7. The X-Files
Watch Seasons 1-5Or just watch Seasons 6-9 and don't tell anyone If you were alive in the 90s and had access to a TV, The X-Files was the reason to stay home on Friday nights. Following the lead of supernatural shows like The Twilight Zone, The X-Files tapped into the zeitgeist of the decade with David Duchovny (once again) playing Fox Mulder, FBI UFO chaser to Diana Scullys resident FBI sceptic. The shows main premise relied on following Mulder chase down leads in an attempt to find his sister who he believes was abducted by aliens when they were children. What follows is an amazing series of shows within a show as the various detours take the two of them on some amazing and odd investigations, with some of them being solved, some of them left to interpretation. The X-Files birthed shows such as Heroes and Misfits (well get to later) that left the audience with the impression that it was a strange and unusual world out there where maybe, just maybe, anything can be possible. BUT Blame it on the climate. After the first five seasons the shooting was moved from the naturally gloomy west coast setting of Vancouver, Canada to the much more hospitable and warm glow of Los Angeles for season 6. As the viewing numbers continued to decline, much was blamed that the bright, sunny skies of California actually hampered the all-important mood that was established in the first 5 seasons filmed in Vancouver. Then Duchovny gradually removed himself from the show (written in as his own ironic abduction) leaving Scully to team up with Robert Patrick Harris for seasons 8 and its swan song in season 9, although as all X-Filers know, Mulder and Scully have teamed up for two luke-warm The X-Files movies with rumours of a third one slated for production.