<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> ← Previous Season 9 Next → Season 11 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> List of The X-Files episodes </Td> </Tr> <P> The tenth season of the American science fiction television series The X-Files commenced airing in the United States on January 24, 2016, on Fox . The season consists of six episodes and concluded airing on February 22, 2016 . When Fox initially announced the string of episodes, the network referred to them collectively as an "event series". After the episodes' release, Fox began referring to the string of episodes on their website as "season 10", as did streaming sites like Amazon.com and Hulu, and myriad critics . </P> <P> The season, which takes place fourteen years after the ninth season (2001--02) and seven years after the film The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008), follows newly re-instated Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) as they learn more about the existence of extraterrestrials and their relationship with the government . </P>

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