Roswell (TV series)

Roswell
Intertitle used in Seasons 1 & 2
Also known as	Roswell High
Genre	Science fiction
Based on	Roswell High by Melinda Metz
Developed by	Jason Katims
Starring	Shiri Appleby Jason Behr Katherine Heigl Majandra Delfino Brendan Fehr Colin Hanks Nick Wechsler William Sadler Emilie De Ravin Adam Rodriguez
Narrated by	Shiri Appleby Majandra Delfino
Opening theme	"Here with Me" by Dido
Composers	Joseph Williams Will Edwards Jon Ernst
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	61 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Jason Katims Lisa J. Olin Kevin Kelly Brown Jonathan Frakes David Nutter
Producers	John Heath Barry Pullman
Running time	42 minutes
Production companies	Jason Katims Productions Regency Television 20th Century Fox Television
Original release
Network	The WB
Release	October 6, 1999 (1999-10-06) – May 21, 2001 (2001-05-21)
Network	UPN
Release	October 9, 2001 (2001-10-09) – May 14, 2002 (2002-05-14)
Related
Roswell, New Mexico
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Roswell is an American science fiction television series that presents a timeline where the Roswell UFO exists, and aliens are hiding in plain sight as a trio of high school-aged teenagers. Developed, produced, and co-written by Jason Katims, the series debuted on October 6, 1999 on the WB, and later shifted to UPN for the third season. The final episode aired on May 14, 2002. Sixty-one episodes in total were broadcast over the shows three seasons. In the United Kingdom, the show aired as both Roswell High^[1] and Roswell.

The series is based on the Roswell High young adult book series, written by Melinda Metz and edited by Laura J. Burns, who later became staff writers for the television series.^[2]

A reimagining of the series, titled Roswell, New Mexico was ordered to series on May 11, 2018, and premiered on January 15, 2019, on The CW.