| Wanted | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Crime documentary |
| Starring | Walter McGraw (host) |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Production | |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | CBS |
| Picture format | Black-and-white |
| Audio format | Monaural |
| Original run | October 20, 1955 – January 12, 1956 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | The Johnny Carson Show (10-10:30 EST Thursday) |
| Followed by | Local News (11 p.m. Thursday) |
Wanted is a short-lived half-hour CBS crime documentary television series hosted by the late Walter McGraw, which aired in the 1955-1956 season at 10:30 EST on Thursdays following the original version of The Johnny Carson Show, not to be confused with the subsequent The Tonight Show.[1]
This "Wanted" has a format similar to the subsequent Unsolved Mysteries on NBC, hosted by Robert Stack and the still-running Fox Channel's America's Most Wanted, with John Walsh. Like the two later series, Wanted features re-enactments of actual crimes and profiles fugitives from justice. Viewers were urged to telephone information that they may have about each case presented on the series.[2]
Declared a "flop" by Billboard magazine, Wanted aired only from October 20, 1955,[3] to January 12, 1956. Perhaps early television audiences were unprepared for this kind of interactive program. ABC aired no program at the time Wanted was on the schedule. The series ran opposite the last half-hour of NBC's long-running Lux Video Theatre.[1]