Today is the 25th anniversary of The X-Files, as the pilot premiered on the Fox network on Sept. 10, 1993. It was that passionate fan base that showed Fox that a show’s success, especially its long-term success, could be measured by more than just Nielsen ratings. Twenty-five years later, the key lesson of The X-Files is the same key lesson as Lost or any number of other high-concept fantasy TV shows. Oh, and we should note that X-Files was huge at least partially because it was unlike anything else on TV. Because you always get richer with the “first X-Files” than with “the next X-Files.”

Source: Forbes September 10, 2018 13:10 UTC