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''Sábado Gigante'' (English translation: "Giant Saturday" or "Gigantic Saturday"; known officially as ''Sábado Gigante Internacional'' outside Chile) is a Spanish-language television program that was broadcast by Univision in the United States. It was also Univision's longest-running program and the longest-running television variety series in history.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Longest Running TV Variety Show )〕 ''Sábado Gigante'' is an eclectic and frenetic mix of various contests, human-interest stories, and live entertainment. From its start in 1962, it was hosted by Chilean TV star Mario Kreutzberger under the stage name of Don Francisco. Pedro de Pool and Rolando Barral began serving as co-hosts in 1986; that role was taken over by Javier Romero in 1991. The three-hour program aired on Univision each Saturday night at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time. A new episode was produced every week throughout the show's history, with no reruns and only rare pre-emptions due to special programming (most notably by ''Teletón USA'', an annual 24-hour telethon held each December, which Kreutzberger has hosted since its inception in 2012). On April 17, 2015, Univision announced that ''Sábado Gigante'' would end after 53 years, with its final episode (titled ''Sábado Gigante: Hasta Siempre'' ) airing on September 19, 2015.〔http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2015/04/17/univision-cancels-sabado-gigante-variety-show/25931993/〕 For the first time during the show's run, the final episode aired live in Chile, Mexico and the U.S.〔http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/09/16/after-53-years-the-series-finale-of-univisions-sabado-gigante-will-air-live-simultaneously-in-u-s-mexico-chile/467638/〕 ==Broadcast history== Kreutzberger originated the weekly program on August 8, 1962, airing on Canal 13 in Chile as ''Show Dominical'' ("Sunday's Show"). He had been inspired by television shows he had seen in the United States and Argentina but, as he explained, "My idea was mixing all the programs that I saw into one program." The program's broadcasts were subsequently moved to Saturdays, and henceforth, was renamed ''Sábados Gigantes'' in 1963 and quickly developed a loyal following in Chile, and then throughout Latin America. In Chile, during the 1970s and 1980s, the show reached peak audiences of 80%. During this period, some episodes of the program lasted up to eight hours. In its early years, the series was broadcast live with the exception of short segments; notable among the pre-taped segments was the travelogue, where Kreutzberger visited different locations around the world. On April 12, 1986 Kreutzberger and the program moved to Miami, Florida where it began to be produced by Univision (formerly the Spanish International Network, or SIN). At that time, the show's title was changed to the singular ''Sábado Gigante'', although some longtime fans in Chile still call it by the pluralized title. On June 18, 2005 the series celebrated its 1,000th episode on Univisión, and on May 20, 2006 it celebrated its 20th anniversary on the network. On October 27, 2012, ''Sábado Gigante'' celebrated its 50th anniversary (counting both its runs in Chile and the U.S.). For several years, two programs were recorded each week from identical sets: * One in Miami, Florida for broadcast in most Latin American countries, as well as Spanish-language stations in the United States, Canada, and Europe. * One in Santiago, Chile for broadcast in that country (Kreutzberger's home country) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sábado Gigante」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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