"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 ...

For many Latinos in Southern California, “Sábado Gigante” was a Saturday staple, bringing together young and old for an evening of laughs, scantily clad women and musical acts. Even if it wasn’t quite ...

You know how it goes, a married German-Jewish couple escapes the Holocaust by emigrating to Chile, gives birth to a child in their new homeland, and sends him off to learn the family tailoring trade ...

It’s the end of another TV era: Univision announced on Friday morning that “Sábado Gigante,” the hugely successful show that was a mainstay on Spanish TV for 53 years, will end after this current ...

Latinos across the U.S. were transported back to their childhoods this weekend while watching “Saturday Night Live”’s spoof of the beloved “Sábado Gigante.” The iconic Spanish-language variety show, ...

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 ...

"Sábado Gigante," the longest-running show on Univision — and probably the longest-running variety show on television — will go off the air September 19. Host Don Francisco, whose real name is Mario ...

Univision is pulling the plug on Sábado Gigante, the three-hour weekly variety show, after a 53-year run, including 30 on the U.S.'s top-rated Spanish-language network. Gigante, hosted by Chilean-born ...

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 ...

On Saturday, Don Francisco, the host of Univision show “Sábado Gigante,” commented on the news that the popular Miami-based variety show will be going off the air after a 53-year run. It was not a ...