America's Most Wanted: America Fights Back: American TV Program

America's Most Wanted is an American television program produced by 20th Television, and is the longest-running program of any kind in the history of the Fox Television Network and also currently one of only three remaining first-run primetime programs airing on Saturday nights on the four major U.S. broadcast television networks, along with COPS and 48 Hours Mystery. Its purpose is to profile and assist law enforcement in the apprehension of fugitives wanted for various crimes, including murder, rape, child molestation, white collar crime, armed robbery, gang violence, and terrorism, and also many of whom are currently on the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list. On May 2, 2008, the program's website announced its 1,000th capture; as of April 7th, 2011, 1,148 people have been captured because of AMW.
Many of the series' cases have some connection outside the United States or have not taken place in the United States at all. The series' first international capture was in Nova Scotia in 1989.
The show's nature does not allow repeats, except for updates on convicted criminals, and is preempted a maximum of eight times during the year. However, if a fugitive featured on the show is not captured, their profile may be aired again.