Canada’s CTV Picks Up The X-Files

TORONTO: CTV has secured the Canadian broadcasting rights for the highly anticipated The X-Files event series, which will launch with a special two-night premiere on January 24.

The six-episode drama was picked up in a deal with 20th Century Fox Television Distribution. It will debut across two nights on CTV and CTV Go, on January 24 at 10 p.m. and January 25 at 8 p.m. The series will then join CraveTV, where it will anchor its hugely popular Sci-Fi & Fantasy Collection in spring 2016.

Helmed by original creator/executive producer Chris Carter, David Duchovny (Californication) and Gillian Anderson (The Fall) re-inhabit their iconic roles as FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully, 13 years after the original series completed its run.

“The X-Files is an iconic brand that delivers on all fronts,” said Mike Cosentino, the senior VP of programming at CTV Networks and CraveTV. “This event series is a perfect fit for CTV and we look forward to bringing a new chapter to Canadians from coast-to-coast-to-coast. And as an event series, it’s a perfect anchor to our Sci-Fi and Fantasy Collection on CraveTV.”

“I think of it as a 13-year commercial break,” said Carter. “The good news is the world has only gotten that much stranger, a perfect time to tell these six stories.”