WB | UPN | The WB | Release Date: October 6, 1999
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Chicago TribuneSteve JohnsonFeb 6, 2014
Season 1 Review: Roswell is, really, not bad. But in a prime-time universe crowded with quality dramas in general and quality supernatural dramas in particular, pretty good is not quite good enough. [4 Oct 1999, p.T1]
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Newark Star-LedgerAlan SepinwallFeb 6, 2014
Season 1 Review: 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]