'Sábado Gigante' Host Don Francisco Returns to Univision with a New Show
The veteran host will interview major Hispanic figures in a limited event series that blends intimate conversation with the scale of a television special.
- On Tuesday, TelevisaUnivision announced that Mario Kreutzberger, known as Don Francisco, will return to Univision for a new limited-run interview series.
- Kreutzberger hosted the variety show Gigante for 53 years, maintaining a Saturday-night fixture in Latino households until the program ended in Sept 2015.
- According to the annual Upfront presentation, the series will feature "major personalities from the Hispanic world" in a format blending intimate conversation with large-scale production.
- The reunion represents a homecoming comparable to NBC tapping Johnny Carson to host conversations following his tenure on The Tonight Show.
- TelevisaUnivision provided no premiere date, but the series should debut within the next year, following Francisco's post-Gigante stint at Spanish-language rival Telemundo.
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Don Francisco, the legendary presenter who dominated Hispanic television with Saturday Giant, will return to television after a decade outside the network. The presenter will return with a limited series of interviews and stories of renowned Latino personalities, as announced on Tuesday TelevisionUnivision. “Today I receive with great joy and gratitude this new opportunity to return to @univision, a house that has been a fundamental part of my l…
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