"Deadalive" premiered on American television on April 1, 2001. The episode earned a Nielsen household rating of 7.3 with an 11-percent share, meaning it was viewed by 7.3 percent of all television-equipped households, and 11 percent of those watching television. It was watched by 12.4 million viewers overall. It won for Outstanding Makeup For a Series at the 53rd Primetime Emmy Awards in 2001; it would be the last Emmy win for "The X-Files". "Deadalive" was first released as a single-episode DVD in the United Kingdom on August 6, 2001, for Region 2. On November 4, 2003, the episode was released as part of the eighth season DVD box set. The episode was later included on "The X-Files Mythology, Volume 4 – Super Soldiers", a DVD collection of episodes in the Super Soldiers story arc.