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The X-Files

American television series
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The X-Files, American science-fiction television series that aired on the Fox Broadcasting Company network (1993–2002, 2016, and 2018). The show attracted a huge cult following and won three Golden Globe Awards for best drama. The X-Files focused on the professional lives of two FBI special agents, Fox Mulder (played by David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson), who are charged with investigating unusual and unsolved cases, known as X-Files, that involved elements of the supernatural...

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