This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. After 53 years on air, the Spanish-language ...

A look at the lasting impact of Don Francisco's Sabado Gigante on television. Oct. 26, 2012— -- This Saturday night is no different from so many other Saturday nights, because live from Miami, it ...

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 ...

(USA TODAY) -- "Qué, Qué?" The repeated cry of "why?" over social media was all that could be said in light of the news: Sábado Gigante, the TV variety show that has been an institution in Latin and ...

“Sabado Gigante,” a Saturday night tradition in millions of Hispanic households around the globe for more than 53 years, ended its run a ratings winner for Univision over the weekend. Nielsen ...

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.

The world's longest-running TV variety show is ending on Saturday. "Sabado Gigante" has loomed large in living rooms across the U.S. and Latin America for more than half a century. Commentator Cynthia ...

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — It had a good run. That’s for sure. After 53 years on air, Sábado Gigante will celebrate its final episode Saturday with a “star-studded send-off” and a “giant” celebration. The ...

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 ...

The longest-running variety show in history, created and hosted by 74-year-old Chilean TV icon Mario Kreutzberger, signs off on Sept. 19. By Billboard Staff Don Francisco is getting a send-off worthy ...

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 ...

Don Francisco will host his iconic variety show “Sabado Gigante” for the last time Saturday night, ending an era largely defined by one man’s ability to inspire generations of Latinos around the world ...