MIAMI — The last U.S. broadcast network to hold out against the rage for talent competitions has seemingly given in. Not entirely though. Rather than produce a separate show, Spanish-lingo net ...

"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 ...

Univisions’s Sábado Gigante, the longest-running variety series in television history, will end its spectacular 53-year run September 19, the network said today. Host and creator Don Francisco — real ...

A moment of silence, un minuto de silencio, for “Sábado Gigante,” the Spanish-language variety show that, it has just been announced, will end its 53-year run this September. Let me take that back. It ...

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.

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, ...

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 ...

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama, Marc Anthony, Plácido Domingo and Shakira all said goodbye and Jorge Ramos offered live praise but in the end the end of Sábado Gigante was all ...