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Matt Ottinger

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Sabado Gigante to End 53-Year Run
« on: April 17, 2015, 11:42:57 AM »
It's the longest-running variety show in TV history.  A lot of that variety was games, enough so that there was a Milton Bradley home version.  The article claims that it's the longest-running series of any sort to never have aired a rerun, but I wonder about that.  How likely is it that Meet the Press has aired a rerun, for example?

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-spanish-tv-staple-sabado-gigante-to-end-its-run-after-53-years-on-the-air-20150416-story.html
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Re: Sabado Gigante to End 53-Year Run
« Reply #1 on: April 17, 2015, 01:21:49 PM »
Quote from: Matt Ottinger on April 17, 2015, 11:42:57 AM
How likely is it that Meet the Press has aired a rerun, for example?

Meet the Press is rebroadcast throughout the week by various members of the NBC family.  If you miss Sabado Gigante, you miss Sabado Gigante.
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Re: Sabado Gigante to End 53-Year Run
« Reply #2 on: April 17, 2015, 02:26:30 PM »
Quote from: parliboy on April 17, 2015, 01:21:49 PM
Meet the Press is rebroadcast throughout the week by various members of the NBC family.  If you miss Sabado Gigante, you miss Sabado Gigante.

And Matt goes "D'oh!".  Thanks, that makes sense.
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Re: Sabado Gigante to End 53-Year Run
« Reply #3 on: April 17, 2015, 03:29:46 PM »
In 53 years, and almost 2400 episodes, SG has not been rerun even once?
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Re: Sabado Gigante to End 53-Year Run
« Reply #4 on: April 17, 2015, 05:20:23 PM »
Nope.  Not even once.  Francisco is a lot like Barker was after the first few years in that it's his show, he calls the shots.  The difference is that when Barker was sick, the taping was cancelled.  Sabado Gigante ran every week.  Don Francisco ran a three hour old school variety show every week.

In recent years he's had co-hosts in anticipation of a possible transition.  Instead, it looks like the ship is going down with the captain, so to speak.

Many of the game show segments over the years were "inspired" by properties of other companies.  A few years ago, I think I remember seeing someone here link to something that resembled "All-Star Blitz", for example.  Fast forward to 1:03 in the video below, and you'll see another Heatter-Quigley game.

https://youtu.be/bTql3BNY3r4?t=1m3s
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Esoteric Eric

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Re: Sabado Gigante to End 53-Year Run
« Reply #5 on: April 17, 2015, 09:46:25 PM »
Quote from: parliboy on April 17, 2015, 01:21:49 PM
Quote from: Matt Ottinger on April 17, 2015, 11:42:57 AM
How likely is it that Meet the Press has aired a rerun, for example?
Meet the Press is rebroadcast throughout the week by various members of the NBC family.  If you miss Sabado Gigante, you miss Sabado Gigante.
Hmmm... not to nitpick... okay, okay, to nitpick... Clasicos de Sabado Gigante (please forgive the lack of accents) airs late Saturday / early Sunday.  (Here in Seattle, from midnight to 3am on the network feed, 3 - 6am on the local Univision affiliate.) Of course, it's probably not a rerun of the current episode. YMMV.

/They used to have Clasicos de Caliente, a Sunday morning version of the network's pop music bikini dance party. Yee-ha.
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Re: Sabado Gigante to End 53-Year Run
« Reply #6 on: April 17, 2015, 11:02:13 PM »
Look at these shows Sabado Gigante have already outlasted:

60 Minutes
Saturday Night Live
Family Feud
Sesame Street
Monday Night Football
The Simpsons
Gunsmoke
American Bandstand
Washington Week
Law & Order
Late Night
Wheel of Fortune

In addition...with 2,400 episodes in the can, it is also THE longest-running, weekly episodic program in TV history!!!! Yeah, that's enough to put "WWE Raw's" so-called "claims" to bed once and for all.
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Re: Sabado Gigante to End 53-Year Run
« Reply #7 on: April 17, 2015, 11:07:58 PM »
Quote from: johnnya2k3 on April 17, 2015, 11:02:13 PM
Look at the shows Sabado Gigante has already outlasted:

60 Minutes
Saturday Night Live
Family Feud
Sesame Street
Monday Night Football
The Simpsons
Wheel of Fortune
I think its hard to claim it has outlasted some of these shows when they are still on the air.
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Re: Sabado Gigante to End 53-Year Run
« Reply #8 on: April 18, 2015, 12:44:26 AM »
Quote from: johnnya2k3 on April 17, 2015, 11:02:13 PM
In addition...with 2,400 episodes in the can, it is also THE longest-running, weekly episodic program in TV history!!!! Yeah, that's enough to put "WWE Raw's" so-called "claims" to bed once and for all.

First, yeah what Mark said.

Second, Raw is more serial than episodic anyway. 
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Re: Sabado Gigante to End 53-Year Run
« Reply #9 on: April 18, 2015, 12:48:46 AM »
Quote from: johnnya2k3 on April 17, 2015, 11:02:13 PM
Look at the shows Sabado Gigante has already outlasted:

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Re: Sabado Gigante to End 53-Year Run
« Reply #10 on: April 18, 2015, 12:51:19 AM »
Quote from: parliboy on April 18, 2015, 12:44:26 AM
Quote from: johnnya2k3 on April 17, 2015, 11:02:13 PM
In addition...with 2,400 episodes in the can, it is also THE longest-running, weekly episodic program in TV history!!!! Yeah, that's enough to put "WWE Raw's" so-called "claims" to bed once and for all.

First, yeah what Mark said.

Second, Raw is more serial than episodic anyway. 

Hence, why it can make that claim.
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Re: Sabado Gigante to End 53-Year Run
« Reply #11 on: April 18, 2015, 01:21:54 PM »
The L.A. Times headline writer couldn't resist putting a game show reference on the front page.

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