From the stage where he’s entertained millions of Latinos with his booming voice and clownish persona, Mario Kreutzberger -- better known far and wide as Don Francisco -- made his first comments about ...

“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 ...

Chilean TV host Mario Kreutzberger, seen here in 2012, will stop making his Sabado Gigante show this September. After 53 years, Don Francisco will finally put down the mic. Univision says it will stop ...

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.

After 53 years, Univision's popular "Sabado Gigante" (Giant Saturday) will be ending on Sept. 19, the network announced on Friday. The variety show is hosted by Mario Kreutzberger, better known as Don ...

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 ...

Reporting from MIAMI BEACH — Mario Kreutzberger is maneuvering his white Land Rover down a one-way street. He’s driving slowly one moment, cutting off other cars the next, drawing honks from other ...

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 ...

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 ...