June 16, 2009, 11:59 am

Mayor Will Miss ‘Guiding Light’

By Sewell Chan

CBS Archive From left, the actors Herb Nelson, Ellen Demming, Susan Douglas and Lyle Sudrow appeared in the television premiere of “Guiding Light” on June 30, 1952. The soap opera will broadcast its final episode on Sept. 18.

Can a daytime soap be a “real New York institution”?

That’s what Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg called “Guiding Light,” the longest-running drama in television history, on Monday, at the fourth annual “Made in NY” awards, presented by the Mayor’s Office of Film, Theater and Broadcasting. Read more…