when did season 10 of the x-files air
The X-Files (season 10) 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".[1] After the episodes' release, Fox began referring to the string of episodes on their website as "season 10",[2] as did streaming sites like Amazon.com and Hulu,[3][4] and myriad critics.[5]
List of The X-Files episodes The show's premise originated with Chris Carter,[3] who served as an executive producer along with R. W. Goodwin, Frank Spotnitz, Howard Gordon, Vince Gilligan, John Shiban, Kim Manners, Glen Morgan, James Wong, and many others. Filming for seasons one to five took place primarily in Vancouver, British Columbia,[4][5] and for the remaining seasons in Los Angeles.[6] Episodes were broadcast on Fridays at 9:00 pm Eastern Time for the series's first three seasons;[7] the remaining six seasons aired on Sundays at 9:00 pm Eastern Time.[7] Episodes are approximately 45 minutes in length (not including commercials) and were broadcast in standard definition.[8] Two feature films based on the television series have been released as part of The X-Files franchise: the first premiered in summer 1998, between seasons five and six of the series,[9] and a post-series film, The X-Files: I Want to Believe, was released in 2008.[10] On March 24, 2015, Fox officially announced the series would return for a six-episode season, which aired in 2016.[11] On April 20, 2017, Fox officially announced that The X-Files would be returning for an eleventh season of ten episodes,[12] which premiered on January 3, 2018.[13] As of March 21, 2018,[update] 218 episodes of The X-Files have aired, concluding the eleventh season.
The X-Files 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.
The X-Files (film) The film takes place between seasons five (episode "The End") and six (episode "The Beginning") of the television series, and is based upon the series' extraterrestrial mythology. The story follows agents Mulder and Scully, removed from their usual jobs on the X-Files, and investigating the bombing of a building and the destruction of criminal evidence. They uncover what appears to be a government conspiracy attempting to hide the truth about an alien colonization of Earth.