Seasons
Season Five
1997 - 1998
Airdate
MM/DD/YY
Episode
Number/Title
Viewers
(millions)
Rating*/Share**
11/02/97 5x02 Redux (Part 2)*** 27.34 16.1/22
11/09/97 5x03 Redux II (Part 3) 24.84 15.0/21
11/16/97 5x01 Unusual Suspects 21.72 13.0/19
11/23/97 5x04 Detour 22.88 13.2/19
11/30/97 5x06 Post-Modern Prometheus 18.68 11.5/16
12/07/97 5x05 Christmas Carol
(Part 1)
20.91 12.8/19
12/14/97 5x07 Emily (Part 2) 20.94 12.4/19
01/04/98 5x08 Kitsunegari
(a.k.a. Pusher 2)
19.75 11.6/17
01/11/98 5x09 Schizogeny 21.37 12.9/19
02/08/98 5x10 Chinga 21.33 12.7/18
02/15/98 5x11 Kill Switch 18.04 11.1/16
02/22/98 5x12 Bad Blood 19.25 12.0/17
03/01/98 5x13 Patient X (Part 1) 20.21 12.6/19
03/08/98 5x14 The Red and the Black
(Part 2)
19.98 12.0/18
03/29/98 5x15 Travelers 15.06 9.9/15
04/19/98 5x16 Mind's Eye 16.53 10.4/16
04/26/98 5x17 All Souls 13.44 8.5/12
05/03/98 5x18 The Pine Bluff Variant 18.24 11.4
05/10/98 5x19 Folie á Deux 17.63 11.0/17
05/17/98 5x20 The End 18.76 11.9/18

* Each rating point = 980,000 homes or 1% of all TV households in the United States.

** Share is based on the percentage of TV sets in use within the time period.

*** Highest rating for season five.

Source: Nielsen Media Research

The X-Files Informational
1998-2001