--------- X FILE 11291093 File updated 11/1/97 Changes (marked with #): Part 1 - Emmy wins, revised production crew, new ep titles & air dates; Part 4 - new video release; Part 5 - New question/other FAQs Fox Network Programming Twentieth Century Fox Television Ten Thirteen Productions "The X Files," hour-long television drama airing Sundays at 9 p.m. Eastern/Pacific (U.S.), 8 p.m. Central (U.S.). It is shown in over 60 other countries around the world, including Canada (Global Television anc CTV); the United Kingdom (BBC1, BBC2 and Sky One); New Zealand (Channel 2); Australia (Fox Cable); Singapore; Portugal; Spain (Tele 5); Germany; Poland (TVP2); Korea; The Netherlands; Norway; Sweden (TV 4); Denmark; Finland; South Africa; France (M6); Malaysia; Italy; Hong Kong (Star-Chinese and Star-World); Taiwan (CTS); Brazil (Rede Record); Thailand; Switzerland; and Japan. It is also shown on cable services in Latin America through Fox TV out of Mexico. The show is in syndication on the cable channel FX. It runs in rotation at 8 p.m. ET and 11 p.m. ET Monday through Friday. It has also begun airing in local independent syndication on the weekends. Contact your local stations for information on the independent syndication in your town, or check out the website at www.its-happening-again.com, where you have to enter three passwords (trustno1, cigarette smoking man, and astadourian) to get to the final screen showing which local station will be showing X Files, and at what times. ------------ This report is eyes-only with a level 2 clearance. The information is updated monthly and is posted on or around the first day of the month to alt.tv.x-files. Information contained is compiled and copyrighted 1994-97 as to form and wording by Special Agent In Charge Pat Gonzales (pagonz0@pop.uky.edu or lauraholt@aol.com), team leader for XF Case 11291093. Field agents may download and redistribute the report in its entirety with the permission notice intact, or with certain portions deleted with permission, but may not partially or in whole be incorporated into a commercial document. Any other use of this information is prohibited without permission from the special agent in charge. This by no means is meant to infringe on any copyrights held by Chris Carter, Ten Thirteen Productions, or 20th Century Fox Television. Deep background on agents Mulder and Scully was the determination of the special agent in charge, and in no way is intended to be the definitive interpretation of the events aired. Typographic errors are the sole responsibility of the special agent in charge. /Index/ Background Production Notes Addresses Episode Titles / Air Dates Ratings/Awards Deep Background - Fox Mulder Deep Background - Dana Scully FBI Superiors Recurring Characters Deep Background - Chris Carter Deep Background - David Duchovny Deep Background - Gillian Anderson Newsgroups Electronic Mailing Lists FTP Sites Online Service Special Interest Groups Other Electronic Info The Pregnancy Merchandise Fan Clubs Fanzines/Newsletters Conventions Miscellaneous Information Real Frequently Asked Questions /Background/ _The X Files_ is a television series dealing with two FBI agents, Fox Mulder and Dana Scully, in the Bureau's Violent Crimes section. They work with the "X files," cases that have unexplainable elements and often involve the paranormal. /Production Notes/ The series was created by Chris Carter. Executive producers for the show are Carter and R.W. Goodwin. Co-executive producer is Frank Spotnitz. Producers are Paul Rabwin, Vince Gilligan Joseph Patrick Finn and Kim Manners. Lori Jo Nemhauser and John Shiban are co-producers. The show is filmed almost entirely in Vancouver, British Columbia. The show is broadcast in Dolby Surround Sound. _The X Files_ is *not based on true events or real FBI X files.