<P> The Gifted is an American television series created for Fox by Matt Nix, based on Marvel Comics' X-Men properties . It is connected to the X-Men film series, set in an alternate timeline where the X-Men have disappeared . The show is produced by 20th Century Fox Television in association with Marvel Television, with Nix serving as showrunner . </P> <P> The series stars Stephen Moyer and Amy Acker as ordinary parents who take their family on the run after they discover their children's mutant abilities . Sean Teale, Natalie Alyn Lind, Percy Hynes White, Coby Bell, Jamie Chung, Blair Redford, and Emma Dumont also star in the show . The series received a put pilot commitment at Fox after a previous attempted X-Men television series did not move forward at the network in 2016; The Gifted was ordered to series in May 2017 . </P> <P> The Gifted began airing on October 2, 2017, and is set to run for 13 episodes . It has received mostly positive reviews from critics, particularly for its social commentary and cast . </P> <P> Two ordinary parents take their family on the run from the government when they discover that their children have mutant abilities, and join an underground community of mutants who have to fight to survive . </P>

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