"America's Most Wanted" is back on TV on a weekly basis. Fox dropped the show earlier in the year as a regular feature of its schedule but decided to keep it around for the occasional special. But now, it will return for a 25th season, on the Lifetime Network. That's longer than even "Law and Order."
That might seem like a strange destination, but Lifetime has been ramping up the shows it offers, and crime has been a substantial part of the schedule. The New York Times Media Decoder blog notes Lifetime runs "Cold Case Files" and "Unsolved Mysteries," along with those superweepy tragic movies-of-the-week the network is famous for. But if you look at Lifetime's listing of shows, its newest include "Against the Wall," about a family of cops, and "The Protector," where Ally Walker (of "Profiler" fame) balances crime-fighting with raising a family. And Lifetime has a staple of reality shows, too, which seems almost a de-facto requirement to be a basic cable channel these days.
At the same time, Walsh is getting a special Emmy Award on Saturday, in honor of the show.
