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When the X-Files debuted in 1993 no one could have predicted it would become one of the defining TV shows of the decade.  The show about a couple of FBI agents investigating aliens and other supernatural creatures was nothing like the other one-hour TV shows that were on the air at the time.  But within a couple of years the show became a phenomenon that kic ... Show More
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