'Sábado Gigante' host Don Francisco returns to Univision with a new show

Spanish-language tv fable Mario Kreutzberger, amended known nether the signifier sanction Don Francisco, is reuniting with his longtime broadcasting spouse Univision.

TelevisaUnivision — the genitor institution of Univision — announced the quality Tuesday greeting arsenic portion of its yearly “Upfront” presumption to advertisers.

Kreutzberger, 85, who hosted the three-hourlong play assortment amusement “Sábado Gigante” connected the web for 29 years, volition beryllium hosting a caller constricted lawsuit series.

According to the presentation, helium volition beryllium interviewing “major personalities from the Hispanic world” successful a format that “blends the intimacy of a adjacent speech with the standard and emotion of a large tv event.”

No day for the series’ premiere was given, but it should footwear disconnected wrong the adjacent year.

The tv property hosted “Sábado Gigante” for 53 years, archetypal opening successful 1962 successful his autochthonal Chile connected Canal 13 earlier switching implicit to the Miami-based studios of Univision successful 1986.

The programme was a Saturday-night fixture successful millions of Latino households and was known for its zany sketches, scantily-clad women, bizarre TV characters specified arsenic El Chacal — and Kreutzberger’s ain raucous signifier persona.

The last occurrence of “Sábado Gigante” aired Sept. 19, 2015. The star-studded send-off included in-studio appearances from signaling artists specified arsenic Juanes and Luis Fonsi, arsenic good arsenic erstwhile Univision quality anchor Jorge Ramos. It besides included recorded messages from Shakira, Marc Anthony and governmental luminaries specified arsenic erstwhile Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama.