Millennium is an American

United States

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 television series created by Chris Carter

Chris Carter (screenwriter)

Christopher Carl Carter is an American screenwriter, film director and producer. He is the creator of The X-Files and Millennium.- Ten Thirteen Productions :...

, creator of The X-Files

The X-Files

The X-Files is an American science fiction television series and a part of The X-Files franchise, created by screenwriter Chris Carter. The program originally aired from to . The show was a hit for the Fox network, and its characters and slogans became popular culture touchstones in the 1990s...

. Millennium aired on the Fox Network from 1996 to 1999. The series was filmed in Vancouver

Vancouver

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, British Columbia

British Columbia

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, though most episodes were ostensibly set in or around Seattle, Washington. Theme music for the show was composed by Mark Snow

Mark Snow

Mark Snow is an American composer for film and television.Born in New York, he grew up in Brooklyn, graduating from the High School of Music and Art and, afterwards, the Juilliard School of Music...

, who also created the distinctive theme music for The X-Files.

The series takes place during the years leading up to the year 2000, and follows the investigations of ex-FBI agent Frank Black

Frank Black (Millennium)

Frank Black is a fictional character in the American Fox television shows Millennium and The X-Files, two series concerned with crime, conspiracies, and supernatural phenomena. Black was a renowned, highly skilled criminal investigator with the FBI who had the gift to put himself into the killer's...

 (Lance Henriksen

Lance Henriksen

Lance James Henriksen is an American actor and artist best known to film and television audiences for his roles in science fiction, action, and horror films such as the Alien film franchise, and on television shows such as Millennium....

), a law enforcement consultant with the ability to see inside the mind of criminals, working for a mysterious organization known as the Millennium Group

Millennium Group

The Millennium Group is a fictional secret society and "criminal investigative consulting firm" featured in the television series Millennium...

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Although the series premiered with impressive ratings, viewership declined throughout its three-season run, and it was finally canceled by Fox in the spring of 1999.
Millennium featured Frank Black

Frank Black (Millennium)

Frank Black is a fictional character in the American Fox television shows Millennium and The X-Files, two series concerned with crime, conspiracies, and supernatural phenomena. Black was a renowned, highly skilled criminal investigator with the FBI who had the gift to put himself into the killer's...

, a freelance forensic profiler and former FBI agent with a unique ability to see the world through the eyes of serial killers and murderers, though he adamantly proclaims he is not psychic

Psychic

A psychic is a person who professes an ability to perceive information hidden from the normal senses through extrasensory perception , or is said by others to have such abilities. It is also used to describe theatrical performers who use techniques such as prestidigitation, cold reading, and hot...

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