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Adapted from German sensation "File Number XY" and British hit "Crimewatch," "America's Most Wanted" TV series premiered on Fox on February 7, 1988, and it went on to become the longest-running primetime program in Fox Network history. One of television's first reality-styled programs, and arguably still one of its most compelling, "America's Most Wanted" TV show sustained Fox Network's growth in the early days, and it rewrote the business model for primetime programming, costing approximately half the price of a standard primetime drama. Just four days after the first broadcast of "America's Most Wanted," law enforcement officials captured escaped murderer David James Roberts, one of the FBI's "Most Wanted." Police and the FBI credited the show with Roberts's apprehension, giving its popularity a major bounce. "AMW" and its host, John Walsh whose young son was murdered, also contributed substantially to making the tragedy of missing and exploited children an American cause célèbre. In 2010, "AMW" passed two major milestones: It aired its 1000th episode, and its website announced capture of the 1000th criminal profiled on the broadcast.

NBC's "TODAY" TV show is an American morning news and talk show airing every morning on NBC. NBC's "TODAY" TV show, featuring hosts Matt Lauer, Meredith Vieira, Ann Curry and Al Roker. See reporting from NBC News and interviews with celebrities, newsmakers and more.

Now the gold standard of broadcast news, "60 Minutes" has come a long way from its humble beginnings. When it debuted in 1968, "60 Minutes" numbered among CBS's Sunday "public affairs" broadcasts; and, although it struggled in the ratings and lost money for The Eye, the network used it to build audience loyalty for it weeknight news broadcasts. Don Hewitt, iconic "60 Minutes" producer and member of the Broadcast Hall of Fame, began stylizing the broadcast's "magazine" look and feel in its third season, and he dramatically increased the program's emphasis on probing, investigative reporting. Hewitt claimed the show owed its tone and intensity to the pioneering work of Edward R. Murrow in the early 1950's; and, in the early days, Murrow's influence was clear. When Mike Wallace and Dan Rather joined the program in "the Watergate Era," they pushed the investigative envelope, driving "60 Minutes" to the top of the ratings"”not just for news broadcasts, but for all shows. For more than forty years, "60 Minutes" has maintained the same basic format: It presents three long-form news stories and a closing "essay." Two news stories focus on corporate or government corruption; the third piece profiles a prominent celebrity, taking an oblique angle and going into more depth than other entertainment programs.

ABC World News Tonight is a nightly news program that airs on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) network. It first aired in 1953, making it one of the longest-running news programs in the United States. The show has gone through several changes throughout the years, including different anchors and formats.

Investigations by Vice is a television series that investigates various issues and topics around the world. The show features a team of journalists who travel to different locations and speak to people involved in the issues they are investigating. Some of the topics covered in the series include drug trafficking, human trafficking, and environmental issues.

ABC Nightline and Ted Kopple were synonymous from the 1970's till 2005. Now the late night news program has 3 personalities to replace the famous Kopple. Bill Weir and Cynthia McFadden host the show live from New York and are joined by the third anchor, Terry Moran out of Washington DC. The variety of topics discussed in each program keeps investigation shallow and to the point as well as appealing to a broader based of viewers to the program. In the Kopple years, the program would normally focus on a single issue in order to completely exhaust the topic. The new ABC Nightline has a broader scope that allows more people to become interested and informed. If more information is desired, ABC Nightline has a Twitter channel for viewers to comment and question in further detail.