High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Millennium is an American science fiction crime drama television series that premiered on October 25, 1996 on the Fox Broadcasting Company (FOX). A total of three seasons were released before the series` cancellation on May 21, 1999, in addition to numerous clip shows to recap previous episodes and a crossover episode after the series cancellation on "Millennium", an episode of The X-Files. The show was created by Chris Carter.