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Dale Roe writes about television for the Austin American-Statesman.

He's worked at the American-Statesman for 10 years and has written family movie and video game reviews as well as watched lots of TV. Dale directs, writes and performs with Austin's Gag Reflex comedy ensemble, is a freelance illustrator and has contributed stories and reviews to Macworld magazine. He lives in Round Rock with his wife, two children and a dog named Apollo who barks whenever he hears another dog bark on television.

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Austin360 blogs > TV Blog > Archives > 2009 > September > 18 > Entry

‘Guiding Light’ goes out today

By Dale Roe | Friday, September 18, 2009, 11:57 AM

The “Guiding Light” gets extinguished today. The winner of 69 daytime Emmy awards over 72 years, the low-rated soap opera is one of the last of the fading genre to go.

The show’s dwindling fan base has remained dedicated. A solicitation for readers’ thoughts on the cancellation resulted in a pile of e-mail messages from fans, including several profiled in this recent column.

The final episode of “Guiding Light” airs today at 2 p.m. on CBS. If you miss it (or desire communal closure for the saga of the Bauer, Lewis, Cooper and Spaulding clans) the Alamo Drafthouse is hosting a final episode watching party at its Village location tonight at 10 p.m.

Here is a promo for the final episode:

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