HOT GALLERY: Snakkle Celebrates 25 Years of FOX with Our 13 Favorite Characters
D’oh! Has it really been 25 years since the FOX Network first graced our television screens? Launched in April of 1987, Rupert Murdoch created the “fourth network” to compete with the old guard, otherwise known as ABC, CBS, and NBC. Married…With Children and The Tracey Ullman Show were among its prime-time debuts in 1987, with shows like 21 Jump Street and Duet soon rounding out the programming. Of course, these were only the beginning. In honor of 25 years on air, Snakkle celebrates 13 of our favorite FOX characters. By Katherine ButlerThe X-Files, which ran from 1993 to 2002, helped redefine science fiction on television and made stars of Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny. It also gave new meaning to catch phrases such as “the truth is out there” and “I want to believe” and spawned an empire of merchandise. Anderson’s skeptical Scully and Duchovny’s wild Mulder proved the perfect foils to keep the show so successful. The series spawned a huge following and two films, including 1998’s The X-Files and 2008’s The X Files: I Want to Believe. Will there be a third film? Anderson recently confirmed that there is talk of another movie, and she hopes it may be a little different. “We talked about that for a long time but maybe after three features we could get to do a spoof feature,” she told reporters in 2011.
Find out what the cast of The X-Files is up to now in this Where Are They Now gallery!