Monday, April 6, 2009

Can GUIDING LIGHT Really Be Saved?

TeleNext executive Brian Cahill spoke with TV Guide's Michael Logan about his hopes for the future.

We are committed to finding a life for GL after CBS. Specific conversations are happening — I can’t tell you the substance of them or with whom we’re talking — but I assure you this is not lip service. We are absolutely committed to finding a landing place, not only for us but for the viewers who have been so loyal all this time, and to whom GL has been so important.

I am encouraged. I don’t know if I’m confident. What we’re talking about is a long shot, but we’re not going to just fold up our tents. One of the things that has always made us very proud of GL is that it figured out how to move from radio to television at a time when a lot of programs failed at that. Whoever was the steward of that move did an amazing thing and we want to be that same kind of steward now.

On how the show will wrap up on CBS.

We will treat this situation with the utmost respect, yet at the same time we’re not going to treat it like a museum piece. This is a living, breathing program that continues to have great and exciting possibilities.

On the buzz of Otalia which has helped draw in new viewers.

That’s one of the many reasons we believe GL has a future. It tells us that there’s life in the old girl yet!

Read the complete interview here.

7 comments:

  1. Thanks, Roger, for posting this article. It is obvious that Mr. Cahill has a positive outlook when it comes to keeping GL on the air. I will fully support it wherever it goes. Save the Light!!!

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  2. Thanks for posting this Roger! This is a great interview and it definitely gives a more positive, hopeful outlook on the matter! People have to know that it's time to keep fighting!

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  3. Thanks Roger for posting this article! It definitely gives renewed hope to those of us willing to follow GL anywhere! Save the Light!!

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  4. Thanks for highlighting this interview. I love Mr. Cahill's positive outlook. He sounds very determined to craft a new future for Guiding Light. I am one of many who will follow it to its new home, wherever that may be.

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  5. Thanks, Roger. The statements by Brian Cahill and Jeannie Tharrington demonstrating TeleNext's and P&G's commitment to Guiding Light are great motivators. There are over two million loyal viewers out there who are ready and willing to follow GL anywhere and bring their disposable income to the advertisers who choose to support the show.

    We aren't going down without a fight!

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  6. It's nice to hear that they are not giving up the fight to find a home for Guiding Light. Thanks Roger for the posting.

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