AMW Revival Possibly in the Works!

Not to sound ageist, but John is going to be 75 and already has In Pursuit and is in semi-retirement with Callahan helping him out on half of the show, I'm pretty sure even if they asked him to come back, he'd decline.

When AMW was still on the air, we all knew there would come a day where Walsh would retire and someone else would take over. (Most of us figured Callahan because he was son his son, but now that he's on the ID channel who knows). However, when AMW was cancelled for good, it ended the discussion of who would take over.

I still hope they consider Tom Morris. I've stated I was kind of disappointed in the case selection of season 1 of Live PD: Wanted (too many garden variety bank and business robbery segments you see on a local news broadcast and not enough known fugitives in my opinion), but I blame the producer's case selection, he's an excellent presenter and committed to the cause.

I'm just happy AMW is possibly coming back and to me- while host is obviously important- the main goal is the mission.

Back in the 80's, the selections ran the gamut- a mix of actors, law enforcement-types and public advocates were all considered, but the show kept circling back to John Walsh and finally got him to say yes after he initially turned them down.

Among those we've discussed in the past are former AMW correspondents, Callahan Walsh, and Elizabeth Smart. That DOES NOT mean they are among the new candidates, as I don't want to start erroneous rumors, but in my opinion the new producers should start in that direction.

Keep in mind though the host presents the cases- it theoretically doesn't have to be a public victim's advocate and can be an actor like Robert Stack was when he was chosen as the full-time host of Unsolved Mysteries (and with UM supposed to be coming on Netflix this year- I think this is proof AMW and UM will forever be on tv- perhaps cancelled every now and then, but they always make their way back in some form)- as long as they care about the cases.

However, I would still go the public advocate route since a large part of AMW's success was John Walsh's credibility as an advocate.

I remember they said The Hunt would be international/go global with Interpol and it was still essentially the same show as AMW, just expanded profiles and a few more fugitives likely not in the states. I personally don't think the show will look too different, it's 2020 so I don't expect entirely the same format either, but I think they'll stick to a general formula of bad guys and other cases.


There was always supposed to be a "World's Most Wanted" spinoff but I think that's what turned into The Hunt.

If J.W. Isn't going to host the AMW revival then here are some names who I think would be good hosts.......

Callahan
Marc Klaas

I think Marc Klaas would be a great candidate to host a possible return of AMW, also I was thinking maybe they should get John Bunnell (the guy who narrated “Worlds Wildest Police Videos”) out of retirement and do a season or two as he’s 75 years old as of this posting.

Fran Drescher is 62, but since she’s busy with other endeavors on TV sitcoms, I’m not sure if she’d have the time to undertake a role like that, but if she does she could possibly grow with the show.