ABSTRACT
This chapter examines fan reactions to news of the revival, drawing on research conducted in May 2015, and the preliminary results of research conducted in April 2016, with fans of the show. The announcement of a new series, then, resulted in much fannish anticipation even before fans really knew what the series would entail. During the summer of 2014, Vulture published an interview with The X-Files creator, Chris Carter, in which he confirmed that conversations had been held with Fox about a reboot of the series. The chapter also examines the relationship between industry and what fans expect from a revived series, and suggests that fans' notions of affective ownership over a text plays an important role in the reception of that text. It argues that tensions exist between fans and creators when fans are asked to renegotiate their existing knowledge of and affective engagement with the text.
