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ROSWELL BIDS A BITTERSWEET FAREWELL TO ITS REMARKABLY LOYAL FANS IN A POWERFUL AND HEARTRENDING SERIES FINALE, TO BE BROADCAST TUESDAY, MAY 14 ON UPN ROSWELL, the series which combined science fiction with the angst of 21st century American teenhood and attracted a extraordinarily dedicated fan base, will end its series broadcast television run, on Tuesday, May 14 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on UPN. The compelling finale will present shocking plot twists and resolve many of the distinctively romantic and emotionally moving storylines that have been the trademark of the fan-obsessed series. I would like to thank Twentieth Century Fox Television, UPN and especially our fans whose combined efforts helped get us a third season for ROSWELL, said Jason Katims, executive producer. (Executive Producer) Ronald D. Moore and I had the fans very much on our minds when we were writing this final episode. We felt they deserved a great ending. ROSWELL premiered on UPN on Tuesday, October 9, 2001. Prior to that, it ran for two seasons on The WB from 1999-2001. ROSWELL is a production of Jason Katims Productions in association with Regency Television and Twentieth Century Fox Television. The executive producers are Katims, Kevin Kelly Brown, Jonathan Frakes, Lisa Olin and Moore.
19 JANUARY
Sci-fi Wire
Jason Katims, executive producer of UPN's teen-alien series Roswell, told SCI FI Wire that the Smackdown network has picked up seven more episodes of the current season, for a full year's complement. "They picked up another seven, so we're doing 20 episodes this year, a total of 20," Katims said in an interview at UPN's winter press tour in Pasadena, Calif. "Which is good. We're shooting now the 14th episode. ... We're more than halfway into shooting." The season finale, which will count as two episodes, will be aired in a two-hour block.
The show, which has faced stiff competition from The WB's Smallville this year, has been in danger of disappearing altogether, as it has for most of its life. As for whether UPN will pick up the series for a fourth season, Katims said, "For next year, we're essentially where we always are around this time of year, which is we don't know. This is where we were the first season and the second season, which is we're kind of at this point not sure about whether the show is going to come back."
Katims also offered spoilers for upcoming episodes in the rest of season three. "[Episodes] 13 and 14 are also a two-part episode," he said. "I think the first half of the season has been sort of dedicated to reestablishing the character stories of the show, ... headlined by Isabel's marriage. ... And then what we're doing starting in February is ... Liz starts to believe that there's some residual effects that have come about after Max has healed her. And she doesn't know what's happening to her, and at some point she thinks she may be dying. ... [She has] certain almost hallucinatory experiences and finally realizes that she needs to get away, and that's really for her own well-being. And she leaves, and she goes to Vermont. Through February, we're ... doing episodes that are ... raising the story stakes, playing around with both that premise with Liz and some other sci-fi premises, to bring us [to] ... a few episodes that remind me of the last few episodes of the first season, where there was definitely a lot of strong human emotion that came out of it, but there were very high stakes, kind of wild episodes. ... Big things happen. Jesse winds up discovering the truth about Isabel. Things like that." Roswell airs Tuesdays at 9 p.m. PT/ET
05 JANUARY
'Roswell' Teen Aliens Ready to Move On
By Dave Mason
HOLLYWOOD - Shiri Appleby, who stars as Liz Parker on the alien series "Roswell," is ready for her character's own independence day.
"I'm glad the writers have made her stronger," Appleby said. "You see her growing up."
In fact, it would be good for Liz to learn she can be happy without Max Evans (Jason Behr), the alien teen-ager she has loved since he saved her life in the "Roswell" pilot, Appleby said.
"I really want her to move on in her life, rather than be in a relationship with him," Appleby said. "She's a little bit possessed. She's not discovering who she is without him."
But Appleby said she's glad "Roswell" has returned to focusing on relationships instead of purely science fiction. She didn't say what the writers have planned for Liz and Max in future episodes but noted she knows fans like that relationship.