* The episodes are fiction, the plots loosely based on news reports of unexplained events around the world and other unexplained phenomena. The pilot does open with a note saying that the events were based on an actual real-life story, but was not meant to imply that there are real X Files. /Addresses/ If you wish to write in support of the show, the addresses are: Chris Carter, Executive Producer, "The X Files," c/o Fox Broadcasting Company, P.O. Box 900, Beverly Hills, CA 90213 Jonathan Littman, Director of Current Programming, Fox Broadcasting Company, P.O. Box 900, Beverly Hills, CA 90213 Fan mail to David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson can be sent to: Studio Fan Mail/(actor's name), 1122 South Robertson Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90035. The Fox Network has an Internet address to which you can e-mail your comment on the series. The address is: askfox@foxinc.com. If you send e-mail, indicate "X Files" in the subject line. Chris Carter does not have an official e-mail address. Members of the X Files production team do scan the various online groups. Their addresses are not publicly available. /Episode Titles - Air Dates/ A basic episode guide can be found at the official X Files website: http://www.thex-files.com/. Tiny Dancer also has a complete episode guide, which contains the basic information and a lot of interesting tidbits (like quotes and special bits and pieces). You can find it at her website: http://www.globalserve.net/~rhonda/xfinder.html. Individuals in North America with satellite dishes get the feeds for X Files on Saturday at 11 a.m. ET on Telstar 4-05. The live broadcast feed for X Files is sent on Telstar 4, transponder 2 or 23 (east feed) at 9 p.m. ET, and Telstar 4, transponder 2 or 23 (west feed) at midnight ET (west feed). All estimated air dates ("e" after the date") are not confirmed and are subject to change. New episode begin airing Sunday, Nov. 2, and are scheduled to air through the beginning of December. Season 1 History ================ Code Episode -- Air Dates (original * repeats) ---- ------- --------- 1X79 "The X-Files" (1.1) -- 9/10/93 * 1/17/94, 11/6/94 1X01 "Deep Throat" (1.2) -- 9/17/93 * 12/24/93, 6/24/94 1X02 "Squeeze" (1.3) -- 9/24/93 * 12/ 3/93, 6/10/94, 11/4/95 1X03 "Conduit" (1.4) -- 10/ 1/93 * 12/14/93, 5/27/94 1X04 "Jersey Devil" (1.5) -- 10/ 8/93 * 12/31/93, 7/22/94 1X05 "Shadows" (1.6) -- 10/22/93 * 3/ 4/94, 5/26/95 1X06 "Ghost in the Machine" (1.7) -- 10/29/93 * 1/14/94, 12/29/96 1X07 "Ice" (1.8) -- 11/ 5/93 * 1/17/94 (and 8/12/94 in some areas), 3/3/95 1X08 "Space" (1.9) -- 11/12/93 * 1/28/94, 8/22/94 1X09 "Fallen Angel" (1.10) -- 11/19/93 * 3/29/94, 11/13/94, 3/9/97 1X10 "Eve" (1.11) -- 12/10/93 * 3/11/94, 8/26/94 1X11 "Fire" (1.12) -- 12/17/93 * 3/25/94, 11/20/94 1X12 "Beyond the Sea" (1.13) -- 1/ 7/94 * 4/8/94, 12/22/95 1X13 "GenderBender" (1.14) -- 1/21/94 * 5/20/94, 7/21/95 1X14 "Lazarus" (1.15) -- 2/ 4/94 * 6/3/94, 9/2/94 1X15 "Young at Heart" (1.16) -- 2/11/94 * 6/17/94 1X16 "E.B.E." (1.17) -- 2/18/94 * 7/8/94, 11/25/94 1X17 "Miracle Man" (1.18) -- 3/18/94 * 7/1/94, 3/30/97 1X18 "Shapes" (1.19) -- 4/ 1/94 * 10/28/94, 8/4/95 1X19 "Darkness Falls" (1.20) -- 4/15/94 * 8/5/94, 12/2/94 1X20 "Tooms" (1.21) -- 4/22/94 * 7/15/94, 11/4/95 1X21 "Born Again" (1.22) -- 4/29/94 * 8/22/94, 4/5/96 1X22 "Roland" (1.23) -- 5/6/94 * 7/29/94, 12/29/95 1X23 "The Erlenmeyer Flask" (1.24) -- 5/13/94 * 9/9/94, 9/1/95 Season 2 Episode Titles ================== 2X01 "Little Green Men" -- 9/16/94 * 12/23/94, 9/8/95 2X02 "The Host" -- 9/23/94 * 12/30/94, 1/19/96 2X03 "Blood" -- 9/30/94 * 1/20/95 2X04 "Sleepless" -- 10/7/94 * 3/10/95 2X05 "Duane Barry" -- 10/14/94 * 6/2/95 2X06 "Ascension" -- 10/21/94 * 6/9/95 2X07 "3" -- 11/4/94 * 6/16/95, 4/24/96 2X08 "One Breath" -- 11/11/94 * 6/23/95 2X09 "Firewalker" -- 11/18/94 * 3/24/95, 3/22/96 2X10 "Red Museum" -- 12/9/94 * 4/21/95 2X11 "Excelsis Dei" -- 12/16/94 * 4/7/95 2X12 "Aubrey" -- 1/6/95 * 6/30/95 2X13 "Irresistible" -- 1/13/94 * 7/7/95, 3/15/96 2X14 "Die Hand Die Verletzt" -- 1/27/95 * 7/14/95, 3/2/97 2X15 "Fresh Bones" -- 2/3/95 * 12/8/95 2X16 "Colony" -- 2/10/95 * 8/15/95 2X17 "End Game" -- 2/17/95 * 8/15/95 2X18 "Fearful Symmetry" -- 2/24/95 * 1/12/96 2X19 "Dod Kalm" -- 3/17/95 (Norwegian o-slash thru) 2X20 "Humbug" -- 3/31/95 * 10/28/95 2X21 "The Calusari" -- 4/14/95 * 7/28/95 (Romanian s) 2X22 "F. Emasculata" -- 4/28/95 * 8/11/95 2X23 "Soft Light" -- 5/5/95 * 8/25/95, 5/25/97 2X24 "Our Town" -- 5/12/95 * 5/31/96 2X25 "Anasazi" -- 5/19/95 * 9/15/95, 7/12/96 