Guiding Light je nejstarší telenovela - a nejdelší seriál vůbec, pokud počítáme i jeho začátky. Guiding Light se začal vysílat už ve třicátých letech jako rozhlasová soap opera, což znamená, že má za sebou už úctyhodných sedmdesát let. Je těžké postihnout děj patnácti set epizod v jednom odstavci, takže se omezím na to, že se přiběhová linie kroutí a přesouvá z místa na místo a seriál se rozštěpil do několika desítek linií. Ostatně, kdybychom chtěli vidět všechny díly - a chtěli to stihnout za pět let, museli bychom sledovat devět dílů denně.
Hrají: Kim Zimmer, Lia Yang, Joan Collins, Robert Newman, Tammy Blanchard, JoBeth Williams, Sherry Stringfield, Mira Sorvino, Gina Tognoni, .....Deborah May, Melina Kanakaredes, Allison Janney, Ian Ziering, Billy Dee Williams, Daniel von Bargen, James Rebhorn, Andreas Katsulas, Murray Bartlett, Jeff Branson, James Earl Jones, Richard Biggs, Kevin Bacon, Lois Wilson, Rick Hearst, Frances Fisher, Harley Jane Kozak, Beth Ehlers, Philip Bosco, Keir Dullea, Polly Adams, Sandy Dennis, Calista Flockhart, Teresa Wright, Ed Begley, Nia Long, Amy Steel, Jordan Clarke, Michelle Forbes, Heather Rattray, Daniel Cosgrove, Paula Garcés, Cicely Tyson, Bradley Cole, Mary Pat Gleason, Stephen McHattie, James Horan, Aubrey Dollar, Shari Headley, Larry Pine, Camilla Scott, John Cunningham, Dana Elcar, Ruth Warrick, Ruby Dee, Barbara Crampton, Barnard Hughes, Victoria Gabrielle Platt, Tracy Howe, Fran Brill, Rachel Miner, Kurt McKinney, Sonia Satra, Andrea Navedo, Anna Maria Horsford, Joseph Campanella, Christy Carlson Romano, Brittany Snow, Paul Wesley, Andrea Anders, Frank Grillo, Robert Clohessy, Teresa Hill, Mark Margolis, John Wesley Shipp, Catherine Mary Stewart, Graham Jarvis, Philippe Brenninkmeyer, Michael Woods, Curt Dawson, Cindy Pickett, Lilia Skala, Jim Davidson, Taye Diggs, Hayden Panettiere, Jan Sterling, Joe Lando, Wes Ramsey, Paige Turco, Adolph Caesar, Don Scardino, Marshall Hilliard, Orlagh Cassidy, Bill Curry, Johnny Messner, Cynthia Watros, Karen Moncrieff, Christian Camargo, David Zayas, Sendhil Ramamurthy, Alan North, Matt Bomer, Nate Corddry, Jess Weixler, Ashley Peldon, Leon Russom, Robert LuPone, Aaron Paul, C.S. Lee, Andrea Piedimonte Bodini, Gil Rogers, Bonnie Dennison, Dreama Walker, Bill Sorice, Mark Feuerstein, Terrence Mann, Michael Carbonaro, Raviv Ullman, Deborah Zoe, Marj Dusay, Jason Etter, Bethany Joy Lenz, Kristen Connolly, Catherine Haena Kim, Will Lyman, Stefen Laurantz, Fay Wolf, Rebecca Mader, Jessica Blank, Sharon Leal, Fiona Hutchison, M.D. Walton, Olivia Cole, John Fiore, Dolores Sirianni, Tasha Dixon, James Lipton, Matthew Morrison, Daniela Ruah, Fabio, Marcy Walker, Everett McGill, Drew Seeley, Ruby Jerins, Ginger Kroll, Cyrus Farmer, Victor Slezak, Hunt Block, Michelle Ray Smith, James Cronin, Christina Pickles, Marian Seldes, Jack Betts, Peter Francis James, Corey Parker Robinson, Heidi Kristoffer, Laryssa Lauret, R.E. Rodgers, Zach Roerig, Paul Iacono, Peter Hermann, Ellen Parker, Becki Newton, Bret Shuford, Natalie Gold, Andrea Gabriel, Katie Seeley, Diandra Newlin, Geoffrey Arend, Gloria Votsis, Zuzanna Szadkowski, Erin Cottrell, Billy Kay, Nico Evers-Swindell, Ty Simpkins, Katherine Kamhi, Parker Bagley, Kimberly J. Brown, Jeremy Slate, Lindsey McKeon, Geoffrey Wigdor, Miriam Colon, Crystal Hunt, Chris Riggi, Nick Santino, Marc Menchaca, Michael Knowles, Carrie MacLemore, Katie Lowes, Madeleine Sherwood, Jesse Hlubik, Jamil Mena, Maeve Kinkead, Jordi Vilasuso, Jeffrey Scaperrotta, Mackenzie Phillips, Will