Appleby talked about the show with a reporter as she and other stars mingled with fans during a "Roswell" party at the "Soul Train" set at Paramount Pictures. "Roswell" is produced at another sound stage on the same lot. A trip to Hollywood, the party and a tour of the "Roswell" sets made up the grand prize for winners in a national radio contest.
Most of the young fans there were dedicated viewers, bringing photos for Appleby and others to sign. Some of the folks said they hadn't seen "Roswell" but entered the contest for the trip to Hollywood.
Getting everyone to see "Roswell" remains a problem for the show, but the series is getting adequate ratings for the network it's on. "Roswell," which recently was No. 108 in the ratings, airs at 9 p.m. most Tuesdays on UPN.
During that week, it was the network's sixth-highest rated show and wasn't that far behind reruns of "Enterprise" or "Buffy the Vampire Slayer."
("Roswell" is preempted this week (Jan. 8); the network is airing the half-hour sitcoms "The Hughleys" and "One On One" instead.)
UPN picked up the series, based on Melinda Metz's "Roswell High" book series, after The WB canceled the show last year.
Moving on with their lives is a theme for Appeby's Liz and the rest of the "Roswell" characters this season.
"Now that they are on Earth to stay, they have so many choices to make," Metz said. Metz, who joined the series as a staff writer, co-wrote last Tuesday's episode, which showed how the characters celebrated New Year's Eve.
For the most part, the "Roswell" characters "are still in high school; they're on Earth permanently," Metz said, adding, "I think 'Roswell' is a parallel for kids who feel alienated, who feel they're complete outsiders."
Ronald D. Moore, the former "Star Trek" producer and writer who is now the co-executive producer of "Roswell," explained further. "Ultimately, it's a show about growing up," said Moore, who with Brannon Braga co-wrote the scripts of "Star Trek: Generations" and "Star Trek: First Contact."
Majandra Delfino, who stars as the human Maria DeLuca on the series, said it's time for her character to move beyond her boyfriend, the alien Michael (Michael Fehr). "He's not a very good boyfriend," she said.
Arguably, neither is Max at times. He led Liz into trouble by getting her to help him to pretend to rob a convenience store so he could get a look at a spaceship. Later, Max found out the ship couldn't be flown, but don't expect him to give up on trying to leave Earth. The son he had with not-to-be-trusted alien Tess is elsewhere in the galaxy.
There's room for smiles amid all the gloom on "Roswell." This season, Max's alien sister Isabel Evans (Katherine Heigl) got married, showing the characters can have their own lives.
01 NOVEMBER
TV PROFILE
Roswell's Beautiful Alien Teens Now at Home at UPN
By BRIDGET BYRNE
Entertainment News Wire.
LOS ANGELES - A door slams in the face of a good looking, dark haired young man. A beautiful blonde girl sits on her bed, weepy and disconsolate, distractedly fingering a guitar.
It's the set of Roswell, the aliens-are-us series, in which gorgeous young things - whether descendants of an alien culture or homegrown Americans - are bursting with all the glorious mood swings of teenage passion.
The hour long science-fiction young adult drama now airs on UPN, Tuesdays, 9-10 p.m., ET/PT. This third season of the show, which previously stuttered along for two years on rival network The WB, is now in a prime timeslot behind Buffy the Vampire Slayer which also jumped networks .
Roswell is the small town in New Mexico rumored to be the site where an alien spaceship crashed in 1947. Enter the possibility for these hot alien teens to be living and loving there.
This day an episode entitled "Beyond the Music," planned to air at the denouement of November sweeps, is taking shape in Hollywood on the Paramount stages that contain sets of the town's homes and the Crashdown Cafe, where the seasoning of choice is Tabasco sauce.
Not surprisingly the cameras are focused on a potential love triangle. This one is between Maria and Michael and new arrival Billy, described in the script as "the classic archetype of mysterious drifter and soulful artist," but sardonically dubbed by Michael in a line of dialogue as "Billy Bob Thornton."
