's lesbian couple was shown kissing and hugging and even making love. No kiss is no equality.
man no Jeffery. URGGG Thank you for posting this. It is nice to see everyone happy and yes danny and Michelle are there
Danny and michelle my fav sexy couple
always forever reva and josh
My God, it's strange, how life can change.....Oh...in a moment....I can't remember what I was about to say.............
and the 2:00 to 3:00 Pacific Time hour has been a very dark time since GUIDING LIGHT went off the air. GL is sorely missed!
Hard to believe, this classic soap opera left the air 10 years ago today. Daytime TV is not the same.
Now you get crap on TV reality shows like I give a s*** what goes on in their houses
it should have been the Bauer BBQ
I can't believe it's been a year since it ended ! I so miss this show . Have you seen the smut that stays on the air these days ? I hope they do a reunion show in the future .
@thenewctc I actually missed it when it ended. I didn't know it was the last days til it was over. I saw cips on You Tube. Sorry I missed. I missed the ending of GL too. I tried to tape it and ended up taping the wrong show.I was happy to see Frannie. It was wonderful of Julianne Moore to appear. That show was a gateway to show stars over the years.
I was very happy with Natalia and Olivia ending
I miss the real Guiding Light, not this shit with outdoor scenes!
@@LoveShackSarah88 I think the show signed it's death certificate when they started this outdoor/weird camera stuff. Just didn't sit well with most fans.
@@webdar55 They started doing the outdoor scenes because they ran out of money and couldn't afford to construct or rent anywhere indoors. Really sad. Do you remember towards the end when they started doing hidden advertising, like Mr. Clean and other P&G products. I was embarrassed for all of them. It was time to end.
I love this its soooo amazing no show is better!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111
mickey
"And there she was, wearing a hat." LOL.
Loved that Dinah and Mallet were together again:)
This is how you end a soap
i cant beleive i just met james and frank earier today! they love pittsburgh :)
I've never heard from it before now, and it shocks me that it ran for so long. Ending something like that is, indeed, kinda harsh.
But, what were they thinking, shooting outside with cheap camera's, looks like they wanted to kill the show. It all looks like something a first year filmstudent would make.
Guiding Light ran for 72 years. It began on radio and ran for 57 before ending in September. I never watched it because I'm a guy, but you've really got to respect a show that's lasted that long.
It was a nice ending.
76 years
i love your song choice better
Love that Mallet and Dinah hooked up again. to bad Jeffery didn't get to come home
CBS is the least-watched network in my family.
@fullimmerzion I completely agree with you on that ! All those characters such as roger, holly, alan-michael and ross etc, were placed on the backburner when the character of reva was brought back. when Michael zaslow left/fired in 97 I had a hard time watching the show and stopped watching altogether.
Isn't that when he had Lou Gehrig's Disease and he couldn't talk well on the show anymore
Reva ruined the show. I got so sick of her
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iamcasihart, right on right on. Very well said.
wow it's actually over !!!!
I agree! This past week, we saw Daisy and James post sex. All week we have seen nearly EVERY character play kissy face at some point! WTF? Otalia should have had a kiss, just as ANY other couple. By withholding the kiss, it sends all kinds of negative messages. It is ok to love someone of the same sex as long as they don't "act on it" or "put it in people's faces." Screw that! If cousins can make love, (Jammy), then Otalia could have had a few kisses, at the VERY least!
Where is JEFFERY!!??? That's great that Josh and Reva got back but they needed to finish the Jeff and Edmund story lines.
The boy was dark hair before he got in the truck,then he was blonde,ta da
Yay im from Pittsburgh to
This is absolutely GOD-AWFUL. What would Michael Zaslow say, looking down at this horrible inoffensive utopia of bland families playing around in the park? Where the hell are the flashbacks?!!
I think we all agree its not about a kiss at all, its about the world seeing the lesbian couple as a couple and not as the lesbian couple. For CBS to treat those two with white gloves is a slap in the face. Yes they did stay together, but then again they had a baby, not as a couple, but with Frank and Natalia. You can't say all couples were equal on that show. Physical love is just that physical love. Yes I loved the love story, but that one kiss would have made all the difference.
everyone gets a kiss but freaking Otalia
WHAT?! ARe you out of your freaking mind?!
I would have loved to see some flashbacks and such....and where was Holly? They bring back Fletcher, but no Meg and no Holly. I was happy to see Reva and Josh end up together at the end, but come on...we as fans deserved a much better ending. And if we feel that way, what must the cast feel?
Why wasn't Ashley there?
.... :'( i wish it didn't have to end just after i found it so soon the no otalia kiss pissed me off!!!!
@2cherylcxko313 In Pine Valley LOL.
That was really bad! They had such a mundane ending! And what's with the production values?
Together by Michelle Branch
holly wnet away with ed on some sort of medical research retreat or something.
does anyone know how to edit out the music and keep the voices? I wish I did.
I'm upset they don't show wat happened to Jeffrey
As a faithful Otalia fan, I am appalled at the complete lack of respect this relationship was given. GL strung Otalia fans along, only to rip us off with scenes of virtually every other couple kissing and stupid Cyrus hooking up but not the long-awaited physical consumation (even the tiniest bit) of true love between two women. I am offended. The Otalia story could not be complete with just the two women, they had to have Frank in the middle of all of it. Shame on GL.
jeffrey? now left in limbo, chasing edmund forever?
That was stupid
haha aw mallet and dinah
What is name of the song?
Ellen Wheeler did an outstanding job with this finale. I did not watch this program - but am fascintated with the last episodes of sopas, once mine (AW) went off the air in 1999. I loved the AW finale, with the exception of that gorilla, but had always wished for a nod to the old logos... Ms. Wheeler did indeed pay homage to the legacy that was in her hands - and did so beautifully.
Bravo....
I'm fascinated by soaps' entire closing arc - from the announcement of cancellation to the last episode. I am so intrigued with the choices shows make about how to wrap up - so very different for each show.
I GOTTA SAYYYYYYYYYYYY GUIDING LIGHT'S FINALE WAS SOOOOOOOOO MUCH BETTER THEN AS THE WORLD TURNS N I LOVE AS THE WORLD TURNS BUT THEY DIDN'T BRING ANY OLDIES BACK LIKE GUIDING LIGHT DID, WHAT JUST FRANNIE AND JOHN.
ATWT had a great ending.
I loved that speech the doctor made.
what happened to jeffrey
Can someone pls tell me Where is Harley?????
willtynelly
@JeterSwisherFan88
i still hate this song but love and miss the show.
I wonder if that was a 1937 Ford truck at the end. That would've been very fitting, considering that was the year that GL began...
am i the only one wondering wat happened to jeffery lol
This was a very LAME ending. Very bad music. Even Another World with the final shot of Mac was perfect. There should have been a shot ot or mention about Bert or Rev. Rutledge's famous poem. After 72 years GL deserved better.
The appalling show is an insult to the glory days. Remember Roger & Holly's philosophical scenes? Even Kierkegaard was thrown in! This show became a travesty! Better it be cancelled, than dumbed down to such a degree.
watching this over agqin
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