Thursday, September 10, 2009

PREVIEW: GUIDING LIGHT on 60 MINUTES

On this Sunday's 60 MINUTES, Correspondent Morley Safer talks to the people who produced and appeared on GUIDING LIGHT, some for decades, as they celebrate the life and now accept the breakup of what has for them become a family.

Safer's story will be broadcast on Sunday at 7 pm ET/PT on CBS.

"I'm 54 years old. I will never have a job like this again, ever in my life," says actress Kim Zimmer, who played Reva Shayne - a character who married nine times on the show. "Nothing this steady and this stable and this wonderful."

GUIDING LIGHT Executive Producer Ellen Wheeler says it's more than a job. "We have to say goodbye to the characters. And we have to say goodbye to the town, the whole town. We have to say goodbye to each other. Our working relationships are over," she says.

Beth Chamberlin, who went from a teenager to middle age on the broadcast as Beth Raines, is a little bit in denial. "I think it won't sink in for maybe a month later that we're actually not going back. We're not just light on story right now, there is no story to be told," she tells Safer.

In addition, Safer also speaks to GUIDING LIGHT writer Jill Lorie Hurst and longtime actors Ron Raines, Tina Sloan and Grant Aleksander.

Source: CBSNews.com

The NFL kicks off on Sunday but the double header is on Fox so 60 MINUTES should not be delayed. CBS is not airing any late games this week but will be airing the U.S. Open Men's Tennis Final. It should be over by 7pm ET but if you will not be home, you may want to record longer than the scheduled time just in case.

1 comment:

  1. It's nice that 60 minutes is recognizing GL. I will definitely set my DVR to tape it.

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