Whew. I remember watching both ‘Guiding Light’ and ‘As the World Turns’ as a kid in the (very) early ‘60s on the few days I missed school because of the flu or whatever. What next? ...Maybe the Piels Boys will stop advertising beer?
At one time I watched all four soaps on CBS.. then they ruined Guiding Light with that STUPID shooting format... (hand held camera all outdoor scenes and extreme closeups and shaky lense)... it was terrible and I stopped watching what had been an excellent soap for a long time (with some really dumb story lines the last few years)... they then tried some of the same shooting formats on ATWT and they also went to some very bad writing, let some of the best actors (Martha Byrne) go and shoved the veterans to the background and I stopped watching it... I got sick of the same ole same ole on B&B and stopped watching it and just this year pretty much quit Y&R for the same reasons I quit B&B.