Venerable TV show America’s Most Wanted has been cancelled yet again, this time by Lifetime. Still, there’s a possibility that it may return.
FOX ran the John Walsh-hosted series for 23 years (from 1988 until 2011) before cancelling it as a weekly series. In May 2011, the network pledged to air four two-hour specials during the 2011-12 season but Walsh vowed to find a new permanent home for the series.
Lifetime picked up America’s Most Wanted as a regular series in the Fall 2011 with 24 new episodes and it was then renewed for another 20 installments in March 2012. The last of those aired on October 12th.
According to TV Guide, Walsh and AMW producers were in discussions to continue the show but couldn’t make a deal for a 26th season.
Still, the show may not be dead yet. The show’s studio and production company say that they’re likely to explore other options to try to keep the series going. AMW has reportedly help catch more than 1,200 fugitives.
Either way, it looks like Walsh is going to stay on the air. Lifetime is developing a pilot, tentatively titled John Walsh Investigates. It will take “a different approach to Walsh’s ongoing crime fighting and victims’ advocacy work.”
What do you think? Are you sorry that AMW has been cancelled again? Are you hoping another channel picks it up? Would you watch Walsh’s new show?
I would definitely watch AMW if it was ever brought back. I miss the show and John Walsh is an inspiration to a lot of people.
I, for one, would love to see John Walsh back on the air. I always watched the show every day/night. Catching those criminals gives closure to the family’s who lost one of their family members. PLEASE BRING SHOW BACK ON THE AIR.
I would love to see the show back on air.that show use to be the one me and son would watch.so please bring it back.john walsh has helped so many familys bring they’re love ones home.i really miss not seeing it on tv any more.good luck john walsh I really hope they work something out for to come to t.v.
I record the show to have it ready to watch.
I wish lifetime would bring back amw. it will be missed.
One of the biggest stumbling blocks to America’s Most Wanted coming back is that no matter what other network agrees to air it, Fox owns the show’s name. So, any other network who airs AMW has to pay Fox a (mega-expensive) royalty for each episode that is made and aired with the name. It’s a real catch-22 for the show, and in this case, for Lifetime; on one hand, Lifetime understandably feels they shouldn’t have to pay Fox to be able to air a show they did all the heavy lifting to produce. On the other, the AMW brand name… Read more »
please bring back America’s most wanted! I consider this show the bible for law enforcement and citizens alike.
please, bring americas most wanted back on weekly television.
America’s Most Wanted should air always. During these troubled times the program informs citizens about criminals and crime. Thus we understand better how to protect ourselves and our children. I’ve watched America’s Most Wanted since it started and wish it were on the air now.
I would love to see the old America’s most wanted
Come back in its original format. It helped
Find SO many gugitives