Also, "The Secrets of _The X Files_ ," a recap of players and situations from first and second seasons, aired on 5/19/95, the hour before "Anasazi" and was repeated on 9/4/95. Season 3 ================== 3X01 "The Blessing Way" -- 9/22/95 * 7/19/96 3X02 "Paper Clip" -- 9/29/95 * 7/26/96 3X03 "D.P.O." -- 10/6/95 * 5/24/96, 6/29/97 3X04 "Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose" -- 10/13/95 * 3/1/96, 6/14/96 3X05 "The List" -- 10/20/95 * 2/16/96 3X06 "2Shy" -- 11/3/95 * 6/7/96 3X07 "The Walk" -- 11/10/95 * 6/28/96 3X08 "Oubliette" -- 11/17/95 * 4/19/96 3X09 "Nisei" -- 11/24/95 * 8/9/96 3X10 "731" -- 12/1/95 * 8/16/96 3X11 "Revelations" -- 12/15/95 * 12/22/96 3X12 "War of the Coprophages" -- 1/5/96 3X13 "Syzygy" -- 1/26/96 * 8/10/97 3X14 "Grotesque" -- 2/2/96 * 6/21/96 3X15 "Piper Maru" -- 2/9/96 * 8/30/96 3X16 "Apocrypha" -- 2/16/96 * 9/6/96 3X17 "Pusher" -- 2/23/96 * 12/8/96 3X18 "Teso Dos Bichos" -- 3/8/96 * 7/5/96 3X19 "Hell Money -- 3/29/96 * 8/2/96 3X20 "Jose Chung's 'From Outer Space'" -- 4/12/96 * 1/19/97, 7/6/97 3X21 "Avatar" -- 4/26/96 * 9/13/96 3X22 "Quagmire" -- 5/3/96 * 8/23/96, 8/3/97 3X23 "Wetwired" -- 5/10/96 * 9/20/96 3X24 "Talitha Cumi" -- 5/17/96 * 9/27/96, 6/1/97 Also, "More Secrets of _The X Files_ ," a recap of players and situations third seasons aired on 5/10/95, the hour before "Wetwired." Season 4 ================== 4X01 "Herrenvolk" -- 10/4/96 * 6/8/97 4X02 "Unruhe" -- 10/27/96 * 4/6/97 4X03 "Home" -- 10/11/96 4X04 "Teliko" -- 10/18/96 4X05 "The Field Where I Died" -- 11/3/96 * 6/15/97 4X06 "Sanguinarium" -- 11/10/96 4X07 "Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man" -- 11/17/96 4X08 "Paper Hearts" -- 12/15/96 4X09 "Tunguska" -- 11/24/96 * 8/17/97 4X10 "Terma" -- 12/1/96 * 8/24/97 4X11 "El Mundo Gira" -- 1/12/97 * 7/27/97 4X12 "Kaddish" -- 2/16/97 4X13 "Never Again"-- 2/2/97 * 6/22/97 4X14 "Leonard Betts" -- 1/26/97 * 7/13/97 4X15 "Memento Mori" -- 2/9/97 * 7/14/97 4X16 "Unrequited" -- 2/23/97 * 7/20/97 4X17 "Tempus Fugit" -- 3/16/97 * 8/31/97 4X18 "Max" -- 3/23/97 * 9/7/97 4X19 "Synchrony" -- 4/13/97 4X20 "Small Potatoes" -- 4/20/97 4X21 "Zero Sum" -- 4/27/97 4X22 "Elegy" -- 5/4/97 4X23 "Demons" -- 5/11/97 4X24 "Gethsemane" -- 5/18/97 The show was pre-empted on 1/5/97 for an episode of "Millennium." Season 5 ================== 5X01 "Unusual Suspects" -- 11/16/97e 5X02 "Redux" -- 11/2/97e 5X03 "Redux II" -- 11/9/97e 5X04 "Detour" -- 11/23/97 5X05 "Christmas Carol" -- 12/7/97 5X06 "Post-Modern Prometheus" -- 11/30/97 /Ratings**Awards/ During its first season, _The X Files_ finished 102 out of 118 shows in the Neilsen ratings with a 6.4 average . The show was recognized as one of the best shows on the air by the Viewers for Quality Television. It also garnered "Best Drama Series" honor at the Environmental Media Awards. The show was nominated for two Emmys, Best Title Sequence (which it won) and Best Music for a Title Sequence. The episode "Erlenmeyer Flask" was nominated for an Edgar Award by the Mystery Writers of America for Best Episode and the series as a whole for Best Television Series. During its second season, _The X Files_ finished 64th out of 141 shows in the Neilsen ratings with a 14.5 average. The show was chosen as Best Television Show of 1994 by _Entertainment Weekly_ , and won a Golden Globe for best television drama. _X Files_ cinematographer John Bartley was nominated for an American Society of Cinematographers Outstanding Achievement Award for the episode "Duane Barry." Viewers for Quality Television nominated _The X Files_ as best drama, and Duchovny and Anderson were nominated for best actor and actress, respectively. The Television Critic's Association nominated the show for Best Drama. The show garnered seven Emmy nominations -- outstanding drama series (against Chicago Hope, ER, Law & Order, and NYPD Blue); outstanding individual achievement in writing (drama) - Chris Carter, "Duane Barry;" outstanding cinematography in a series - John Bartley, "One Breath;" outstanding individual achievement in editing/single camera production - James Coblenz, "Duane Barry," and Stephen Mark, "Sleepless;" outstanding sound editing for a series -- the sound crew consisting