The future of the soap opera is looking bleaker every day.
TV Week and Entertainment Weekly are both reporting that CBS is planning for a replacement for Guiding Light, the longest-running soap opera and drama in broadcast history.
Although it's not set in stone, there seems to be little hope for the struggling sudser. Despite an extremely high-profile change in the show's production, as well as the return of fan favorite Grant Aleksander as Phillip Spaulding, ratings are still low compared to other daytime programs. Guiding Light averages about 2.5 million viewers a week.
Although I haven't really been watching Guiding Light much (since it's been a steaming pile of horse crap lately except for Aleksander), hearing of its cancellation just makes the ending of the soap opera all the more inevitable.
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