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Guiding Light: Season 1

214 episodes Premiered Jun 29, 1952 Updated Jul 25, 2026

Guiding Light is an American television soap opera that premiered in 1952. The show is set in the fictional Midwestern town of Springfield and focuses on the middle-class Bauer family. It is credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest-running television series. The show's setting and the Bauer family are the central elements of the series. Guiding Light is classified as a soap and drama television p

Season overview

Guiding Light is an American television soap opera that premiered in 1952. The show is set in the fictional Midwestern town of Springfield and focuses on the middle-class Bauer family. It is credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest-running television series. The show's setting and the Bauer family are the central elements of the series. Guiding Light is classified as a soap and drama television program, indicating that it primarily features serialized storytelling and character development. The show's content and tone are geared towards a mature audience, as indicated by its TV-14 rating. The series has been broadcast for many years, with a significant portion of its run occurring in the 1950s.

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Episodes

S1·E15760

You Saved All Of Us.

Sep 16, 2009 · 60 min

News of Alan's death spreads and Rafe leaves town.

S1·E15761

I’m Going To Miss Him.

Sep 17, 2009 · 60 min

Josh decides to leave town. Jeffrey threatens Edmund. Rick and Ed are surprised.

S1·E15762

The End.

Sep 18, 2009 · 60 min

Daisy and Ashlee leave, Mindy comes back, Reva and Josh leave, Frank and Blake get together, Christina and Remy get married and Alex leaves.