X-Men (TV series)

X-Men is an American superhero television series that premiered on August 30, 2006 and aired for nine seasons and 187 episodes, before concluding on May 7, 2015. The series follows the eponymous Marvel Comics superhero team, as they clash with human and mutant enemies alike.
== Plot ==
The first season follows the X-Men as Charles Xavier recruits four new teenagers to teach and train: Rogue; a Southern goth girl with the ability to take on the life force of whomever she touches, Bobby Drake; a cryokinetic New York native, Kitty Pryde; a girl who can walk through walls, and Kurt Wagner; a blue-skinned German immigrant who can teleport.
==Cast==
*Stanley Tucci as Charles Xavier
*Tyler Hoechlin as Scott Summers/Cyclops
*Italia Ricci as Jean Grey (seasons 1-5, 7-9) and Madelyne Pryor (seasons 6-8)
*Justin Theroux as Logan/Wolverine
*Kristen Stewart as Anna Marie/Rogue
*Keegan Allen as Bobby Drake/Iceman (seasons 1-6)
*Elizabeth Olsen as Kitty Pryde/Shadowcat (seasons 1-6)
*Adam DiMarco as Kurt Wagner/Nightcrawler
*Kyle Chandler as Hank McCoy/Beast
*Angela Bassett as Ororo Munroe/Storm
*Giancarlo Esposito as Erik Lensherr/Magneto (seasons 2-3, 7-9; recurring seasons 4-6)
*Katee Sackhoff as Raven Darkholme/Mystique (seasons 2-9)
*William Baldwin as Bolivar Trask (seasons 3-4)
*Evan Peters as Pietro Maximoff/Quicksilver (seasons 3-7; recurring seasons 2 and 9)
*Lily Collins as Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch (seasons 3-9; recurring season 2)
*Elizabeth Mitchell as Emma Frost (seasons 4-5)
*Kyle MacLachlan as Robert Kelly (seasons 4-6)
*Mads Mikkelsen as Sebastian Shaw (season 5)
*Joe Keery as Warren Worthington III/Angel (seasons 5-9)
*Alden Ehrenreich as Pietr Rasputin/Colossus (seasons 5-9)
*Malese Jow as Jubilation Lee/Jubilee (seasons 5-9)
*AJ Michalka as Tabitha Smith/Boom-Boom (seasons 5-7)
*Gal Gadot as Kavita Rao (season 5)
*Matt Barr as Remy LeBeau/Gambit (seasons 7-9)
*Tom Ellis as Nathaniel Essex/Mister Sinister (seasons 8-9)
*Anson Mount as Nathan Summers/Cable and Stryfe (season 8)
==Reception==
===Ratings===
Season	Episodes	Timeslot 	Premiere 	Premiere 	Finale 	Finale
Season	Episodes	Timeslot 	Date 	Viewers (millions)/Demo (18-49)	Date 	Viewers (millions)/Demo (18-49)
1 	21 	Wednesday 8:00 pm 	August 30, 2006 	15.91 (6.6) 	May 16, 2007 	19.62 (7.8)
2 	15 	Wednesday 8:00 pm 	September 19, 2007	16.27 (6.6) 	May 14, 2008 	17.64 (6.7)
3 	24 	Wednesday 8:00 pm (2008)Thursday 8:00 pm (2009)	September 3, 2008 	14.88 (5.8) 	May 14, 2009 	11.52 (4.4)
4 	22 	Thursday 8:00 pm 	September 17, 2009	13.33 (5.4) 	May 20, 2010 	13.12 (5.3)
5 	23 	Thursday 8:00 pm (2010)Thursday 9:00 pm (2011) 	September 23, 2010	12.89 (5.2) 	May 19, 2011 	13.42 (4.4)
6 	23 	Monday 8:00 pm 	September 26, 2011	12.67 (4.9) 	May 14, 2012 	9.02 (3.7)
7 	23 	Monday 8:00 pm 	September 17, 2012	8.81 (3.5) 	April 29, 2013	8.90 (3.4)
8 	18 	Monday 8:00 pm 	September 16, 2013	9.27 (3.5) 	May 19, 2014 	9.33 (3.4)
9 	18 	Thursday 8:00 pm 	September 25, 2014	9.34 (3.5) 	May 7, 2015 	10.44 (4.1)