Mario Kreutzberger, in his role as Don Francisco, gestures during taping of "Sabado Gigante" in Miami in 2006. The iconic variety show, which began in Chile 53 years ago, will end its run in 2015.

Adios, “Sabado Gigante”: Univision is ending its top-rated variety show after a staggering 53-year run. Host and creator Don Francisco (his stage name, real name Mario Kreutzberger) will stay with the ...

“The end of era” isn’t just a slogan belonging to AMC’s Mad Men final season. It applies more appropriately to Univision’s Saturday night variety show, Sábado Gigante, which is saying goodbye after 53 ...

For 50 years, Spanish-speaking TV viewers have tuned into the weekly variety show Sábado Gigante. Since 1962, host Don Francisco has commanded a... 'Sábado Gigante' Celebrates 50 With Lots Of Variety ...

Late last year, I got the opportunity to do research on one of the most celebrated – but now endangered – social rituals: breakfast. My client was a food company that was concerned about the larger ...

Univision’s long-running variety show Sábado Gigante is going off the air, leaving behind an admirable legacy of hosting candid conversations about the lives of gay people. If you consider Sábado ...

The 53-year-old show brought Latino Americans together like nothing else, but its ‘humor’ perpetuated outdated racial and gender divides Saturday nights for Latinos are usually family nights, and the ...

Jon Stewart, David Letterman, Craig Ferguson and Jay Leno have all left their long-running late-night perches. And now Mario Kreutzberger (known by his stage name Don Francisco), the Chilean-born ...

Univision has cancelled Sábado Gigante, a Spanish-language weekly variety show, after 53 years on the air, the Miami Herald reports. Sábado Gigante -- literally "Gigantic Saturday" -- mixes talent ...

If you have never heard of Don Francisco, he is one of the most iconic and famous television personalities in U.S. Spanish-language television, revered by millions of adoring fans. For 53 years, Mario ...

"Sábado Gigante" is a Spanish language TV phenomenon that has entertained audiences for decades, both in Latin America and here in the United States. This morning, Mo Rocca will show us: If you like ...

Some television shows are around so long that you assume that, like zombies and certain plastics, they simply cannot die. That was certainly the case for “Sábado Gigante,” the weekly Spanish-language ...