‘America’s Most Wanted: Missing Persons’ Event Series & John Walsh Special Set At Fox​on April 15, 2025 at 5:30 pm

Fox has set America’s Most Wanted: Missing Persons, a new three-week event series hosted by Fox News Channel anchor Harris Faulkner, and America’s Most Wanted: John Walsh‘s Dirty Dozen special.

America’s Most Wanted: Missing Persons will premiere Monday, April 28 at 8 pm on Fox, followed by a new episode of John Walsh-hosted America’s Most Wanted at 9 pm. John Walsh’s Dirty Dozen special will air Wednesday, May 14 on Fox. Both will stream next day on Hulu.

America’s Most Wanted: Missing Persons is a new format that centers on finding missing people and reuniting them with their families. Each week, a panel of crime experts will dive deep into analyzing various missing person cases, and multiple panelists will travel on-location for a field investigation, in hopes of gaining additional insight of the case under discussion. Faulkner and the expert panelists will further urge fellow viewers to participate as armchair detectives by providing tips to help law enforcement find missing individuals and bring closure to families. 

The three-week series is produced by Fox Alternative Entertainment. Dan Martin and John Ferracane executive produce and Martin also serves as showrunner.

America’s Most Wanted: John Walsh’s Dirty Dozen special looks back at the origin story of Walsh’s groundbreaking true crime series, which launched in 1988. In the special, John, alongside his son Callahan Walsh, will explore the Emmy-winning America’s Most Wanted tape vault as he personally walks viewers through his proudest and most influential captures of all time, “his dirty dozen.” The special comes as Walsh hits a milestone 1,100 episodes of America’s Most Wanted, helping to capture 1,198 fugitives.

America’s Most Wanted: John Walsh’s Dirty Dozenis produced by Fox Alternative Entertainment. The special is executive produced by John Ferracane and John Walsh. Ferracane also serves as showrunner. 

America’s Most Wantedreturns with a new season Monday, April 21 at 9 pm on Fox and next day on Hulu.