The Lone Gunmen (TV series)
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| Genre |
Conspiracy fiction Science fiction Thriller Drama Comedy |
| Created by |
Chris Carter Vince Gilligan John Shiban Frank Spotnitz Based on characters created by Glen Morgan and James Wong |
| Starring |
Bruce Harwood Tom Braidwood Dean Haglund Stephen Snedden Zuleikha Robinson |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Running time | 43 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Millennium Canadian Productions Ltd. Ten Thirteen Productions 20th Century Fox Television |
| Distributor | 20th Television |
| Release | |
| Original network | Fox |
| Original release | March 4 – June 1, 2001 |
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| Related shows |
The X-Files Millennium |
The Lone Gunmen is an American conspiracy fiction thriller drama television series created by Chris Carter, Vince Gilligan, John Shiban, and Frank Spotnitz. The program originally aired from March 4, 2001, to June 1, 2001, on Fox. It is a spin-off of Carter's science fiction television series The X-Files and a part of The X-Files franchise, starring several of the show's characters. Despite positive reviews, its ratings dropped. The show was canceled after thirteen episodes. The last episode ended on a cliffhanger which was partially resolved in a ninth season episode of The X-Files entitled "Jump the Shark".
The series revolves around the three characters of The Lone Gunmen: Melvin Frohike, John Fitzgerald Byers, and Richard Langly, a group of investigators who run a conspiracy theory magazine. They had often helped FBI Special Agent Fox Mulder on The X-Files.
Whereas The X-Files deals mainly with paranormal events and conspiracies to cover up extraterrestrial contact, The Lone Gunmen draws on secret activity of other kinds, such as government-sponsored terrorism, the development of a surveillance society, corporate crime, and escaped Nazis. The show has a light mood and elements of slapstick comedy. The trio are alternately aided and hindered by a mysterious thief named Yves Adele Harlow.
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