- HD 1080
- Runtime: 60m.
- Status: Ended
- 1
- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Stars: Shiri Appleby, Jason Behr, Katherine Heigl, Majandra Delfino, Brendan Fehr
- keywords: based on novel or book, new mexico, high school, alien, interspecies romance, roswell, based on young adult novel
- Production_studio: Jason Katims Productions, Regency Television, 20th Century Fox Television
- Slogan: Heroes come from the most unexpected places.
- Seasons: 3
- Episodes: 61
- First air date: 1999-10-06
- Last air date: 2002-05-14
- providers: Hulu
- The Roswell is featured in the top rankings of 1999
- #13 in Top Drama Series of 1999
Bizarre things start happening in the little New Mexico town where UFOs were spotted in 1947. Cut to 1999, when a cute high-school student saves the life of a teenage waitress. Surrounded by cliques of clever, angst-filled classmates, the two form a bond that threatens the survival of a secret universe involving superhuman powers, a yen for hot sauce and an alien gene pool.