Guiding Light Spoilers

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Guiding Light spoilers focus on the lives, loves and personal conflicts of residents of Springfield. The Guiding Light, often referred to as GL, is the longest running daytime drama according to the Guinness Book of World Records. The show was created by Irna Phillips and began as a radio drama in 1937. It later it made the jump to television in 1952. Full episodes of Guiding Light are available on the CBS website.

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Guiding Light Spoilers

Guiding Light spoilers focus on the families that viewers turn in to see. The Bauer family has been a staple of the soap for decades beginning with matriarch Bert and later her children and grandchildren. The annual Bauer barbecue is an event that takes place every July and often provides the forum of characters to interact.

Spoilers revealed the return of Phillip Spaulding to the canvas in the 90s as well as other popular characters. For years, fans were eager for spoilers that revealed what Roger Thorpe (played Michael Zaslow) would do next. His on-again/off-again love/hate relationship with former wife Holly produced daughter Blake and years of storylines.

Fun Fact

The light referenced in the program's title refers to the lamp in the home of Reverend Dr. John Ruthledge, a major character from the soap’s radio serial days. The show’s family and residents could see the light when they were in need of help or assistance.

Reva Shayne

Reva Shayne, played by fan favorite Kim Zimmer, was introduced in 1983. Her relationships have played out for over 2 decades with her various relationships. The teen love of Billy Lewis, she bore him a child that was later given up for adoption. She has the distinction of marrying all three Lewis men, brothers Billy and Josh as well as their father H.B.

One of the great spoilers of the late 1990s was the Reva clone storyline. Fans were outraged and intrigued at the same time as Josh Lewis’ love for Reva drove him to create a clone of her after her ‘death.’ The clone storyline was a definite daytime first and the ripples from that storyline, popular or not, played out for years.

More recently, spoilers revealed that Josh and Reva would return to Cross Creek, the site of their legendary wedding in the 80s. Their return is precipitated by the onscreen filming of Reva Shayne’s life and despite Josh’s involvement with Reva’s long-lost sister Cassie, fans still long for these two to be together.

Fun Fact

Springfield is the third name for the town the residents occupy on the show. Originally, they lived in Five Points and Selby Flats, only later did they move to the fictional town of Springfield, Illinois.

Guiding Light Spoilers Announce Changes

Ellen Wheeler (once Marley/Vicky on Another World) has influenced the modern Guiding Light as an executive producer. Guiding Light spoilers reveal her attention to detail, the shaky-cam style and realistic settings are breaking out from the traditional ‘look’ of soap operas. Over the years, Guiding Light writers have included Douglas Marland (ATWT), Bridget and Jerome Dobson (Santa Barbara) and Agnes Nixon (All My Children). Each writer has left an indelible mark on Springfield’s landscape.

How to Find Guiding Light Spoilers

Spoilers are popular with the fans because the medium of soap operas demands that viewers tune in every day to find out what happens next. When reading spoilers, remember that no spoiler can be assumed to be 100 percent accurate until the event has actually aired on screen.

  • Soap Central Scoop – Soap Central’s scoop section provides spoilers of upcoming episodes this week, next week and down the road.
  • Soaps.com – Soaps.com features spoilers of the upcoming week with day by day breakdowns for Guiding Light. Other features include news articles, sneak previews and actor comings and goings.
  • The Buzz – The Buzz is a message board that focuses on Guiding Light and Guiding Light spoilers. Fans can interact on a variety of forums; look for posts marked ‘spoilers’ to learn more spoilery information.
  • Soap Dispenser – The Soap Dispenser is a great fan resource with news articles, scoops, spoilers and more.
  • Soaptown USA – Soaptown USA is a fan based website that features Guiding Light spoilers, news, actor comings and goings as well as updates on fan events and fan event contact information.


 


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