America's Most Wanted: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

America's Most Wanted profiles cases involving the search for and apprehension of fugitives wanted for serious crimes, including murder, rape, kidnapping, child molestation, white-collar crime, organized crime, armed robbery, gang violence, and terrorism, and also many of whom are currently on the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list.

Series details

• Title: America's Most Wanted
• Format: Reality
• Language: English
• Genres: Crime
• Premiere date: 1988-02-07
• Final broadcast date listed: 2025-05-26
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: FOX
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 5.4/10
• TVMaze ID: 10059
• IMDb ID: tt0094415
• TVDB ID: 74943

Cast and credited roles

• John Walsh — Host
• Don LaFontaine — Narrator
• Wes Johnson — Narrator
• Callahan Walsh — Co-Host
• Ron David — Narrator
• Elizabeth Vargas — Host

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1988-02-07; final listed air date 1988-03-27.
• Season 3: premiered 1990-09-07; final listed air date 1990-09-21.
• Season 12: premiered 1998-10-31; final listed air date 1999-01-09.
• Season 14: premiered 2000-09-09; final listed air date 2001-08-25; episode order: 47.
• Season 15: premiered 2001-09-01; final listed air date 2002-09-07; episode order: 44.
• Season 16: premiered 2002-09-14; final listed air date 2003-09-06; episode order: 44.
• Season 17: premiered 2003-09-13; final listed air date 2004-09-04; episode order: 44.
• Season 18: premiered 2004-09-11; final listed air date 2005-09-03; episode order: 42.
• Season 19: premiered 2005-09-10; final listed air date 2006-09-02; episode order: 43.
• Season 20: premiered 2006-09-09; final listed air date 2007-09-01; episode order: 43.
• Season 21: premiered 2007-09-08; final listed air date 2008-08-30; episode order: 45.
• Season 22: premiered 2008-09-06; final listed air date 2009-08-29; episode order: 45.
• Season 23: premiered 2009-09-12; final listed air date 2010-09-04; episode order: 43.
• Season 24: premiered 2010-09-11; final listed air date 2011-06-18; episode order: 26.
• Season 25: premiered 2011-12-02; final listed air date 2012-10-12; episode order: 43.
• Season 26: premiered 2021-03-15; final listed air date 2021-04-12; episode order: 5.
• Season 27: premiered 2024-01-22; final listed air date 2024-02-26; episode order: 6.
• Season 28: premiered 2025-04-21; final listed air date 2025-05-26; episode order: 6.

Source and licence

Adapted from America's Most Wanted on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.