Post by northernlad on Apr 1, 2019 6:21:28 GMT
I've loved reading everyone's post here about Guiding Light (and some about ATWT). I watched them both since the early 80's. There were times in my young life...especially during college that I wouldn't be able to watch due to scheduling or due to simply living my life, but I always came back to these two shows at some point and I would get hooked all over again, more so with Guiding Light since it always had a special place in my heart.
It's a shame what has happened to daytime soaps, they're only shadows of what they once were. Y&R is still around solely because of timeslot, I truly believe the only reason it was number 1 was because it came on in most markets around a lunch break when people could watch it. I watched it too when I was a kid...but as an adult it has never hooked me because nothing ever seems to be happening on it.
My favorite GL years were the mid 1980's to the 1990's...that show was unstoppable. It experienced a resurge sometime in the late 90's but quickly declined again. I watched it until the very end. And as bad it was toward the end...I was still hooked on it!
I miss this show terribly!
It's a shame what has happened to daytime soaps, they're only shadows of what they once were. Y&R is still around solely because of timeslot, I truly believe the only reason it was number 1 was because it came on in most markets around a lunch break when people could watch it. I watched it too when I was a kid...but as an adult it has never hooked me because nothing ever seems to be happening on it.
My favorite GL years were the mid 1980's to the 1990's...that show was unstoppable. It experienced a resurge sometime in the late 90's but quickly declined again. I watched it until the very end. And as bad it was toward the end...I was still hooked on it!
I miss this show terribly!