 " First Person Shooter " first aired in the United States on February 27 , 2000 . This episode earned a Nielsen rating of 9 @.@ 3 , with a 13 share , meaning that roughly 9 @.@ 3 percent of all television @-@ equipped households , and 13 percent of households watching television , were tuned in to the episode . It was viewed by 15 @.@ 31 million viewers . The episode aired in the United Kingdom and Ireland on Sky1 on June 11 , 2000 and received 0 @.@ 67 million viewers , making it the third most watched episode that week . Fox promoted the episode with the tagline " Tonight , Mulder and Scully must track down a video game killer whose killing spree is real . " 
