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 ...

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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 ...

The longest running variety show in television history is coming to an end. In its 53 years of existence, hours of comedy sketches, and hundreds of automobile giveaways, “Sabado Gigante,” the ...

Sábado Gigante will end its 53-year run as the longest running variety program in television history this Saturday, September 19. For over half a century, tens of millions U.S. and Latin American ...

(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 ...

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.

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 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 ...

After 53 years, Don Francisco will finally put down the mic. Univision says it will stop making the legendarily unpredictable variety show Sábado Gigante in September, ending a run that began in 1962 ...

"Sabado Gigante" is going off the air in September after appearing on TV for 3,000 Saturdays in a row. What you need to know if you've never heard of the longest-ever running variety show or its ...

MIAMI (AP) — Television’s longest-running variety show is calling it a wrap after 53 years. The Miami-based Univision network announced Friday that “Sabado Gigante” will end its weekly broadcast on ...