# Sabado Gigante is ending **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 18, 2015, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sabado-gigante-is-ending/717952 "2015-04-18T01:24:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![installLSC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/54ee81/32.png) [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2015, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sabado-gigante-is-ending/717952/1 "2015-04-18T01:24:03Z")
You’ve run into that epically long variety show on the Spanish station on Saturday nights, haven’t you? Well it’s called Sabado Gigante, [and it’s going off the air after 53 years.](http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2015/04/17/univision-cancels-sabado-gigante-variety-show/25931993/) ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2015, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sabado-gigante-is-ending/717952/2 "2015-04-18T01:44:11Z")
This saddens me so much. I’ve never sat down and watched it but it was always on Saturday afrternoons when I was little. And it was always on forever even if I didn’t watch. I wonder why. From what I understand the ratings aren’t bad. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2015, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sabado-gigante-is-ending/717952/3 "2015-04-18T02:00:35Z")
Que lastima! ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2015, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sabado-gigante-is-ending/717952/4 "2015-04-18T02:13:22Z")
I love this show. I, tragically, don’t get reception on Univision. But, I watch it any Saturday I can. It’s comedy skits. It’s musical guests, including Shakira and Psy. It’s paternity tests. It’s re unions of long lost family members. It’s a singing competition. It’s so very much more! I adore Sabado Gigante! ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2015, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sabado-gigante-is-ending/717952/5 "2015-04-18T03:28:12Z")
¡Ay, caramba! It’s older than _Doctor Who._ ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2015, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sabado-gigante-is-ending/717952/6 "2015-04-18T03:38:49Z")
:eek: ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2015, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sabado-gigante-is-ending/717952/7 "2015-04-18T13:30:44Z")
Esta Noche? ---
**Author:** ![Ellis\_Aponte\_Jr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@Ellis\_Aponte\_Jr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellis_Aponte_Jr)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2015, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sabado-gigante-is-ending/717952/8 "2015-04-18T14:17:56Z")
Hosted by Don Francisco all 53 years! _Aplausos_ for that guy. ---
**Author:** ![NVME702-redux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a183cd/32.png) [@NVME702-redux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NVME702-redux)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2015, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sabado-gigante-is-ending/717952/9 "2015-04-18T16:08:13Z")
I never liked Sabado Gigante. I liked Siempre en Domingo. I disliked the format of SG, and they used to have this panel of children who answered questions like they were groomed and coached by obnoxious parents, making them in turn, extremely obnoxious. It just seemed to me that they never got to the performances, unlike Siempre en Domingo, which was all about the performances. Now, in somesouthwestern markets, you may have gotten to know Jonny Canales and his show. Now that was an amazing show. Selena started on it, its very Tex Mex and his signature, “Take it away!” catchphrase made Jonny Canales a superb showman. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2015, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sabado-gigante-is-ending/717952/10 "2015-04-18T16:15:19Z")
> [@NVME702-redux](#): > > I never liked Sabado Gigante. I liked Siempre en Domingo. Why not both? ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2015, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sabado-gigante-is-ending/717952/11 "2015-04-18T22:16:04Z")
I thought Don Francisco would never quit, would stay there and then become immortal. ---
**Author:** ![parkona\_driveway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d26b3c/32.png) [@parkona\_driveway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/parkona_driveway)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2015, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sabado-gigante-is-ending/717952/12 "2015-04-18T23:37:49Z")
> [@DocCathode](#): > > It’s paternity tests. You mean I’ve been watching Maury Povich when I didn’t have to? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![GreenElf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@GreenElf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenElf)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2015, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sabado-gigante-is-ending/717952/13 "2015-04-19T02:41:51Z")
From the limited times I watched, it seemed to occasionally have some risque content for a family show. ---
**Author:** ![installLSC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/54ee81/32.png) [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2015, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sabado-gigante-is-ending/717952/14 "2015-09-13T14:44:32Z")
[Reminder that the final show is this Saturday, and it’s going out with a bang.](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/sabado-gigante-final-episode-performers-guests-shakira-enrique-gloria-estefan-822609) ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2015, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sabado-gigante-is-ending/717952/15 "2015-09-13T14:53:15Z")
> [@GreenElf](#): > > From the limited times I watched, it seemed to occasionally have some risque content for a family show. I don’t speak Spanish and I’m not fond of Mexican music, but I liked keeping it on in the background for the gratuitous and copious T&A. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2015, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sabado-gigante-is-ending/717952/16 "2015-09-13T17:06:32Z")
Don Francisco’s farewell letter is freaking awesome: > [@Don Francisco (aka Mario Kreutzberger)](#): > > I have no words to acknowledge all the recognition and applause that we have received over the years. When we began in the United States in 1986, we told them that we were ‘separated by distance and united by the same language.’ Today I can say with great pride and satisfaction that that distance turned into closeness and affection. To all those who joined us by tuning in to Sábado Gigante with their constructive criticism, work and loyalty, I would like to say from the bottom of my heart and in capital letters, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ☹ I have loved this show since I first saw it. I have spent many Saturday afternoons watching it at home, at friends’ houses and at local restaurants & taquerias. I don’t even speak Español and I love this show. Where’s the crying emoji? I need a crying emoji. ---
**Author:** ![Rodgers01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2015, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sabado-gigante-is-ending/717952/17 "2015-09-14T18:03:58Z")
I’m shocked. I don’t speak Spanish and have only seen the show in clips, but I knew of Sabado Gigante as one of those bedrocks of television. It’s like hearing that “Saturday Night Live” is being canceled - you just assume it will always be there. ☹