READ CHAPTER 1 | From lifelong soap fan to accidental insider, this is a personal archive of memories from the final years of Guiding Light. I worked inside the CBS Broadcast Center and witnessed the quiet end of a daytime institution.

New Series | Guiding Light Memoirs


The Fan Next Door to Guiding Light

As the light faded at CBS Daytime, a lifelong fan ended up working inside the CBS Broadcast Center, just steps away from the soundstage where Guiding Light filmed its final years.

My name is Daniel Hosea. I grew up in Iowa watching soaps and never imagined I would later work in New York City inside the same building where daytime television's longest-running drama was coming to an end.

My desk was located just steps from the Guiding Light soundstage.

I watched, quietly, as an era of television came to a close. This site is a record of those years.

It is part memoir, part media history, and part personal archive.

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READ NOW | Chapter 1: The Boy From Iowa's Soap Opera Obsession

Before I worked next door to Guiding Light, I was a kid in Iowa planning my afternoons around a soap opera. This opening chapter introduces my family, my sister Peach, and the unlikely role Guiding Light played in our lives.

READ NOW | Chapter 2: My First Time Behind the Scenes at Guiding Light

I land a job in the CBS Broadcast Center, right down the hall from Guiding Light during its final years. Wait until you find out which star already knew I was coming.

What You'll Find Here

  • The final years of Guiding Light
  • Life inside the CBS Broadcast Center
  • Reflections on daytime television and how it changed
  • Moments from a career in broadcast news at CNN, MSNBC, WCBS, and WABC
  • Behind-the-scenes television memories and media history

Season One Begins Summer 2026

From Lifelong Soap Fan to Accidental Insider

A Midwestern fan of daytime television moves to New York City and lands a job in broadcast news, only to discover he is working steps away from the soundstage of the very show he grew up watching.

Throughout 2026, I am pulling back the curtain on what it was like to work next to Guiding Light during its final years.

My Guiding Light Memoirs Episode Guide

Chapter 1: The Boy From Iowa's Soap Opera Obsession | Read Chapter 1 
Chapter 2: My First Time Behind the Scenes at Guiding Light | Read Chapter 2
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