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X-treme sci-fi: Keep your eyes to the skies and trust no one: Fox’s revived sci-fi favorite is coming back for a second event series. “The X-Files” has received an order for another season after the success of 2016’s six-episode revival and the enduring popularity of the ‘90s science fiction hit, with a premiere date planned for sometime in the 2017-18 TV season.

“Iconic characters, rich storytelling, bold creators — these are the hallmarks of great TV shows.And they are some of the reasons why ‘The X-Files’ has had such a profound impact on millions of fans worldwide,” said Fox Broadcasting Company president David Madden in a statement announcing the exciting 11th season.

Original series stars David Duchovny (“Aquarius”) and Gillian Anderson (“The Fall”) are slated to return as Fox Mulder and Dana Scully, a pair of FBI agents who explore the agency’s cases that involve the paranormal, the unexplained and everything not of this world — otherwise known as the Xfiles.

“The X-Files” premiered in 1993 and ran for nine seasons, with its creepy extraterrestrial plots quickly becoming watercooler discussion fodder in workplaces around the globe. In 1998, “The X-Files” film brought Mulder and Scully to movie theaters, and even after the show’s cancelation in 2002, its fans kept believing.A second major motion picture, 2008’s “The X-Files: I Want to Believe,” proved that the old show still had life in it.

During its original television run, the sci-fi drama quickly grew into a global phenomenon, garnering five Golden Globes, 16 Emmys and the adoration of legions of fans. Its ominous-yet-hopeful tagline, “The truth is out there,” even entered the popular lexicon. And while last season met with mixed reviews from critics, it drew in an average of 9.5 million viewers — enough to not only warrant an 11th season, but one with four more episodes than the last one.

After 10 seasons and two major motion pictures, the truth, it seems, is still out there. The new event series of “The X-Files” is set to premiere during the 2017-18 TV season.

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