Poston, Janet League, Chris Henry Coffey, Mark Deklin, Sorrell Booke, Patti D'Arbanville, MacKenzie Mauzy, Sarah Megan Thomas, Josh Taylor, Crystal Chappell, Michael Sabatino, Judi Evans, Patricia Barry, Brody Hutzler, Antonie Knoppers, Jeanne Cooper, Paul Benedict, Robert Gentry, Mary Stuart, Kathryn Hays, Emme Rylan, Nicole Forester, Shannon Kingston, Louise Platt, Timothy Mandala, Taina Elg, Krista Braun, Juan Carlos Hernández, Kim Allen, Ted Sorel, Jean Carol, Laura Stepp, Franklin Martin, Derek Phillips, William Duell, William Smithers, Rebecca Budig, Kim Hamilton, Ned Luke, Elizabeth Lawrence, Jake Lacy, Audrey Peters, Fred J. Scollay, Bruno Gunn, John D'Leo, Larry Gates, Jeff Galfer, Joseph Maher, J. Smith-Cameron, Angelique Cabral, Emily Swallow, Annabelle Gurwitch, T.J. Linnard, Robin Mattson, Gene Gabriel, Craig DiFrancia, Amir Arison, Ashley Avis, Jama Williamson, Margaret Anne Florence, Joseph Eid, Jennifer Lafleur, Olivia Birkelund, Eddie McGee, Brian J. Carter, Richard Cox, Brett Holland, Gary Hilborn, Veronica Cruz, Ed Moran, Meredith Patterson, Joyce Holden, Tanya Clarke, Ritchie Coster, Emily Robinson, Ward Horton, Natalie Knepp, Sabrina Gennarino, Jordan Charney, Gregory Marcel, Larisa Polonsky, Kit Paquin, Merle Dandridge, Jeff Lima, Joseph Murphy, Beth Dover, Catherine A. Callahan, Michael Medeiros, Samantha Hahn, Tamara Fay, Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick, Stephen Martines, Marty Marrero, Stephen Kunken, Jessica Leccia, Alex Cranmer, Michel Gill, Jennifer Gatti, Daniel Pilon, Leslie O'Hara, Tom Pelphrey, George Alvarez, Lauren C. Mayhew, Jeff Gendelman, James Martinez, Roger Howarth, Elizabeth Allen, Neal Bledsoe, Ben Hammer, Jason Vail, Kat Coiro, Estes Tarver, James Patric Moran, Chris Payne Gilbert, Marcus Giamatti, Zina Bethune, Ethan Erickson, Zoe Trilling, Steve Schirripa, Frances Foster, Susan Douglas Rubes, Augusta Dabney, Chip Zien, Richard Hamilton, Jennifer Gibson, Everett Quinton, Laura Wright, Jason MacDonald, Michael Higgins, Robert Eli, Michael Kane, Christina Gooding, Michael Emery, Cal Robertson, Robert Bogue, Jordan Woods-Robinson, Jeremy Palko, Carrie Nye, Christopher Rosamond, Michael Swan, Idara Victor, Lenore Kasdorf, Roger Rathburn, Kay Story, Gerald S. O'Loughlin, Che Landon, Carmine Cangialosi, Rebecca Staab, Stacy Asencio Sutphen, Kellie Overbey, Kelly AuCoin, Jeremy Holm, Sabrina Culver, Ricky Paull Goldin, Catherine Curtin, John Dukakis, Brad Schmidt, David Wenzel, Barbara Garrick, Philip Sterling, Marsha Clark, Sean Cullen, Harry Sutton Jr., Michael Lombard, Victoria Wyndham, Clarice Blackburn, Whitfield Connor, John Morrissey, Matt Walton, Jeff Barry, Wayne Tippit, Clayton Dean Smith, Nancy Malone, Tom O'Rourke, Lester Rawlins, Jack Armstrong, Bill Buell, Susan Blommaert, Edward Villella, Greg Wrangler, Derek Krantz, Rosetta LeNoire, Pierce Cravens, Ajay Mehta, Kevin Collins, Joanne Linville, Xavier Barquet, Michael T. Mikler, Guy Boyd, Scott Bailey, Don Money, Toby Poser, Nancy Hendrickson, Angelique Letizia, Katherine Justice, Don Stewart, James Shanklin, Lanette Ware, David Furr, Michael J. Burg, Eddie Mekka, Tony Craig, Gregory Chase, Neal Dodson, Alexis Jacknow, Shawn Thompson, Hildy Brooks, Robert Gerringer, Connor Fox, Aaron Hart, Richard Van Vleet, Keith Collins, Tucker Smallwood, Sandra Smith, Derek Michalak, Vincent Irizarry, Meghan Andrews, Elizabeth MacRae, Raymond McAnally, Suzy Cote, Lynne Rogers, George Vincent, Stacey Maltin, Beverlee McKinsey, Sudie Bond, Sydney Walker, Michael