<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> External links </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Website </Td> </Tr> <P> The X-Files is an American science fiction drama television series created by Chris Carter . The original television series aired from September 10, 1993, to May 19, 2002, on Fox . The program spanned nine seasons, with 202 episodes . A short tenth season consisting of six episodes premiered on January 24, 2016 . Following the ratings success of this revival, Fox announced in April 2017 that The X-Files would be returning for an eleventh season of ten episodes . The season premiered on January 3, 2018 . In addition to the television series, two feature films have been released: The 1998 film The X-Files, which took place as part of the TV series continuity, and the stand - alone film The X-Files: I Want to Believe, released in 2008, six years after the original television run had ended . </P> <P> The series revolves around Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) special agents: Fox Mulder (David Duchovny), and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) who investigate X-Files: marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena . Mulder believes in the existence of aliens and the paranormal while Scully, a medical doctor and a skeptic, is assigned to make scientific analyses of Mulder's discoveries to debunk his work and thus return him to mainstream cases . Early in the series, both agents become pawns in a larger conflict and come to trust only each other and a very few select people . The agents also discover an agenda of the government to keep the existence of extraterrestrial life a secret . They develop a close relationship which begins as a platonic friendship, but becomes a romance by the end of the series . In addition to the series - spanning story arc, "monster of the week" episodes form roughly two - thirds of all episodes . </P>

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