{"id":173389,"date":"2025-06-08T18:07:05","date_gmt":"2025-06-08T18:07:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/08\/david-duchovny-reflects-on-how-tv-has-changed-since-the-x-files\/"},"modified":"2025-06-08T18:07:05","modified_gmt":"2025-06-08T18:07:05","slug":"david-duchovny-reflects-on-how-tv-has-changed-since-the-x-files","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/08\/david-duchovny-reflects-on-how-tv-has-changed-since-the-x-files\/","title":{"rendered":"David Duchovny reflects on how TV has changed since The X-Files"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"byline\">\n<p>        <time itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2025-06-08\" datetime=\"1749406025\" pubdate=\"\">8 June 2025<\/time>\n    <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/david-duchovny\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,david-duchovny\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">David Duchovny<\/a> believes Netflix has wrecked TV &#8220;in a way&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>                            <\/p>\n<p class=\"image-caption landscape\">David Duchovny thinks TV has changed<\/p>\n<p>The 64-year-old actor doesn&#8217;t believe any programme now could have the longevity or the reach of his former show The X-Files &#8211; which ran from 1993 to 2002 and another series in 2016, and also spawned two spin-off films &#8211; because there are so many programmes across many streaming platforms, meaning shows just &#8220;fade away&#8221; as the next big thing comes along.<\/p>\n<p>He told the Telegraph:  \u201cNetflix kind of f***** the business in a way. Well, I mean, look at The X-Files, which had a foothold on the culture and then lasted. Now, there\u2019s just so much \u2013 things become incandescent for a year or two and then they just fade away.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ryan Coogler is developing an X-Files reboot but without the original stars, though David wouldn&#8217;t be against playing Fox Mulder opposite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/gillian-anderson\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,gillian-anderson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gillian Anderson<\/a> as Dana Scully one more time.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cThe X-Files frame is evergreen in terms of gen\u00ader\u00adating stories, and especially today.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cSo it\u2019s like, well, how would we exist in a way that was different from the way we existed before, but still do interesting work?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nAt the height of the X Files popularity, many fans believed David was &#8220;privy&#8221; to real-life information about extra-terrestrial life.<\/p>\n<p>\nHe said: &#8220;[Some fans thought] that I was privy to certain information. But, you know, I\u2019m just an actor. I\u2019m not privy to anything. One of the strengths of the show was that it appeared to be factual to certain people.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cThat\u2019s the price of doing business.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nThe former Californication star understands the appeal of certain conspiracy theories because he believes a particular human strength is to \u201cweaponise or monetise information.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nHe added: &#8220;When you look at conspiracies, it\u2019s really just people surviving by their wits.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\nDavid himself is interested in ideas around mind control.<\/p>\n<p>\nHe said: \u201cI like any government that takes the expansion of human consciousness, and tries to figure out how to make a better soldier or politician or spy with that kind of information.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nHowever, the actor isn&#8217;t impressed by the &#8220;ridiculous&#8221; claims made by President Donald Trump and his administration.<\/p>\n<p>\nHe said: \u201cIt\u2019s like, oh, there\u2019s five new ridiculous things coming out of the White House today. Which am I supposed to focus on? That\u2019s the conspiracy, I guess. <\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;I think it\u2019s probably the first time in \u00adhistory where the government seems to be deliberately promulgating falsehoods for the purpose of immobilising a people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- Pagination --><\/p>\n<p><!-- playbuzz --><br \/>\n<!-- end playbuzz--><\/p>\n<p><!-- \n\n<div data-cn-project=\"femalefirst\">\n    \n<\/div>\n\n --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n<!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/celebrity\/david-duchovny-reflects-changed-since-files-1420126.html?f=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>8 June 2025 David Duchovny believes Netflix has wrecked TV &#8220;in a way&#8221;. David Duchovny thinks TV has changed The 64-year-old actor doesn&#8217;t believe any programme now could have the longevity or the reach of his former show The X-Files &#8211; which ran from 1993 to 2002 and another series in 2016, and also spawned [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":173390,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[7638,1976],"class_list":{"0":"post-173389","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-make-up","8":"tag-david-duchovny","9":"tag-gillian-anderson"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173389"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173389\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}