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FILE-  This March 12, 2009 file photo shows John Walsh, host of the television show "America's Most Wanted,"  in New York. This week marks the final weekly airing of "America's Most Wanted" on the Fox network after 23 years and 1153 fugitives nabbed.
FILE- This March 12, 2009 file photo shows John Walsh, host of the television show “America’s Most Wanted,” in New York. This week marks the final weekly airing of “America’s Most Wanted” on the Fox network after 23 years and 1153 fugitives nabbed.
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NEW YORK — John Walsh said goodbye Saturday and thanked viewers of “America’s Most Wanted” for helping bring almost 1,200 fugitives to justice over more than two decades.

The series aired its last weekly episode on Fox on Saturday. Fox has cited high production costs for pulling the plug on the series, which premiered in 1988.

Walsh vows he’ll return to television. He said last week that he has heard from other networks, including Fox News Channel. A decision on a new TV home could be announced within two weeks, he said.

Walsh, 65, launched his crime-busting crusade in the aftermath of the abduction and murder of his 6-year-old son Adam in 1981. The Associated Press

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