Palance, Elizabeth Dennehy, Scott Hoxby, Geoffrey Scott, Marcus Dean Fuller, Larry Mitchell, Jenni Melear, Christopher Norris, William Bumiller, Stefan Schnabel, Mark Derwin, Kevin McClatchy, Berkeley Harris, Vic Noto, Fran Bennett, Caroline McWilliams, Bryan Dechart, Patrick Horgan, Jennifer Leak, Scott Evans, Danny Fischer, Meg Mundy, Joe Marinelli, Gavin Houston, Frances Turner, Mel Ruick, Jayne Houdyshell, Francesca Faridany, Ron Foster, Steve Bassett, Tom Tammi, Benjamin Hendrickson, Meg Myles, Adam Wade McLaughlin, Ted Le Plat, Patrick Zeller, Stephen Bogardus, Patricia Wheel, Stephen Schnetzer, Roger Newman, Wendy Foxworth, Randy Clark, Reathel Bean, Irma St. Paule, Helen Coxe, Jennifer Mudge, Lisa Howard, Michael Tylo, Julie Lancaster, Anne Richardson, Robin Johnson, Saundra Santiago, William Roerick, Anthony Crivello, Jack Wetherall, Alice Kremelberg, Davis Gaines, Catherine Dudley-Rose, Eric Nelsen, John Gibson, Antone Pagán, Herbert Nelson, Ed Prentiss, Montel Williams, Norman Snow, Ruth Manning, Grasie Mercedes, Malachy Cleary, Paul McGrath, Tru Collins, Tamara Garfield, Michael Zaslow, Drew Seltzer, John Boruff, Jeff Hiller, Christopher Michael, Doug Hurley, Jake Silbermann, George Pilgrim, Travis Shakespeare, Tom Billett, Kathy Searle, Sarah Glendening, Joe Tuttle, Robert Khakh, Megan McQuillan, Brendan Wentworth, Kevin Skousen, Kelly Baker, Terrell Tilford, Antoinette LaVecchia, Ana Cruz Kayne, Paul Urcioli, Robert Leeshock, Nelson Vasquez, Jennifer Roszell, Tristan Thomas, Mark Tallman, Elizabeth Hobgood, Roberta Flack, Katie Sagona, David Fonteno, Vanessa Simmons, M.J. Karmi, Anthony DiMaria, Keith Reddin, Mariann Aalda, Melina Lizette, Christy Meyers, Tijuana Ricks, Jason Olive, Uma Incrocci, Katherine Meskill, Louise Troy, Tandy Cronyn, Mark Sawyer-Dailey, Kylie Delre, Ben Lin, Robin Ward, Aaron Schwartz, David Greenan, John Bolger, Craig Braun, Jennifer Cooke, Adam Richman, Eddie Goines, J.P. Davis, Christian Aubert, Brian Delate, Kate Whitney, Trula M. Marcus, Mitch Poulos, Christopher Pennock, Tim Peper, Andrea Sooch, Marco Barricelli, Lori March, Cynthia Mace, Mike Greenberg, Lilly Hartley, Alok Tewari, Debra Cole, Jane Elliot, Bernard Telsey, Cindy Katz, Lisa Renee Pitts, Mark Doherty, Megan McNulty, Anthony Addabbo, Sue Cremin, Yvette González-Nacer, John Thaddeus, Nikos Psarras, Ryan Brown, Kathy Trageser, David Case, Kendra Waldman, Patrick O'Connell, Louise Shaffer, Don Chastain, Lindsay Lohan, Graham Outerbridge, Michael Andrew Baker, Ralph Byers, James Curreri, Scott Waara, Ashley Rose, Kate Harrington, Mary Kay Adams, Andre Ware, Max Woertendyke, Seamus McNally, Jason Paul Field, Ezra Barnes, Emanuel Loarca, DeLane Matthews, Stephanie Sanditz, Rob Figueroa, Chala Savino, Hannah Storm, Maxime De Toledo, Lauren Jones, John Behlmann, Nichelle Hines, Susan Pratt, Matthew Jayson Cwern, Mark Pinter, Ellen Holly, Jenna Doolittle, Kai Braden
Režie: Andrew D. Weyman, Susan Flannery, Roy B. Steinberg, Zetna Fuentes, Susan C. Strickler
Scénář: Victor Miller, Olive Higgins Prouty, Gabrielle Upton, L. Virginia Browne, Joyce Heft Brotman, Claire Labine, David Smilow, Melissa Salmons, Sybil Rosen, .....Edith Sommer, Roger Newman, Vivian Rhodes, Todd Strasser, Anna Fields, Phyllis White, Robert White, Lloyd 'Lucky' Gold, Lisa Seidman
Hudba: Adonis Tsilimparis, Elliot Lawrence, Art Phillips
Střih: Jay Bungay, Doug Kent
Scénografie: Richard C. Hankins, David Smith, Andrew Baseman, Michael W. Foxworthy, Shelley Barclay
Kostýmy a make-up: Suzanne Schwarzer, Julie Teel