Clayne Crawford is guest starring as Billy opposite Majandra Delfino's (pretty human) Maria and Brendan Fehr's (alien, but much better looking than your average human) Michael. Maria's bedroom is the setting .
Director Jonathan Frakes keeps the levity high as the actors prepare to act moody and mysterious .
"My philosophy is that if people are laughing it's more likely they will be spontaneous," he says, while praising the talents of the show's clan of "sexy, smart, talented, bright, young" stars.
Both Frakes and the show's executive producer Jason Katims mention the multi-layer aspects of this series; the challenge of weaving science-fiction, teen angst and comedy together to play to a new audience on UPN without alienating the small but intensely devoted group of fans who have been there since the beginning.
"UPN wanted to make sure that the backstory wasn't too complicated... that it wasn't so drenched in mythology that you felt like you had already missed the boat on the show if you tuned in now," says Katims. "That was very good news to me because I felt the second season got a little too complicated from a story point of view... and when we do that I think we get away from what is the core of our storytelling, which is just very relatable story lines... I think the science fiction part of the show is what should lift the show up to metaphor. It should make it feel magical, but it shouldn't take over what the show is about."
Although the main characters are still teens this season they are faced with more mature issues. "We've extended the canvas a bit by taking them into the workplace, on to the road, into a precipitous marriage... [they're in] territory we haven't really explored before," says Katims, whose previous credits include the insightful, emotional shows Relativity and My So-Called Life.
"The crux of the metaphor of this whole show is that when we are teenagers in a certain way we all feel like aliens and, as I've been doing this for a couple of years, I will go a step further and say we all feel like aliens no matter what age we are," says 40-year-old Katims, stressing he is also working to strengthen the "family drama" aspect his show. "It speaks to outsiders. In a weird way I have always thought of this as an immigrant story - dealing with how much of the other world do we hold on to and embrace, and how much do we let go... [in order to] assimilate."
New writers this season include Laura J. Burns and Melinda Metz, friends and co-workers who as editor and writer at the publishing company Daniel Weiss Associates created the Roswell High books, the first volume of which inspired this series, produced by Regency Television and Twentieth Century Fox Television. Those books were aimed at the tween market, but Burns' notes this series has clearly grown into "less of a high school show."
Max (played by very handsome dark-haired Jason Behr), and Max's sister, Isabel, (played by very pretty Katherine Heigl) are teens of alien heritage trying to feel at home in Roswell. The series also stars Shiri Appleby as Liz, another pretty human teen who knows the aliens' secret as does Kyle, played by Nick Wechsler. One of the few adults who knows the secret is Sheriff Valenti, played by William Sadler.
Metz and Burns, entertainment buffs who tease each other about their "hokey" tastes and "nerdy" obsession with movies and television, are amused by, and amusing about, their transposition from New York to Hollywood. Their first script will be about a New Year Eve's party. Their office is a trailer on the Paramount lot. Being on site enables them the benefit of dropping by the set, a valuable insight for this embryonic screenwriting team who had sold some previous scripts but had never seen them produced.
And what do these young women who first dreamed up this fictionalized Roswell think landed at the real Roswell?
"I believe the spy weather balloon story," says Burns.
"I feel that I should have [an opinion] but I really don't know," admits Metz.
"But I certainly don't think it was beautiful teenage aliens," laughs Burns.
01 NOVEMBER
ROSWELL's Shiri Appleby Talks about acting, family, friends, and the joys of doing laundry
Venice Magazine November 2001 Issue
You know her as Liz Parker on the hit UPN show, "Roswell." Over the past two seasons you’ve seen her grow from a shy, love obsessed girl, to a powerful take-charge player, and she promises that this season you’ll see a whole lot more of her in other ways.
Like her character, actress Shiri Appleby has many sides to her personality. She is sometimes quiet and reserved, sometimes loud and outgoing, but mostly she’s just a normal girl who happens to be part of a great show that has a huge fan base.
Appleby has been in front of the camera since she was a kid, first doing commercials and then moving on to guest spots on television series. She took a break from acting during high school so she could enjoy what high school is all about: good friends, good times, and, of course, a good education. She returned to acting during college, when she landed her role on "Roswell."
