The Lone Gunmen (TV series)

The Lone Gunmen
Genre
Created by
Based onCharacters created by Glen Morgan and James Wong
Starring
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes13
Production
Executive producers
  • Chris Carter
  • Vince Gilligan
  • John Shiban
  • Frank Spotnitz
Producers
Running time43 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkFox
ReleaseMarch 4 (2001-03-04) 
June 1, 2001 (2001-06-01)
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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 to June 1, 2001 on Fox. It is a spin-off of Carter's science fiction television series The X-Files and as such is part of The X-Files franchise, starring several of the show's characters. Despite positive reviews, its ratings dropped, and 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 titular trio The Lone Gunmen: Melvin Frohike, John Fitzgerald Byers, and Richard Langly, private investigators who run a conspiracy theory magazine. They had often helped FBI Special Agent Fox Mulder on The X-Files.