Monday, April 6, 2009

Frank Dicopoulos' "Gut Feeling" on GL's Future

TimeOut New York has published an exclusive new interview with GUIDING LIGHT star Frank Dicopoulos. He talks about his participation in the new "Loukoumi's Good Deeds" book, daughter Olivia and, of course, the cancellation of GL by CBS.

Well, you know, it’s very sad. I spent 22 years on the show. Guiding Light has been my life! It was my first recurring role on national network television, and I can’t thank CBS enough for that opportunity. But my feeling on the whole matter is this: GUIDING LIGHT is ending on CBS, but I’m hoping that someone else out there will believe in and appreciate the show and pick it up. It’s a hope and a dream and a belief. I think it will have a home on another network, but I know of nothing specific. It’s just a gut feeling. As for the future, I have no choice but to pursue other interests and leads, but if GUIDING LIGHT is picked up by another network, I will stay on the show as long as they will have me.

Read the complete interview here.

28 comments:

  1. As much as I don't care for Frank C..... I have come to LOVE Frank D.! I think we all tend to agree that it is very unlikely that CBS will have a change of heart... but never say never. Even if they do, I also think we all expect GL to continue somewhere and wherever that is... WE WILL FOLLOW!!! Keep the Light Shining!!!

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  2. Frank, we heart your 'gut feeling' and also agree! We'll continue to campaign for all of you!

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  3. Way to stay Positive Frank!!!! We love you and are pulling for this show in every possible way. Keep the Light Shining!

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  4. I'm glad that they are staying positive. GL can find another home, I feel it in my gut too! Thanks for this. Keep the light shining.

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  5. thataboy, frank! we're working on it for you. as long as you end up with blake or lynn, you can stay as long as you want to.

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  6. I love the positivity!

    Frank D. - we hope to see you for many more years on Guiding Light. We're all working hard for it.

    No cast deserves it more.

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  7. I love Frank D...Frank C. not so much. Thanks for posting this interview. I, too, think GL has many more good years to come! Save the Light!!!

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  8. I think I've been watching since Frank first started! (I was 8). Glad to hear the actors are hopeful. So are we fans!

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  9. I am loving Frank D. I have a gut feeling too that it will be picked up somewhere else. And, I will follow Guiding Light anywhere. Thanks for the continued GL support Roger!

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  10. While Frank C. may not be my favorite character right now, I LOVE Frank D.! You rock! We are out here campaigning for you right now, know that we love you and the rest of the cast and we will do everything in our power to keep the light shining!

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  11. I heart Frank D! Wherever GL goes, we will go. Fans, back to the campaigning!

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  12. I love Frank D! And I WILL love Frank C again just as soon as he finds someone other than Natalia!
    It's wonderful to see Frank speaking about his commitment to GL. It's just one more reason why the fans are so committed to campaign to save the show and will follow the light wherever it leads us!

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  13. Thank-you for your positivity Frank D.! We heart you at BPD!! I hope this all works out for the whole cast and crew of GL, your hard work deserves rewards.

    In the meantime, we will keep fighting day and night...(litereally...I need sleep...) x

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  14. Frank D! Thanks so much for staying positive and sharing your thoughts with us. Wherever GL goes, we will follow. :)

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  15. Thanks to Frank D. for his words! And making it clear that he still supports the show and the possibility of it's future. The fans are making it clear that it's not over for us - it's nice to hear an actor give the same vocal committment!

    I'll go wherever GL goes!

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  16. Way to stay positive, Frank D!

    We are working hard to make sure you have a place to stay (even if we don't want Frank C anywhere near Natalia ;p).

    Keep doing what you're doing, and we'll keep up our end of things!

    :D

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  17. We're all with you Frank!! We love Guiding Light and will follow it anywhere it goes. Keep the Faith Frank! We are working for it! GO PG!!

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  18. Thanks Frank D. for staying positive. Thanks also to We Love Soaps!! Very dissappointed that CBS did not renew, but am loving the "gut feeling" that P & G will find a new home for our show and wherever Guiding Light goes...I will follow!!

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  19. From your gut to God's ears, Frank! Let's hope for many more years of Frank D. (and Frank c too) in the next phase of the Guiding Light grand adventure.

    Afterall, with Blake taking on the job at Company... might be some opportunity for some Frank C. romance with a woman who doesn't flail her arms whenever he kisses her!

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  20. GL has a huge fanbase and we want GL to find a new home! We love you Frank D! Thanks for posting this, Roger.

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  21. I heart you Frank D! We need to stay positive and keep campaining. Let's keep the light shining! Wherever GL goes, I will follow!

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  22. Thanks Frank D., we heart you, and are fighting hard for you guys to find a new home. I'm in total agreement with your gut, and think that Guiding Light has caught second wind (or third, forth...). This show is truly great again, and I will follow it wherever it goes.

    Thanks Roger for the article.

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  23. Frank, we love your gut and its feelings.

    Guiding Light will be saved,
    with Otalia as its figurehead!

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  24. We love you, Frank D! You've been a great soldier through good times and bad on the show and we want GL to continue with you on it.

    We're fighting for you and everyone at GL, Frank!

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  25. While he's not my favorite guy at the moment, my love for Frank goes back to his chop shop days. I heart his optimism and gut feeling! Together we can save the Light!

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  26. We love you Frank D. and we are fighting to keep GL on the air!

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  27. Words can't express my sorrow at hearing the news about the cancellation of GL on CBS.
    I've watched GL since Ed and Mike Bauer were young and it feels like losing a member of my family.
    I am in hopes that GL will be picked up by another network but in the meantime I'm emailing every address I can find that might be relevant; posting on sites such as this and signing every online petition I can find in order to show support.
    It's important that we not become complacent with our viewing or our actions.
    I know of some viewers who have already stopped watching since hearing the news of cancellation. They feel, "why should they bother to get invested in GL when the show is going to end?"
    I won't stop watching and I won't stop hoping that GL will not end, but will go on another 72 years, somewhere else.
    CBS should be ashamed of how they treated everyone on GL by announcing this on April Fool's day, of all times...and my CBS viewing is all but ended come Sept.

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  28. My mother was an avid follower of Guiding Light for years. She always said Frank Cooper was one of her favorite characters. Based on what I have read about Frank Dicopoulos he seems like a class act and for those of you that do follow the show, I hope it finds another place.

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