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"America's Most Wanted" premiered on February 7, 1988 on seven Fox-owned stations, and was hosted by John Walsh.

The show originally ran for 30 minutes from 1988 to 1990. In 1990, the show was expanded from 30 minutes to 60 minutes, and they added correspondents.

The show featured fast paced re-enactments of dramatic, violent, and dangerous fugitives are portrayed by actors, interspersed with on-camera interviews, and it was narrated by Walsh, and a toll-free tip number with mugshot description of that night's case.

The first fugitive to air on "America's Most Wanted" was David James Roberts, one of the FBI's 10 Most Wanted list. In 1989, the show began profiling their missing child alerts.

In 1996, the show was re titled "America's Most Wanted: America Fights Back", and the show moved to Lifetime in 2011.

When the show first aired in 1988, its original hotline was 1-800-CRIME-88.

In 1989, when "Cops" first aired, the hotline changed again, and it was called 1-800-CRIME-89.

In 1990, the hotline changed once again and it was called 1-800-CRIME-90.

In 1991, the hotline changed again, and was called 1-800-CRIME-91.

In 1992, the hotline changed again, and was called 1-800-CRIME-92.

In 1993, the hotline changed again, and was called 1-800-CRIME-93.

In 1994, until the show's ending in 2012, the hotline was renamed 1-800-CRIME-TV.

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