--- description: Mulder and Scully are back title: First 'X-Files' Teaser Will Make You Believe image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2ee2c485a1d0370b/69885b628e06012b004616fb/x-files.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # First _X-Files_ Teaser Will Make You Believe by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 17, 2015 2:03 PM CUT  Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny attend The Truth Is Here: David Duchovny And Gillian Anderson On "The X-Files" at The Paley Center for Media on October 12, 2013 in New York City. Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny attend The Truth Is Here: David Duchovny And Gillian Anderson On "The X-Files" at The Paley Center for Media on October 12, 2013 in New York City.Rommel Demano—Getty Images by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 17, 2015 2:03 PM CUT David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson will soon return to TV screens as Mulder and Scully, and from the looks of the first mysterious (and brief) teaser, it’s going to be as intriguing as ever. The much-anticipated reboot of _The X-Files_ will come to television on Jan. 24, 2016\. Fox will run six new episodes of the show that delighted fans from 1993 to 2002\. Missed it the first time around, or want to relive the original story lines? You can watch all nine seasons streaming on Netflix. _Read next:_ [_Watch the First Trailer for Netflix’s Drug-Cartel Drama_ ](http://time.com/3959341/netflix-narcos-first-trailer/?iid=time%5Freadnext "undefined")[Narcos](http://time.com/3959341/netflix-narcos-first-trailer/?iid=time%5Freadnext "undefined") [_Listen to the most important stories of the day_](http://time.com/newsletter/the-brief/autoplay/?xid=spl-fullbrief-article "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3962465/first-x-files-teaser/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3962465/first-x-files-teaser/"},"headline":"First X-Files Teaser Will Make You Believe","datePublished":"2015-07-17T14:03:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T09:21:07.826Z","description":"Mulder and Scully are back","url":"https://time.com/3962465/first-x-files-teaser/","keywords":["Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2ee2c485a1d0370b/69885b628e06012b004616fb/x-files.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2ee2c485a1d0370b/69885b628e06012b004616fb/x-files.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"x-files","caption":"NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 12: (L-R) Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny attend The Truth Is Here: David Duchovny And Gillian Anderson On \"The X-Files\" at The Paley Center for Media on October 12, 2013 in New York City. (Photo by Rommel Demano/WireImage)","creditText":"Rommel Demano—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3962465/first-x-files-teaser/","name":"First X-Files Teaser Will Make You Believe"}}]}] ```