America’s Most Wanted Returns With John Walsh And His Son

Callahan Walsh is known amongst anti-crime activists for his work as a child advocate with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, fighting to prevent trafficking and other child abuses across the world.

Callahan has appeared on America’s Most Wanted alongside his father before, offering his expertise on the seedy underbelly of the criminal underworld.

Now, as Fox prepares to re-launch the beloved crime show, John and Callahan have reportedly signed on to co-host the program as a team.

The new season of America’s Most Wanted is set to premiere sometime in 2024. John Walsh thanked fans of the show for providing enough support to bring the show back to the air.

Through its previous 25-season run, the series has been responsible for helping to capture over 1,190 criminals, making the world a safer place for children and the general public.

The pursuit of crime is more than just a family business for the Walsh clan, however, as the family have experienced tragedy and loss of their own, fueling their desire to rid society of evil.

Before working with Fox to bring America’s Most Wanted to the world, John Walsh lost his young son Adam. The child’s remains were discovered after a two-week manhunt, resulting in the host founding the Adam Walsh Child Resource Center in his honor.

With new and exciting technology in the world of criminal justice, the 2024 iteration of America’s Most Wanted promises to utilize every resource possible to put an end to a myriad of ongoing cases.

In addition to reviving America’s Most Wanted, Fox has announced a revival of their other highest-rated true crime reality program, Cops. That show ran for over 25 years before being canceled amid claims that the series glorifies police violence and misconduct.

These non-scripted shows may have been given the greenlight from executives at Fox due to the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes which plagued much of 2023, resulting in many studios needing to rely on syndicated reruns and reality programming to ameliorate their production schedules.

If America’s Most Wanted was revived as a reaction to the strikes, this mirrors the rise of reality television during the last writer’s strike of 2007-2008.

Unlike other reality shows like Keeping Up With The Kardashians and The Jersey Shore, however, America’s Most Wanted focuses on prescient and pressing issues while supporting the families and loved ones of victims of crime.

For now, there’s no telling what Fox plans to do with their current lineup of reality programming in the coming years, though many fans will surely be rooting for John and Callahan Walsh to continue bringing criminals to justice for years to come.

This is definitely a show that could, once again, be around for a long time.