LOS ANGELES -- The FOX network announced Monday that it is canceling "America's Most Wanted" as a regular series after 23 years, Deadline.com reported.
FOX Broadcasting entertainment president Kevin Reilly said during a conference call with reporters that "economically, it didn't make sense" to continue airing "America's Most Wanted" as a series.
The show -- the longest-running series on the network -- will still have a presence in the form of four two-hour specials, Reilly said.
He added that host and producer John Walsh is in talks with News Corp. -- parent company of FOX Broadcasting and NewsCore -- to continue the "America's Most Wanted" brand with another division of the company.
To date, the show has led to the capture of 1,151 fugitive criminals.
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