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Guiding Light tapes last episode

Mediafrog+ said:
I suspect that virtually all CBS stations will run LMAD in the same slot in which GL was carried.
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So far it looks that way. I've seen only four stations that had GL in the afternoon
elect to carry LMAD in the morning: WUSA, WBNS, WTVR, and WIAT. I really thought
more would go for a Deal/Price combo 10 AM-noon (ET).

I'm hearing, though, that KCBS is going to run Bonnie Hunt at 10 AM (PT), but
I don't know what happens to Price in LA.

It also looks like KOVR is going to carry LMAD at 9 AM; WNEM will have it at 10 on 5-2.
 
easttxtv said:
BTW, the Guiding Light segment on 60 Minutes ran last night; a helpful poster recorded it in 2 parts:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_iXwKykuK8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qv996I1GErE

Also, a segment ran yesterday morning on Sunday Morning:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjrcLLcir7g
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I wouldn't have seen it if not for football delaying Andy Rooney. I liked the old episodes and the re-creation of the radio show (I thought some of those voices sounded familiar). I didn't like much of the new stuff. I cannot STAND Reva or Josh.

I like the way they said Rick lost most of his patients. We would all have wanted Rick to succeed, but that was funny.

I wish they had described his medical school career better. Seriously, he was starting college in 1983, and in only three years he had graduated medical school. They called it an accelerated medical school program, but no one, not even Doogie Howser, was THAT accelerated.
 
Mediafrog+ said:
I suspect that virtually all CBS stations will run LMAD in the same slot in which GL was carried.
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I can't see KCNC 4 carrying LMAD at 2:00 PM MT & whatever comes after it going up against One Life To Live on KMGH 7 & Days Of Our Lives on KUSA 9 as that would be committing ratings suicide.

If anything, I see KCNC 4 dropping Rachael Ray (KWGN 2 could pick this show up in lieu of the Martino TV repeat they have now) & either moving LMAD to 9:00 AM & whatever comes after it to 9:30 AM or moving TPIR back to 9:00 AM & moving LMAD to 10:00 AM & whatever comes after that to 10:30 AM WITH Dr. Phil & Oprah both being moved up an hour followed by news at 4:00 PM.
 
There is no "after" it on the half hour; LMAD is an hour-long show.
 
vchimpanzee said:
easttxtv said:
BTW, the Guiding Light segment on 60 Minutes ran last night; a helpful poster recorded it in 2 parts:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_iXwKykuK8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qv996I1GErE

Also, a segment ran yesterday morning on Sunday Morning:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjrcLLcir7g
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I liked the old episodes and the re-creation of the radio show (I thought some of those voices sounded familiar).
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The radio show recreation was on the 70th Anniversary ep (I had a couple of small nitpicks about it, but otherwise they did a pretty good job), back in Jan 2007:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_nVUp248eA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAjYSUvfsKg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5QOedpIwIA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQpbnsRLEQ8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dXBmNr6iqc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGGnBR0rURI

I like the way they said Rick lost most of his patients. We would all have wanted Rick to succeed, but that was funny.
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It was funny, even though I wasn't familiar with the history of the show.
 
Pat Cook said:
Mediafrog+ said:
I suspect that virtually all CBS stations will run LMAD in the same slot in which GL was carried.
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I can't see KCNC 4 carrying LMAD at 2:00 PM MT & whatever comes after it going up against One Life To Live on KMGH 7 & Days Of Our Lives on KUSA 9 as that would be committing ratings suicide.

If anything, I see KCNC 4 dropping Rachael Ray (KWGN 2 could pick this show up in lieu of the Martino TV repeat they have now) & either moving LMAD to 9:00 AM & whatever comes after it to 9:30 AM or moving TPIR back to 9:00 AM & moving LMAD to 10:00 AM & whatever comes after that to 10:30 AM WITH Dr. Phil & Oprah both being moved up an hour followed by news at 4:00 PM.
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Checking KCNC's long-range schedule to try to answer your question, it appears that LMAD will air at 2 PM in Denver; the station is still listing Rachael Ray at 9 AM as late as September 28. I would think that any change would be made Monday (21st); Washington and Richmond are showing the last week of GL at 10 AM and will run TPIR reruns at 10 for the following two weeks, so I know they're getting LMAD in the morning.
 
I thought the 60 Minutes piece was well done. Of course it could have been longer, taken up the entire show. While I appreciate that they gave airtime to some of the most tenured actors, I think they should have aired discussions with some of the younger actors to get their thoughts. Surprised how it was never mentioned that Producer Ellen Wheeler is an Emmy-winning actress. Probably the funniest thing mentioned is when Kim Zimmer said Reva went through menopause and four years later she had a baby.

R.I.P. Guiding Light. Thanks for the memories
 
Ellen Wheeler won that Emmy for the dual role of
twins Vicky and Marley on "Another World."

I still wish CBS had given "GL" a one-hour primetime
sendoff. After all, the show's been on the network since
it was a radio soap--1947, to be exact (NBC had it from 1937-
47).
 
