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Angry callers threatened to boycott CBS and Procter & Gamble, which owns "Guiding Light," despite P.&G.'s claim at the time that it would try to find another home for the show. In recent years the executive producer, Ellen Wheeler, tried to resuscitate "Guiding Light"...

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Published inThe New York times
Main Author Kantrowitz, Barbara
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, N.Y New York Times Company 06.09.2009
EditionLate Edition (East Coast)
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Summary:Angry callers threatened to boycott CBS and Procter & Gamble, which owns "Guiding Light," despite P.&G.'s claim at the time that it would try to find another home for the show. In recent years the executive producer, Ellen Wheeler, tried to resuscitate "Guiding Light" by experimenting with freehand cameras to break with the conventional soap-opera look.
ISSN:0362-4331