Bethany Joy Lenz | Guiding Light

• Genre: Soap opera
• Created by: Irna Phillips, Emmons Carlson
• Written by: Christopher Dunn, Lloyd Gold, Jill Lorie Hurst, David Kreizman, Tita Bell, Kimberly Hamilton, Rebecca Hanover, David Rupel, Donna Swajeski, Ellen Weston, Brett Staneart, Casandra Morgan, Penelope Koechl, David Smilow, Gillian Spencer
• Directed by: Bruce S. Barry, Joe Cotugno, Rob Decina, Matthew Lagle, Brian Mertes, Adam Reist, Robert Scinto, Jo Anne Sedwick, Susan Strickler, Ellen Wheeler, Karen Wilkens
• No. of seasons: 72
• No. of episodes: 18,262
• Executive producers: Lucy Ferri Rittenberg (1952–1975), Allen M. Potter (1976–1982), Gail Kobe (1982–1986), Joe Willmore (1986–1989), Robert Calhoun (1989–1991), Jill Farren Phelps (1991–1995), Michael Laibson (1995–1996), Paul Rauch (1996–2002), John Conboy (2002–2004), Ellen Wheeler (2004–2009)
• Producers: Alexandra Johnson-Gamsey, Maria Macina, Jan Conklin, Christopher Cullen, Janet Morrison
• Production locations: Chicago, Illinois (1937–1947), Los Angeles, California (1947–1949), New York City, New York (1949–2009)
• Running time: 15 minutes (1937–1968), 30 minutes (1968–1977), 60 minutes (1977–2009)
• Production companies: Procter & Gamble Productions (1952–2008), TeleNext Media, Inc. (2008–2009)
• Network: NBC/CBS Radio
• Release: January 25, 1937 – June 29, 1956
• Network: CBS
• Release: June 30, 1952 – September 18, 2009

This show took place in the fictional Midwestern town of Springfield. In its early years, the stories centered on the middle class Bauer family, but later the wealthy Spauldings, Chamberlains, and Lewises, along with the working class Reardons and others, took their own places of prominence, though the Bauers remained the heart of the show.