30 years after its premiere, The X-Files still holds a fascination for its adoring fan base. Premiering in the fall of 1993, the series found a devoted cult following before exploding in popularity around its second and third seasons. Its success led to tie-in novels, comic books, video games, and two trips to the big screen. To this day, Mark Snow’s iconic theme music is used in television news reports detailing UFO phenomena.The format of the series — two FBI agents investigating the supernatural — was a concept that gave the series a sense of elasticity. It also allowed it to be one of the most enthralling procedurals to air on TV. In a television landscape full of procedurals, The X-Files stood out from the crowd in the 1990s by placing its lead investigators into stories involving UFOs, aliens and horror-flavored monsters. It was a long way away from the Law & Order franchise and NYPD Blue.Perhaps the procedural element allowed The X-Files to become as popular as it did. Its lean toward sci-fi and horror meant the show instantly appealed to fans of both genres. There was also the will-they-or-won’t-they chemistry of its two lead characters, itself a prime component of many a prior procedural such as Moonlighting and Remington Steele. Indeed, the Fox Mulder and Dana Scully dynamic was so popular that it created the term ‘shipping’. However, its use of procedural tropes arguably allowed it to transcend into one of the most popular television shows of the 1990s.RELATED: When Did Mulder and Scully Fall in Love? The X-Files Has an Answer
30 years after its premiere, The X-Files still holds a fascination for its adoring fan base. Premiering in the fall of 1993, the series found a devoted cult following before exploding in popularity around its second and third seasons. Its success led to tie-in novels, comic books, video games, and two trips to the big screen. To this day, Mark Snow’s iconic theme music is used in television news reports detailing UFO phenomena.
The format of the series — two FBI agents investigating the supernatural — was a concept that gave the series a sense of elasticity. It also allowed it to be one of the most enthralling procedurals to air on TV. In a television landscape full of procedurals, The X-Files stood out from the crowd in the 1990s by placing its lead investigators into stories involving UFOs, aliens and horror-flavored monsters. It was a long way away from the Law & Order franchise and NYPD Blue.
Perhaps the procedural element allowed The X-Files to become as popular as it did. Its lean toward sci-fi and horror meant the show instantly appealed to fans of both genres. There was also the will-they-or-won’t-they chemistry of its two lead characters, itself a prime component of many a prior procedural such as Moonlighting and Remington Steele. Indeed, the Fox Mulder and Dana Scully dynamic was so popular that it created the term ‘shipping’. However, its use of procedural tropes arguably allowed it to transcend into one of the most popular television shows of the 1990s.
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