'Wanted' headed for Lifetime

True-crime fans, rejoice: "America's PopularInch isn't disappearing in the end. The lengthy-running weekly crime-busting show, which in fact had broadcast on Fox, is headed to Lifetime because of its 25th season. Series will start airing from the new perch in the femme-centric cabler through the finish of the season. Fox dropped "America's PopularInch in May, stating the prohibitive production costs connected using its Saturday evening staple. "We've not made money on the program in a long time,Inch Fox Entertainment prexy Kevin Reilly stated at that time. "It had not been particularly viable." Nonetheless, the internet decided to four special offers to become broadcast on Fox beginning in October, using the other three to follow along with quarterly. The skein averaged some 5 million total audiences a evening last season -- an infinitely more significant figure for any cable network compared to a broadcaster. Host and professional producer John Walsh began the show in 1988, after his 6-year-old boy was kidnapped and killed. The series has assisted police force authorities through the years, as 61 missing persons featured on the program have been discovered, and most 1,100 fugitives looked into by Walsh and the team happen to be taken. " 'America's Most Wanted' is really a seminal program providing you with an extremely valuable plan to both audiences and police force agencies," stated Lifetime Systems prexy and g.m. Nancy Dubuc. "In excess of 2 decades, John Walsh continues to be leading fighting against crime and it is an recognition to partner with him on returning this important show." Walsh is placed to get the Governors Award in the Creative Arts Emmys this month. Contact Mike Thielman at mike.thielman@variety.com