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America's Most Wanted: America Fights Back -- Justice is served as criminals are captured.
America's Most Wanted: America Fights Back -- Justice is served as criminals are captured.
America's Most Wanted: America Fights Back -- Saturday will be the most arresting night on TV!
America's Most Wanted: America Fights Back: :  -- America's Most Wanted celebrates their 1000th capture of a fugitive.

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Writers:
Carl Buehl (writer)
Steve Klayman (story)
Peter Koper (writer)
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Seasons:
1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | unknown Full episode list »
Release Date:
7 February 1988 (USA) See more »
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America's Most Wanted is where America Fights Back
Plot:
True crimes are dramatized in hopes that viewers can give information leading to the capture of the criminals. Full summary »
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Awards:
Nominated for Primetime Emmy. Another 2 nominations See more »
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(202 articles)
What's On Tonight: 'America's Most Wanted,' 'The Dish,' 'Antionio Treatment'
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What to TiVo: Saturday
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Eye Candy of the Week: Soul Man Calvin Richardson
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One of the best shows you could watch today. See more (13 total) »

Cast

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John Walsh ... Himself / ... (193 episodes, 1988-2010)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
"America's Most Wanted" - USA (original title)
"A.M.W." - USA (short title)
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Runtime:
60 min (including commercials)
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The Fox network cancelled the show in 1996, but reversed the decision because of a public outcry from viewers, politicians, and law enforcement agencies. The series was off the air for six weeks before it was finally reinstated.See more »
Quotes:
[Repeated Line]
John Walsh:And remember, you can make a difference.
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11 out of 13 people found the following review useful.
One of the best shows you could watch today., 27 September 2000
Author: lartronic from Akron, Ohio

This show is truly one of the best, John Walsh must be one of the hardest working people in television today. The basic idea is to help capture criminals by profiling their cases and give facts about their habits in hopes of having a viewer see the person. I watch this every week, just in case I see one of the people profiled. Also profiled are missing children, which Walsh obviously put there on his own since his own son was murdered. It's hard to match this show, it's truly a great series. It's great that it's still broadcasting new episodes since its debut in 1988, a real sign of excellence.

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