Univision’s El Show de Cristina to End 20-Year Run

NEW YORK: After more than 20 years on air, Cristina Saralegui’s El Show de Cristina is ending its run, with Univision to broadcast the series finale on November 1.

fter the show’s finale, Cristina will continue to be an active member of the Univision family, hosting specials on Univision in the future. Saralegui started on the network with a daily talk show and more recently moved into her weekly program El Show de Cristina. For more than 20 years she has been with the network presenting topical information alongside high-profile guests. 

Cesar Conde, the president of the Univision Networks, commented, “Cristina has been an inspirational and powerful force in the television industry throughout her career and her celebrated show has been one of the most beloved and popular programs in Spanish-language television history.”

Conde continued, “We are so grateful to have Cristina—an incredible influence and icon for her adoring viewers and the entire U.S. Hispanic community—as part of the Univision family. We join her fans in wishing her all the best as she enters this next chapter in her storied career.”

Saralegui said, “I am so grateful to have had the opportunity to host El Show de Cristina over the past 20 years and work with the incredible people at Univision. It is bittersweet to announce the end of what has been a very rewarding experience, but after many wonderful years, now is the perfect time to retire the show and move on to the next exciting phase of my career. I look forward to continuing to entertain my incredibly supportive and dedicated fans as the host of upcoming Univision specials.”