The Lone Gunmen (TV series)

The Lone Gunmen
Genre	Science fiction[1] Conspiracy fiction Thriller Drama[2] Comedy[3]
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 Zuleikha Robinson Stephen Snedden
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	13 (list of episodes) Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox television with "list_episodes" parameter using self-link. See Infobox instructions and MOS:INFOBOXPURPOSE.
Production
Executive producers	Chris Carter Vince Gilligan John Shiban Frank Spotnitz
Producers	Bryan Spicer Kathy Gilroy
Running time	43 minutes
Production companies	Millennium Canadian Productions Ltd. Ten Thirteen Productions 20th Century Fox Television
Original release
Network	Fox
Release	March 4 (2001-03-04) – June 1, 2001 (2001-06-01)
Related
The X-Files Millennium
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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, 2001 (2001-03-04), to June 1, 2001 (2001-06-01), 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,^[4] 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.