‘X-Files’ Ratings: Revival Premiere Performance — How Many Watched? | TVLine 

revival drew an impressive 13.5 million total viewers on Sunday night during its first half-hour (starting around 10:25 pm), leading out of a well-watched (if lop-sided) NFC Championship game (which delivered north of 40 million viewers).

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debuted in September 1993 to 12 million total viewers, while its 2002 series finale drew 13.3 million. A year ago, CBS’

led out of the Colts/Patriots AFC Championship clash with an audience of 12.3 million (paired with a 3.2 demo rating).

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scored a 5.1 rating in its first half-hour; fuller ratings are still to come later today.

TVLine readers gave the mythology-heavy episode an average grade of “B+.” Part 2 of the premiere airs tonight at 8/7c.

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Broadcast TV’s only other original Sunday offering, ABC’s

Good for XFiles. A very intriguing premiere. I’m looking forward to the rest of the season.

I’ve been waiting to see the ratings. Very nice. I hope Fox agrees to make more (and Carter decides not to write any).

The question is, how many people won’t come back tonight. They wasted no time before kicking a lot of fans in the teeth with politics and then threw nine seasons out the window. Will that alienate people?

I hope not. I’m really looking forward to the next three. But there were some big issues with the premiere.

I was not an original X-File watcher, but I tried it last night. It was confusing to say the least between the sets (2 houses?), to the long speeches, to the non-chemistry between the leads, I haven’t seen what the fuss was all about. I will watch the next one, but if no improvement, then I am out.

Chris Carter tends to get a little full of himself, writing long monologues with huge words that nobody really uses in a conversation. The mythology of the series is a jumbled mess.

All that said, the show has always shined in the monster of the week episodes. The other writers are usually great. The show is better when the actors/characters are able to loosen up a little.

Last night might have been the low point of the series, unless I’m forgetting something. Please don’t judge the series based on last night! :)

Do you really have to trot out your Carter criticisms after every single article? You’d think he’d run over your cat or something.

KLS, I really really think you’d enjoy binging on the previous stuff, esp. to get a look at the Mulder/Scully chemistry. It’s been off the charts before. Having seen the original I was not necessarily lacking in confusion about the writing here sometimes, but I was more wiling to shrug it off because things are supposed to improve. Carter had some stuff to establish that I’ve seen him do better. I get why reviews of the 1st ep were iffy. It was mythology heavy and as for non-chemistry between the leads, that’s on purpose, probably to reset the will they/won’t they. They spent years with so much chemistry it’s ridiculous and we’re apparently meant to believe Mulder’s depression broke them up. Hmm. Well if he’s back to being excited about the X-Files, the chemistry ought to wake up again I’m betting.

I wonder how many people are ticked off today realizing that they’ve only got half of the episode on their DVR. FOX really should re-air it.

^This. I sat down to watch it and was massively disappointed. Shocked it didn’t air again at 11pm. Am taping on Friday on Space. Guess I’ll have the first three episodes to watch in quick succession.

As soon as I knew football was on before the premiere, I automatically set my DVR to run extra. Its just standard nowadays anytime a football game is on. I do feel sorry for those who didn’t realize or see it though. Wish they would re-air it.

Yeah, I did the same but like someone said above, those who weren’t home, etc. couldn’t make the adjustment. I knew I couldn’t watch ep 2 live tonight and planned on watching the first two eps together, it’s just now I have to filter through all the BS to find it, no biggie but it’s just irritating.

The episode one is very good….happy for you. But the nexte episode (2 and 3), could be Awesome !!!

XFiles will have a better read tonight without a football lead in.

Never been a big X Files fan, but I hope it does well for their fans and for other shows to get revivals.

After a great season, and a limping offense in Denver. Panthers should win. Congrats! (From a Pats fan)

Poor Galavant; it’s so fun and no one is watching it. Last night’s episodes were great – The healer – Neo of Sporin, King Richard and Gal being besties, the awesome homage to Grease’s Summer Lovin, etc… It’s so witty and funny, I don’t want it to end.

Goes to show everyone has different tastes. That’s cool. I couldn’t get through an ep of Galavant. This year or last. Ok-though.

I feel the same way. I’d like to watch it but as soon as they started singing in the pilot (10 seconds in) I cringed my way to anther channel. It’s not for me.

I recorded it. I loved last season. This season has been pretty mediocre.

Thought the episode was a great start! but shocked that people didn’t adjust their DVR ending times accordingly

If you weren’t home and you can’t do it from your phone…..

Let the complain and criticism begin from people or fans who say this first episode was not as good as the expected, was not good beause etc etc. Lighten up people

You’re talking to old school geeks here. Not the modern “its so cool to be a geek” geeks. The X-Philes are not pop-geeks.

Old school geeks dissect the things they love. They are the harshest critics.

In today’s world, this might be called “hating” or whatever, but to real geeks, this is part of the fun. No old school X-Files geek is tuning in and turning off their brain. They’re mentally crosschecking this episode against every factoid from the original.

Or, you know, they are just thrilled that Mulder and Scully were back on their television screens, and knowing that it was written by Carter, knew what they were going to get long before it aired…..

Or maybe they’re not a homogeneous group that nitpicks every detail of their favorite shows. Maybe some are simply enjoying the return of their favorite characters while they patiently let the story develop.

Man, this does not look good for Galavant. Sad.

But great for The X-Files! I hope they do just as well tonight. It’s weird not having it on a Sunday and I hope people don’t forget about it.

Awesome premiere ratings! Hopefully this leads to more in the future. It will be interesting to see the ratings tonight. They’ll be down, but hopefully not too down. There is a lot of competition tonight and no lead-in.

Good start but remember those numbers are likely to be adjusted down because of football and they are up against new shows tonight, however I do say it did much better than I thought especially with such a lopsided football game

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