It looks like WBZ in Boston will be moving Rachel Ray to 9:00 AM, and airing LMAD at 10:00. They had previously aired GL at 9:00 with RR at 10:00.
 
bpatrick said:
I still wish CBS had given "GL" a one-hour primetime
sendoff. After all, the show's been on the network since
it was a radio soap--1947, to be exact (NBC had it from 1937-
47).
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Yeah, CBS could have done something in primetime. Programming is so light during the summer and I'm sure it wouldn't be too expense to produce a tribute show. I wonder will CBS Evening News say anything about GL on Friday. I doubt it because C.E.N. didn't report that GL was canceled.

bpatrick said:
Ellen Wheeler won that Emmy for the dual role of
twins Vicky and Marley on "Another World."
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Anne Heche also won an Emmy for playing Vicky and Marley.
 
Actually, Ellen Wheeler has won two acting Emmys, one
for Vicky/Marley, the other for her role as Cindy Parker
Chandler on "All My Children."
 
ssetta said:
It looks like WBZ in Boston will be moving Rachel Ray to 9:00 AM, and airing LMAD at 10:00. They had previously aired GL at 9:00 with RR at 10:00.
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Sounds like a smart move, pairing Deal with Price Is Right. I don't know how it will work out; I've heard that WBZ hasn't fared all that well since moving to CBS.
 
bpatrick said:
I've heard that WBZ hasn't fared all that well since moving to CBS.
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Maybe WBZ should take a page out of WHDH's playbook and threaten to run NEWS at 10! :D
 
DToTheJ said:
bpatrick said:
I've heard that WBZ hasn't fared all that well since moving to CBS.
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Maybe WBZ should take a page out of WHDH's playbook and threaten to run NEWS at 10! :D
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WHDH relented and picked up Leno when NBC threatened to disaffiliate it, or so I've heard. What would CBS do, sell WBZ if they ran news at 10? :D

Back to GL (spoiler for the West Coast, you haven't seen it as I'm posting this), but a real surprise turn of events today: Alan Spaulding died of a heart attack; sitting on a park bench at the wedding reception of Billy and Vanessa, he just went to sleep. Alan had donated bone marrow to save Phillip, whom fans of the show thought would die at the end (he won't, looks like he and Beth will live happily ever after). Rick had to report the results of the autopsy, and while Alan was already gone before Rick could get to him, and so it can't be counted as "Rick loses another patient," I'm still glad I'm in the real world and Rick Bauer is not my doctor. Now for what is probably the last remaining question: what happens to Josh and Reva?

I don't know how many of you have been watching this week, but the actors seem more emotional than usual. Whether it's storyline or the reality that this is the end of what for some of them has been a career, I know it was tough on them to get through that last week of taping. I remember how Mary Stuart barely got through the last episode of "Search For Tomorrow," since she'd gone the whole 35-year run of that show. I wonder how much crying we'll see Friday.

One omission I wish had been corrected: I wish they'd brought back Mike Bauer for the finale. I think the guy who played him the longest, Don Stewart, has passed on, but surely someone could have been found (Peter Simon isn't the first actor to play Ed Bauer, after all).

Maybe because I'm a history instructor, but I feel we're losing more than a soap that transcends radio and television; we're losing a piece of Americana this Friday. By all logic it should have happened several years ago, but it doesn't change the fact that, starting Monday, daytime is going to be a vastly different place.
 
bpatrick said:
Alan Spaulding died of a heart attack; sitting on a park bench at the wedding reception of Billy and Vanessa, he just went to sleep.
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I was surprised that Alan died. I think it should have happened with 2 weeks to go and not two episodes to go. This would have gave us the chance to see how all of Springfield reacted to his death. It seemed so rushed. Alan's funeral would have been good because they could have brought back Alan-Michael and Elizabeth, Phillip's adoptive mother and Lizzie's namesake.

Ron Raines deserves a lot of credit for his portrayal of Alan Spaudling but to me the real Alan was the original: Chris Bernau. Back then, Alan was a super playboy who had almost any female he wanted. Raines Alan was a bully and women turned him down.

bpatrick said:
One omission I wish had been corrected: I wish they'd brought back Mike Bauer for the finale. I think the guy who played him the longest, Don Stewart, has passed on, but surely someone could have been found (Peter Simon isn't the first actor to play Ed Bauer, after all).
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Not sure what reason they could have brought Mike Bauer back except for the annual BBQ. He could have given Alexandra some much needed romance and renew his rivalry with Alan. I would have rather had Hope Bauer back on. She is Mike's daughter, Alan's former wife, and Alan-Michael's mother. Hope and Alan had unresolved issues.
 
In the case of Mike, for old-times' sake. But I didn't
think about Hope; you're right, they needed to resolve
a few things between her and Alan.

As for Alan's death, Alexandra revealed that Alan had
changed his will and wanted to be cremated, so I suppose
that spares the producers the trouble of staging a funeral
(don't know if they intend to do a memorial service today
or tomorrow). But I agree that Ron Raines' Alan was a bully,
and I'm not sure I'd mourn his death if I were a character not
related to him.
 
Found two more stations that will have Let's Make A Deal
in the morning: WGCL Atlanta and WVNS Bluefield, WV.
WVNS will run People's Court at 3; WGCL is doing a huge
overhaul, moving Better Atlanta to 12:30 and Y&R to 3
(LMAD will be on at 10 AM in both markets).
 
Originally when i emailed them in the summer, WHP (21 in Harrisburg) stated they would run LMaD at 3pm, same spot as GL was. I found out today they will be airing LMaD at 10am, and moving *that* offering ("The Doctors") to 3pm.
 
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