of supervising sound editor Thierry Couturier; dialogue editors Machiek Malish, Chris Reeves, Marty Stein, and Jay Levine; sound effects editors Stuart Calderon, Michael Kimball, David Van Slyke, Susan Welsh, Chris Fradkin, and Matt West; music editor Jeff Charbonneau; and ADR editor Debby Ruby Winsberg, for "Duane Barry;" and outstanding guest actress in a drama - CCH Pounder/Agent Kazdin, "Duane Barry." During its third season, the show has received two Golden Globe nominations, for Duchovny as best actor in a drama and Anderson as best actress in a drama. Both actors were also nominated by the Screen Actors Guild for outstanding actor in a television series drama; Anderson won. The Directors Guild of America has nominated Chris Carter for best director of a television drama, for "The List." The Producers Guild of America has nominated _The X Files_ for best television drama.Viewers for Quality Television have nominated _The X Files_ for best television drama. The show won 5 out of the 8 Emmys it was nominated for -- outstanding guest actor in a drama - Peter Boyle (Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose); outstanding individual achievement in writing (drama) - Darin Morgan (Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose); outstanding achievement in cinematography - John S. Bartley (Grotesque); outstanding achievement in sound editing (Nisei); and outstanding sound mixing (Nisei). The other nominees were outstanding drama series; outstanding lead actress in a drama - Gillian Anderson; and outstanding achievement in art direction - Graeme Murray and Shirley Inget (Jose Chung's From Outer Space); The X Files' episode which aired after the1997 Super Bowl, "Leonard Betts," received the show's highest rating ever, at 6th. "Small Potatoes" reached 7th (the show's best showing that did not follow a "special event"), and "Max" was 8th. Gillian Anderson (best actress-drama, television), David Duchovny (best actor-drama, television) and the show itself (best drama, television) were nominated for and won Golden Globe awards. Anderson, Duchovny, the series and the ensemble cast were nominated for Screen Actors Guild awards in the television drama category; Anderson won for best actress in a television drama. John S. Bartley was nominated for best cinematography for a television drama for Grotesque by the American Society for Cinematographers. The show was awarded a Peabody for new and innovative television in prime time. Other award nominations were: from the TV Critics Association, for best drama and Gillian Anderson for best actor; Viewers for Quality Television, best quality drama, David Duchovny for best actor in a quality drama, Gillian Anderson for best actress in a quality drama, and Mitch Pileggi for best recurring player in a quality drama. #The show was nominated for 12 Emmys (winning 3), the most in its history: outstanding drama series, outstanding lead actor in a drama - Duchovny; outstanding lead actress in a drama - Anderson [won Emmy]; outstanding art direction for a series (Graeme Murray, Production Designer; Gary P. Allen, Art Director; Shirley Inget, Set Director) [won Emmy]; outstanding achievement in directing (drama) - James Wong (Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man); outstanding single-camera picture editing for a series - Jim Gross (Terma), and Heather MacDougall (Tempus Fugit); outstanding makeup for a series - for "Leonard Betts" (Laverne Basham, Makeup Artist; Tony Lindala, Effects Makeup Artist); outstanding music composition for a series - Mark Snow (Paper Hearts); outstanding sound editing for a series - "Tempus Fugit" (Thierry J. Couturier, Supervising Sound Editor, and staff) [won Emmy]; outstanding sound mixing for a series - "Tempus Fugit" (Michael Williamson - Production Mixer; David West, Nello Torri, Harry Andronis - Re-recording Mixers); and outstanding writing for a series (drama) - John Shiban, Frank Spotnitz, Chris Carter, and Vince Gilligan, "Memento Mori."# X Files also won a Saturn Award for best television series, and Gillian Anderson won for best actress; these awards are given by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Films.