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1999
TV-PG
WB

1999
TV-PG
WB

Roswell

Summary Roswell is about teenage alien/human hybrids living in Roswell, New Mexico who attempted to survive as humans and hide their alien sides, while trying to learn more about their alien powers, as well as figuring out how to get home. Roswell intertwined romance and science fiction that always kept you guessing. BOOK SERIES: The television...

1999
TV-PG
WB

1999
TV-PG
WB

Roswell

Season 1 Premiere: Oct 4, 1999

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 20 Critic Reviews

75

User Score Generally Favorable Based on 50 User Ratings

7.9

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Summary Roswell is about teenage alien/human hybrids living in Roswell, New Mexico who attempted to survive as humans and hide their alien sides, while trying to learn more about their alien powers, as well as figuring out how to get home. Roswell intertwined romance and science fiction that always kept you guessing. BOOK SERIES: The television...

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22 Episodes • 1999

21 Episodes • 2000

18 Episodes • 2001

Critic Reviews

Metascore

Generally Favorable Based on 20 Critic Reviews

85% Positive
17 Reviews

15% Mixed
3 Reviews

0% Negative
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Critic Reviews

Metascore

Generally Favorable Based on 20 Critic Reviews

85% Positive
17 Reviews

15% Mixed
3 Reviews

0% Negative
0 Reviews

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Cleveland Plain Dealer

Feb 6, 2014

Under the guise of fantasy, Roswell manages to be insightful, profound, romantic, eerie, mysterious and funny. It artfully uses the alien characters as engaging stand-ins for countless teenagers who, rebelling against pressures to conform, feel like beings from another planet. [6 Oct 1999, p.1E]

By Mark Dawidziak FULL REVIEW

Feb 5, 2014

Sweet and intelligent...A genre-bender if ever there was one, Roswell takes the "Romeo and Juliet" love story, dresses it in "Rebel Without a Cause" Americana, and then gives the whole thing an "X-Files" twist. The show is a long, long way from "My Favorite Martian" and "Mork & Mindy." [6 Oct 1999, p.E1]

By Matthew Gilbert FULL REVIEW

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Feb 6, 2014

Involving, enjoyable TV. [5 Oct 1999, p.D6]

By Gail Pennington FULL REVIEW

Feb 5, 2014

As science fiction, Roswell is passable entertainment, sort of a less-dark X-Files. It rises above that, however, through the relationship of Liz and Max. Appleby and Behr make their characters crackle with magnetic attraction. [6 Oct 1999, p.1E]

By Terry Jackson FULL REVIEW

The New York Times

Feb 6, 2014

[Its] sharp writing elevates it above its strained concept.

By Caryn James FULL REVIEW

Jun 27, 2013

Though it seems a product of calculation more than inspiration, Roswell has appeal.

By Terry Kelleher FULL REVIEW

Newark Star-Ledger

Feb 6, 2014

In an ideal world, Katims and Nutter would have taken the best elements from their previous series: the keen insight into teen behavior of "My So-Called Life" and the inventive storytelling of "The X-Files." Unfortunately, Roswell gets it backwards, using both the self-importance of the former and the paper-thin characterization of the latter. [6 Oct 1999, p.73]

By Alan Sepinwall FULL REVIEW

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User Reviews

User Score

Generally Favorable Based on 50 User Ratings

86% Positive
43 Ratings

4% Mixed
2 Ratings

10% Negative
5 Ratings

User Reviews

User Score

Generally Favorable Based on 50 User Ratings

86% Positive
43 Ratings

4% Mixed
2 Ratings

10% Negative
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Details

Production Company:

Jason Katims Productions
New Regency Productions
20th Century Fox Television

Initial Release Date: Oct 4, 1999

Number of seasons: 3 Seasons

Rating: TV-PG

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Awards

Teen Choice Awards

• 10 Nominations

Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA

• 6 Nominations

Online Film & Television Association

• 4 Nominations

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