Venice Magazine caught up with Appleby at a recent photo shoot in Hollywood. Even though she’s done a ton of interviews and has appeared on several magazine covers, she admits that she still feels weird talking about herself, even today. Sitting poolside in the shade, she manages to open up a bit, telling us about growing up, acting, "Roswell," the current affairs of the United States, and more.
Venice: I guess I should start off by asking you about the recent terrorist attacks. Do you remember what you were doing when it happened?
Shiri Appleby: Yeah, I was sleeping. Someone called me and woke me up and told me to turn the television on, and it was just crazy. I sat in front of the television for like 14 hours that day, just watching.
How are you handling it so far?
I’m still absorbing it. I guess it’s one of the most profound things that has happened in my life and I don’t really know how to explain how I feel because of the fact that it’s just beginning and I’m just seeing images and I don’t yet have the whole story. It’s absolutely an enormous tragedy and it’s a [singular] event that I can say has changed the way I lead my life .
Speaking of leading your life, how has becoming a successful actress changed it?
I guess it changes your life, but, at the same time, it makes your life a little bit normal. Now, people just react a little differently when they meet me. It just makes me look at reality [more closely] and weed out things that aren’t true. And I get to do a lot of fun things and meet a lot of cool people. It’s a really fun job .
You’ve been in front of the camera since you were a little kid. How much acting did you do up until high school?
I was working quite a bit. I had done about 50 commercials, I was a regular on three television shows, and tons of guest spots. I was really working all the time. It was fun, especially when I was younger, because you would go to sets and there would be donuts and people would just want to play with you and do your hair, so you think it’s a magical place when you’re younger. Now I look at it and it’s like all the magic is gone. Just seeing how many hours I sit there now .
When you got to high school, you took a break from acting. Why?
I just thought that high school was going to be the greatest time of my life and I didn’t really want to go to auditions. I remember my freshman year I was sitting in the waiting room [at an audition] and they told me the producers were going to be an hour and a half late. I was like, I have to go, there’s a football game in half an hour and I have to be there, so I’m not going to sit here anymore. High school was just too important to me. It was this time when I was growing up and there were new people, and cute boys, and going to auditions seemed so mundane. Spending my high school on a set with a studio teacher just did not compare. So when high school came around, my motivation kind of slipped.
You must have been really involved in high school then.
Oh yeah. I was the yearbook editor two years in a row. I was a cheerleader my sophomore year; I was in leadership. I was just that girl who was always running around with a camera. Everyone thought it was really dorky to get involved in the yearbook, but I was just convinced that it was cool. I really loved photography. They had nice cameras you could borrow on the weekend and it was really great. I made a whole world around high school. There was never a dull moment. My mom called it a soap opera. It was fun!
Were you planning on returning to acting?
Well, I wasn’t. The time comes to fill out your college applications and all my friends were going to attend Santa Barbara State, and that was just too far for me. I decided I was going to go by myself without any of my friends to the University Of Southern California, and I was in theater for a while. It was fun, but it wasn’t like being with my friends, so I become much more motivated to get a job so I could get out of school.
Were you bored in college?
No. I really liked the education part of it, but socially I wasn’t [enjoying] it like I was in high school. Once I got to college, I [thought] I’ll just keep taking these classes and I’ll learn a lot and just keep going to auditions and hopefully something will happen. Then my second year, during Christmas break, I made the pilot for "Roswell," and then by the end of my second year, it got picked up. In August we were shooting.
I read that the casting director for "Roswell" didn’t want to see you the first time around.
Yeah, it was like, no way, she doesn’t want to see me! I just had to show her that she was wrong. So I figured out a way to get in the door myself. The whole time it was never really about getting the job, it was about showing somebody that I knew what I was doing, or at least thinking I knew what I was doing. [laughs]
Then you ended up auditioning for all three female roles, right?
Yeah, I auditioned for all three parts like eight times; it was crazy.
