Roswell is an american television series that ran for three seasons from 1999-2002. The first two aired on The WB Network whilst the final season was sold to (and aired on) The UPN. It was produced by Jason Katims but was based on the Roswell High books written by Melinda Metz and Laura Burns. It centers around the surviving aliens who landed in the Roswell 1947 Crash and now live among humans. As the series progresses, they discovered more about themselves, discover more powers within themselves and even find more aliens. These Four aliens are also the future lives of the rulers of Antar, their home planet.

The show was aired during the late 90's frenzy of supernatural shows such as: Charmed, Angel, Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The show has mixed the genre of comedy,drama and science fiction often and introduced shocking storylines.

The show whilst popular with fans was ultimately cancelled due to low ratings.