KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) – An East Tennessee-based Internet show similar to "America's Most Wanted" is attempting to track down missing people across the nation.

Scott Davis hosts “The Missing” from his home in Crossville. It has a national following and has even drawn the attention of America’s Most Wanted host John Walsh, who in a commercial for The Missing refers to Davis as his friend.

"The premise of the show is to help find missing children,” said Davis. “The focus sometimes in the media is that some children get more exposure than others. But through the Internet the opportunity for someone to investigate a child's case is always there.”

Scott’s interest in assisting missing children goes back about 10 years. He was working in NASCAR at the time and was inspired after a meeting with Walsh. He has since assisted law enforcement in tracking cases and continued to spotlight cases around the nation.

"Generally since I do a regional show here in Tennessee, and it's seen all over the world, i look at cases that are here in Tennessee and I’ve done some cases from here,” he said.

One of his most recent is the case of Megan Maxwell, a missing 19 year old East Tennessee woman.

“She went missing in Newport and they are still looking for her,” he said. “I had profiled her case on my show, just with the information that was available to the media. I put her picture out there and talked about her story and the mystery of her going missing."

Davis doesn’t make any money from. He is able to highlight cases using the same sources as the media, especially the Center for Missing Children. He continues to do so because he genuinely wants to help the missing.

"If we broadcast these children's stories is it going to hurt or help,” he asked. “Generally it helps because they want the exposure for the child, then I do the background checks on the children."

Davis has also received praise from some pretty influential people. In 2002, he was invited by President George W. Bush to attend a conference on Missing, Exploited and Runaway Children. While there he even got the chance to speak personally with the president.

You can view each episode of The Missing by clicking on the link below.