![President Obama and John Walsh tape the 1000th episode of "America's Most Wanted" at the White House](http://cdn2-b.examiner.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/hash/b9/2b/b92b9ef32596a409a6b3d9865c074f30.jpg "President Obama and John Walsh tape the 1000th episode of "America's Most Wanted" at the White House")
The 1,000th episode of Fox's "America's Most Wanted" will air this weekend with a segment featuring praise and support from the nation's Commander In Chief.
President Barack Obama sat down at the White House with host John Walsh for the special broadcast airing Saturday at 9 p.m. EST.
During the interview, Obama congratulated "AMW" on its 1,000th birthday and promised to do everything possible to ensure that Congress fully funds The Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 – named after Walsh's six-year-old son who was abducted and murdered in 1981. The act established the National Sex Offender Registry.
The president also discusses the show's impact in its 22 years, and his administration's anti-crime initiatives, including the pursuit of white-collar criminals.
The longest-running show of any kind on Fox, "America's Most Wanted" premiered Feb. 7, 1988 on seven Fox-owned stations. Four days later, profiled criminal David James Roberts was captured as a direct result of thebroadcast. The convicted killer had recently escaped from prison by digging his way free with a small axe.
Producers hired Walsh to host the series following the success of the pilot. He had become a household name after his grass roots campaign on Capitol Hill led to the creation of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
According to Fox, "America's Most Wanted" has helped capture more than 1,100 fugitives to date and reunited 43 missing children with their families.
Meanwhile, Saturday's 1000th broadcast won't be the show's first from 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., or even Washington DC.
After the Sept. 11 attacks, President George W. Bush asked producers to expand the show's coverage of criminals to include principals in the War on Terror. The following month, Walsh hosted an episode from the White House profiling the 22 most wanted al-Qaeda operatives the United States had just identified as its most wanted terrorists.
Also, "AMW" filmed a special episode focusing on the DC Sniper shootings in October 2002.
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