What is the world's longest-running TV drama series?
The world's longest-running TV drama series is CBS's Guiding Light, which was broadcast from June 30, 1952 to September 18, 2009. The show was originally a 15-minute radio series called The Guiding Light, which ran from 1937 to 1956.
Guiding Light holds the Guinness World Record for the longest-running TV drama series, with a total of 18,262 episodes. The show chronicled the lives and loves of the Bauer, Spaulding, and Lewis families in the fictional town of Springfield.
Guiding Light was also a pioneer in daytime television, introducing innovative storytelling techniques, such as flashbacks, that are now common in soap operas. The show was cancelled in 2009, after a decline in ratings and a shift in television viewing habits.
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