Across its 1993-2002 run, The X-Files popularized the “monster of the week” format and proved that sci-fi and supernatural stories could be prestige television. Week after week, audiences tuned in to ...
Pop culture didn’t create the real-world mythologies roiling our politics, but it helped write the scripts. By James Poniewozik James Poniewozik, the chief television critic for The New York Times, ...