Roswell (TV series)

Roswell was a sci-fi series created by Jason Katims. The series ran between October 1999 and May 2002. Described by one reviewer as "a star-crossed teen-age love story with an otherworldly twist" (Roberts, Associated Press, September 29, 1999), the series focused on teenaged aliens passing as humans in Roswell, New Mexico. The aliens are survivors of a 1947 UFO crash popularly known as The Roswell Incident. One of the aliens, Max Evans, played by Jason Behr, falls in love with human Liz Parker, played by Shiri Appleby.

Pop culture influences

Besides the "Roswell High" books, "Roswell" has frequently been compared to its various pop culture influences, including:

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• Shakespeare's "Romeo & Juliet"
• "My So-Called Life", for which Katims had been a writer
• "", for which Moore had been a writer and producer
• "X-Files, which director/producer David Nutter had worked on
• "Buffy The Vampire Slayer", which shared the same production company and broadcast network(s), and which had helped launch Behr's career with a guest role in the 1997 episode "Lie To Me"