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Presidential Candidates to Appear on Univision’s “Sabado Gigante”
Miami, FL -- As the heated presidential campaign comes to a close, Univision’s “Sábado Gigante” (Gigantic Saturday), America’s #1 entertainment/variety program on Spanish-language TV, will air interviews with both President George W. Bush and Senator John F. Kerry. As the longest-running and most popular program of its kind in this country and throughout Latin America, “Sábado Gigante” has become a vital platform for political figures. Host Mario Kreutzberger, better known as “Don Francisco,” interviews both presidential candidates on October 30 at 8pm (7 Central), the last Saturday before Election Day.
One hour of the three-hour program is dedicated to the 2004 presidential election and includes intimate interviews with the candidates, highlights the importance of voting, and presents issues of particular interest to Hispanics. Don Francisco met with Senator Kerry in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and with President George W. Bush in Washington D.C., to talk candidly about their campaigns and their thoughts on immigration, amnesty, family values and religion.
Don Francisco stresses the significance of the Hispanic vote to television viewers and the power of the Hispanic vote. For the 2000 presidential election, Don Francisco also interviewed then Vice President Al Gore and Governor George W. Bush in an effort to alert Hispanics to the importance of voting.
“Sábado Gigante” premiered with Don Francisco in his native Chile in 1962, and has aired on the Univision Network since 1986. Certified by the 2003 edition of the Guinness Book of World Records as the world’s longest running variety show, today it is watched weekly by over 100 million loyal viewers in 42 countries worldwide.
Univision Communications Inc. is the premier Spanish-language media company in the United States. Its operations include Univision Network, the most-watched Spanish-language broadcast television network in the U.S. reaching 98% of U.S. Hispanic Households; TeleFutura Network, a general-interest Spanish-language broadcast television network, which was launched in 2002 and now reaches 80% of U.S. Hispanic Households; Univision Television Group, which owns and operates 24 Univision Network television stations and 1 non-Univision television station; TeleFutura Television Group, which owns and operates 31 TeleFutura Network television stations; Galavisión, the country’s leading Spanish-language cable network; Univision Radio, the leading Spanish-language radio group which owns and/or operates 68 radio stations in 17 of the top 25 U.S. Hispanic markets and 4 stations in Puerto Rico; Univision Music Group, which includes Univision Records, Fonovisa Records, and a 50% interest in Mexico-based Disa Records labels as well as Fonomusic and America Musical Publishing companies; and Univision Online, the premier Spanish-language Internet destination in the U.S. located at www.univision.com. Univision Communications also has a 50% interest in TuTv, a joint venture formed to broadcast Televisa’s pay television channels in the U.S., and a non-voting 27% interest in Entravision Communications Corporation, a public Spanish-language media company. Univision Communications is headquartered in Los Angeles with television network operations in Miami and television and radio stations and sales offices in major cities throughout the United States.
For more information, please visit www.univision.net
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