X-Files Multi-Cache

Supernatural fiction^[5]Created byChris CarterStarringDavid Duchovny
Gillian Anderson
Robert Patrick
Annabeth Gish
Mitch PileggiComposer(s)Mark SnowCountry of originUnited StatesOriginal language(s)EnglishNo. of seasons9No. of episodes202 (list of episodes)ProductionExecutive producer(s)Chris Carter
R. W. Goodwin
Howard Gordon
Frank Spotnitz
Vince Gilligan
John Shiban
Kim Manners
Glen Morgan
James Wong
Michelle MacLaren
Michael W. Watkins
David GreenwaltLocation(s)Vancouver (seasons 1–5, miniseries)
Los Angeles (seasons 6–9)Running time44 minutesProduction company(s) Distributor20th TelevisionReleaseOriginal channelFoxPicture format4:3 (original broadcast)
16:9 (DVD seasons 5–9)
1080p (16:9) (remaster)Audio formatDolby Surround 2.0Original releaseOriginal series: September 10, 1993 (1993-09-10) – May 19, 2002 (2002-05-19)
Revival miniseries:
January 24, 2016 (2016-01-24)ChronologyFollowed byThe X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008)
The X-Files: Season 10 (comic book)
The X-Files (miniseries)Related showsMillennium (1996–99)
The Lone Gunmen (2001)

The X-Files is an American science fiction horror drama television series created by Chris Carter. The program originally aired from September 10, 1993 (1993-09-10) to May 19, 2002 (2002-05-19) on Fox, spanning nine seasons and 202 episodes. The series revolves around FBI special agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) investigating X-Files: marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena. Mulder believes in the existence of aliens and the paranormal while Scully, 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. 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.