Fans Unite To Save GUIDING LIGHTApril Grant, who is co-creator of a GUIDING LIGHT (Otalia) fan forum, is among those encouraging viewers to write Proctor & Gamble, which owns the series, to show support for taking it to another network.
Grant, 41, whose online pen name is Destini, says that there are millions of fans who will follow GUIDING LIGHT wherever it goes.
Procter & Gamble reportedly is shopping the series to cable networks because the broadcast networks appear to be cutting back on daytime dramas.
"We think something like Soapnet would be a good home for it," says Grant. "Even though it is owned by ABC and reruns ABC soaps, adding new episodes of GUIDING LIGHT would give it the distinction of saving the longest-running soap opera in history."
More than 16 million watch 'ER' finale
ER's signoff marked the biggest rating for a drama series finale since THE X-FILES wrapped its run in 2002 and the largest overall audience for a drama series finale in 13 years.
EASTENDERS causes power surgeLast night's climactic episode of EASTENDERS caused a power surge that was more than double the average. The hour-long special episode, which featured Peggy (Barbara Windsor) and Archie's (Larry Lamb) wedding and the controversial death of Danielle Jones (Lauren Crace), began at 7.30pm and was seen by 10.58 million viewers (48.3%).
The power grid usually sees a surge of 500MW at the end of an average episode of the Walford soap. However, at 8.30pm, the grid saw a surge of 1270MW.
A spokeswoman for the National Grid this morning told DS: "The surge after the hour EASTENDERS had ended was equivalent to around half a million kettles being switched on at once. Also, the sun set at 7.35pm, so the millions of viewers were probably switching all their lights on, too."
EASTENDERS' exec responds to plot reaction
EASTENDERS executive producer Diederick Santer has responded to audience reaction following last night's episode of the BBC soap.
Santer this afternoon said: "Last night's EASTENDERS contained all the elements of a classic soap episode – a wedding, high drama and tragedy. We acknowledge that we didn't deliver the happy ending that many of the audience may have been hoping for, and that for some people this was upsetting. We hope viewers understand that our aim is to deliver the best drama. That doesn't always lead to a happy ending. EASTENDERS - like all good drama - contains a balance of storylines, both happy and sad. We’re proud of the episode, the storyline which built up to it and the way the audience have engaged with it."
INTERVIEW: OLTL's Kathy Brier (Marcie)
"Nobody had ever seen someone like me on a soap before. It was funny, I was doing this little dinky show downtown, and my agent called and said, 'We have an audition for a soap opera.' And I was thinking, 'What are you, on crack?'"
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