What are the differences between the new season and the past two?
Hmm, it will be better this year, I think. The first season was all about relationships, the second season revolved around science fiction, and this year they’re trying to combine the two. I think it’s so much better this way, because you don’t get an overdose of either one. I think it keeps the audience more entertained.
Your character (Liz Parker) is quite involved in relationships.
Oh yeah, she is quite involved, a little obsessed, I think. This season, she and Max start dating again and they rebel together and they hold up a liquor store and get arrested. Then she’s forbidden to see him, so they have to hide and do these romantic things. You sort of see how they get back together, but I really don’t know what will happen then.
The WB cancelled "Roswell" at the end of the last season and then UPN picked it up this season. How did the network change affect you?
Personally, from my end, it didn’t really change, because it’s all the same people I see everyday, I still go to the same set. Thankfully, UPN picked us up and they’ve been really supportive of the show. And, they’re allowing the writers to write what they actually want to write; so I think this will be the best season so far.
What was the fans’ reaction to the uncertainty of "Roswell?"
Well, we have a very loyal fan base for the show. When they thought it was going to get cancelled after the first season, they sent in like 10,000 bottles of Tabasco to the network, because the aliens like hot sauce. So that got around to the news media, and it showed we really had loyal fans, so the show didn’t get cancelled. The second season, after it got cancelled, the fans heard that it might go over to UPN, so they started sending bottles of hot sauce again to UPN. They sent letters, overloaded their email systems, and they even took an ad out for me in Variety last year. They’re just very loyal fans. Their persistence is what keeps the show alive.
How did your relationships with your friends change when you got the role on "Roswell?"
It changed them all, because in the first season, I was really fighting everything, I was like, ‘This is not happening to me—I’m still in college.’ I didn’t want it to be different from my friends, but that fight made it really worse, because I wasn’t expecting my life to change, but after a while, you start to resent yourself for not enjoying what is happening to you and you’re doing it because you want to make the people close to you feel comfortable with it. So it takes a little while to accept what is happening, and say, ‘Ok, I can’t be ashamed or embarrassed, or feel like I owe other people things because I’ve gotten lucky.’ So, you sort of have to work at it, and certain people deal with it differently. Some people are comfortable watching people at their low points while other people like watching people at their high points. One has to react to the situations and people and it takes people a little bit of time to accept what is happening, as it does with anybody. I think it’s more like a life metaphor than just my situation. But, now at this point, I don’t see it as a big deal. It’s exciting, but you have to be like, ‘Ok, this is my job, this is what I love to do, and I shouldn’t be embarrassed because I’m an actor.’
I hear you just finished a new film .
Yes, I did a movie this summer, tentatively called SwimFan 85. It’s a story of temptation set in high school. My character is going out with a boy played by Jesse Bradford (Speedway Junky, Bring It On) who is a swimmer and they have this great relationship. Then this new girl comes into town played by Erika Christensen (Traffic), and they have one night of lust and romance and it goes crazy from there.
How is working on television different from working on movies?
It’s totally different, because TV is so quick—they give you the script two days before and you just start going. There are no rehearsals, it’s like, ok, stand there, turn your head a little more towards the light, and go! With movies, it’s like you’ve got two weeks to sit around, get to know each other, talk about your characters, figure out the relationships, and then when you get to the set, it’s very quiet. On a TV set, everyone is friends; you’re there for nine months, everyone is playing games, and it’s just hectic. I feel like it’s grad school for acting .
Do you enjoy one more than the other?
No, it’s all fun. Personally, as an actor, I really like making a film, and I would also love to do theater. And, as an actor who really likes having a job, I love doing television. [laughs]
Is there a direction you want to go in?
Well, I’d really like to do film and theater, but I have a commitment to the show that I am definitely willing to ride with until it’s finished. I don’t need everything right now.
What are you doing when you’re not working?
