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The show's chief purpose is to assist law enforcement in the apprehension of fugitives wanted for major felonies (such as murder, rape, child molestation, white collar crime, armed robbery, gang violence and terrorism). Numerous fugitives profiled on the show are currently on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list, and ''AMW'' has a separate "Dirty Dozen" list on its Web site outlining twelve notorious criminals still at large (some of whom are on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list). On May
The concept for ''America's Most Wanted'' was adapted from the 1960s [[German Media|German show]] ''Aktenzeichen XY... ungelöst'' (''File Number XY... Unsolved'') and the 1984 British show ''Crimewatch''. ''AMW's'' first episode aired in February 1988, and within four days of the broadcast, one of the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives was captured as a direct result of a tip phoned in to the show; this capture helped to sell the show's premise of "Watch TV, Catch Criminals" to skeptical law enforcement officials.
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After the pilot's premiere, Fox eventually hired John Walsh to host the program. Walsh became a public figure after his 6-year-old son, Adam Walsh, was kidnapped and murdered in 1981; John Walsh and others had successfully persuaded Congress to create the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Walsh has been the host of the show ever since, and has sometimes appeared at the arrests of high-profile fugitives who have been captured thanks to the program.
In the fall of 1996, Fox cancelled the show; this would prove to be a short cancellation. Low ratings of the shows that replaced
Fox announced the cancellation of ''AMW'' again in 2011; instead of continuing the show as a weekly
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