Filming wraps on Guiding Light

 

CBSProduction finishes on the world’s longest running soap, Guiding Light, as the final scenes are filmed on the 72 year old soap.

CBSIt’s the world’s longest running soap having clocked up an amazing 72 years on air but the final scenes of Guiding Light have now been filmed and production has wrapped on the American daytime soap. The soap has been cancelled by broadcasters CBS due to declining ratings over the past decade or so and fellow soap As the World Turns also faces cancellation by CBS.

 

The news of the final scenes being completed was made by actor Frank Dicpoulos via his Twitter page. It was originally hoped the soap would find a new home on cable or on the internet but it just wasn’t to be. The final episode of Guiding Light will air stateside in September.

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