]4:42pm (PDT+17) From:   
   ] charlotte_sometimes@mail.com (Angelica)   
      
   ]I don't think the ratings were the biggest   
   ] problem, do you? I suspect it had more to do   
   ] with the violent decline in quality the show   
   ] suffered from S7 onwards.   
      
   I think the main reason for the decline in the ratings during season 8   
   and 9 was because DD was not there. The quality of the shows were still   
   good, but since DD (Mulder) was not there to put it all in perspective   
   the ratings went down   
   The viewers did not really like the replacement actors they brought in   
   to replace DD so the show went into decline soon after. By the way   
   season 7 of the X-Files was one of my favorites and if DD had been in   
   season 8, I am sure I would say the same thing about that season.   
      
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