soap opera
April 29, 2009
- I love this picture of Irna Phillips. It looks like she’s talking about something good, maybe a story, maybe a deal to get another one of her shows on television. Whatever it is, she’s got something going on, you can tell. I also love the fact in this picture she looks so ordinary. That might sound odd, but it’s not when you think that this is the woman who created the soap opera genre, ...
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April 27, 2009
- This Friday, 1 May, will mark a month since CBS announced it was canceling Guiding Light (and, for what it’s worth, Friday also marks the first anniversary of my first post here at Red Room). When Jennifer Gibbons asked me to be a part of RR’s Guiding Light Project, I wasn’t sure where I would begin. I was in diapers when GL premiered (on television:). And while it was my mother’s show ...
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April 22, 2009
- A couple of weeks ago I wrote about the possible end of Guiding Light. I wanted so much to be wrong. I wanted to write a blog that said surprise! It’s not going to be canceled, even though it is last in the ratings! I also thought Walter Mondale was going to win the election in 1984. This proves that there are times I can be wrong. The show is going to end. As Lynn Liccardo has been ...
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April 21, 2009
- to bring you... It's only April, and so far 2009's been a rough year for viewers in the New York metropolitan area who watch Guiding Light on WCBS. Last week, it was live coverage of the installation of a new archbishop that enraged GL fans in general, Otalia fans in particular. Actually, I think it was the press conference preceding the ceremony - doesn't matter. Earlier, Phillip Spaulding's ...
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April 15, 2009
- so much more to write on this that will have to wait until next week. and i don't mean this to sound nitpicky; i know they've been cramming in jessica leccia's scenes before she leaves to have her baby. of course, i may be the only one who noticed...but it's a real tribute to the power of great storytelling and the acting chops of both crystal chapell and jl on today's episode of guiding light ...
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April 14, 2009
- some good news that somehow escaped my attention with all the discussion around GL's cancellation. Last week ABC announced that the remaining episodes of Pushing Daisies, Eli Stone and Dirty Sexy Money will be aired on Saturday nights beginning May 30th Daisies' final three episodes will air May 30 to June 13; Eli Stone's final four episodes will air June 20 to July 11; Dirty Sexy Money's final ...
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April 13, 2009
- April can be a cruel month. CBS announced the cancellation of Guiding Light, ER broadcast its final episode and The New York Times Corporation is threatening to close down my hometown newspaper of record, The Boston Globe – and that was just the first week. Here’s hoping for the promised May flowers because we’ve certainly had plenty of April showers, literally here in Boston, as well as ...
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April 5, 2009
- Along with other Guiding Light fans, I've been working my way through the five stages of grief. I actually got a head start. While I held out a tiny glimmer of hope for GL's future after I read through last December's reports from Peapack, in my heart of hearts I knew it just wasn't going to happen. So, I skipped over denial and bargaining and began with a few weeks of profound sadness (don't ...
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April 1, 2009
- If you're reading this, you've probably already heard the bad news. and, no, sad to say, it's not an April Fool's Day joke; but neither is the good news: NBC and DIRECTV announced a two-year pick-up for Friday Night Lights.This is particularly good news for me: the pick-up of FNL and cancellation of Guiding Light, rather than As the World Turns, means I won't have to rewrite my chapter for the ...
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March 31, 2009
- This morning I was writing when I noticed I received an e-mail. Taking a look at it, I noticed it was a forward e-mail. At first I thought oh geez, don’t be an e-mail where I have to forward it to ten friends and I’ll get lucky. No, it was Entertainment Weekly confirming a story that’s been in the air for days: Guiding Light, the oldest soap opera on the air, ...
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