X-Files is returning with 10 new episodes
Fans of Mulder and Scully rejoice! Fox has ordered 10 new episodes of X-files.
The truth is out there, X-Files fans, as Fox is bringing Mulder and Scully back for a 10 episode season. According to the New York Times, production on the new season will begin this summer, with a target premiere date set between the 2017 and 2018 television season.
Star David Duchovny (Mulder) made the announcement via his Twitter:
Gillian Anderson (Scully) also announced the return of the show via Twitter:
https://twitter.com/GillianA/status/855220818820943877?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2017%2F04%2F21%2Farts%2Ftelevision%2Fx-files-return-fox.html
X-Files returned to television in 2016 for a six-part miniseries, with viewership reaching around 16 million.
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The show first aired in 1993, and has maintained a high rating among users on IMDb, at 8.7. The premise of the show is simple:
"Two FBI agents, Fox Mulder the believer and Dana Scully the skeptic, investigate the strange and unexplained, while hidden forces work to impede their efforts."
The six-part miniseries left fans of X-Files with a huge cliffhanger with Sully’s decision to give Mulder the vaccine, or not, and then a random UFO happened.
X-Files‘ creator, Chris Carter said after that cliffhanger ending that the show would definitely be back. Well, looks like he was right.
The question now isn’t about the truth being out there, but if the show’s diehard fans will be able to tune-in every week in order to keep its ratings around the 12 to 16 million viewers mark.
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