I visit Santa Barbara a lot because that’s where a lot of my friends went to school. I go to the beach and paddle around out there. I’m learning how to play the guitar, I’m obsessed with backgammon, I knit, I crochet, and I read a lot. In fact, I’m reading The Great Gatsby now. I hate going to the grocery store, but I really like doing laundry.
You like doing laundry?
I love doing laundry! I find it to be so therapeutic; it’s like the greatest thing in the world. Not that I ever iron anything. No, I just take it out of the dryer, kind of mash it up a little, and then throw it in the drawer. Just the whole laundry aspect of it. It’s just fun to clean it and wash it out. It’s like my room—it will stay messy for five or six days, then I’ll clean it, then it will be dirty again in a few days.
What does your family think of your acting career so far?
Well, my parents are very proud of me and very protective. They want to make sure I do and say the right things. My brother thinks it’s pretty cool, too. He just wants me to be very wholesome. My brother is a very smart computer science major at UCLA, and when we sit down, it’s like, ok, you have a lot more to say than I do! Overall, they’re all very proud.
What keeps you going in this business?
Well, a lot of things. I really like acting and auditioning. I like being put under pressure and having to perform. I also like the fact that I’m in different situations, and I have to figure my way out of them. I am also in love with the expression part of it. That’s what really drives me.
Sounds like you really enjoy being an actor.
Yeah, well, this kind of stuff (interviews by the press) is fun when it comes to me, but I always feel awkward sitting here talking about myself, and saying, ‘Yes, I’d like to be famous’—well, that’s just not me. I just feel so pretentious sitting here. It gives me a headache afterwards; then I sit in my car, thinking, did I say anything I shouldn’t have?
What’s next for you?
I’m working on "Roswell" until April, and then I don’t know. I’ll be 23 in December so I’m going to have a big birthday party!
25 OCTOBER
Roswell Obsessed with "The Best Stuff on Earth"
LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) - A certain bottled ice tea drink has been repeatedly cropping up on UPN's Roswell.
The drink maker Snapple was prominently featured in the last two episodes of the teen sci-fi drama starting with the Oct. 16 episode, in which Michael (Brendan Fehr) was fired from his graveyard-shift security job when he stole a case of popular ice tea drink. Oct. 23's episode also had Michael's on-again-off-again girlfriend Maria (Majandra Delfino) asking for a Peach Fuzz Snapple by name.
Asked whether the brand name appearing on the show was due to a product placement deal, a UPN spokeswoman explained that no, the show isn't getting money from Snapple -- it just really is "The Best Stuff on Earth," as its logo says.
"Ronald D. Moore, the co-executive producer of Roswell, is a major, world-class Peach Snapple fan," the spokesman told the New York Post. "And that's how it gets into the show. There is no promotional exchange or anything like that.".
EPISODE DESCRIPTIONS for Episodes 5 and 6
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6 (9:00-10:00 P.M., ET/PT)
“Control” – Using his commanding alien powers, Max forces a Hollywood mogul – in reality a mysterious alien shape shifter going by the name of Kal Langley – to exploit his military connections in order to locate the spacecraft that brought them to earth. Together, Max and Kal undertake a dangerous journey as they seek to learn of the fate of Tess and his son. Back in Roswell, Isabel and Jesse must face the negative reactions of their parents and friends to their impending marriage. Joe Pantoliano guest stars as Kal Langley.
Starring Shiri Appleby, Jason Behr, Katherine Heigl, Majandra Delfino, Brendan Fehr, Nick Wechsler, William Sadler and Adam Rodriguez.
Also guest starring are Mary Ellen Trainor as Diane Evans, Missi Pyle as Windy Sommers and Richard McGonagle as General Edward Chambers.
The episode was written by Gretchen J. Berg & Aaron Harberts and directed by Bill Norton.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13 (9:00-10:00 P.M., ET/PT)
“To Have and To Hold” – With her wedding imminent, Isabel is torn with doubt about her alien heritage and plagued with haunting dreams of her former alien lover, Kivar. Max, having returned from his failed mission in Los Angeles, reluctantly agrees to serve as Jesse’s best man and, when the wedding finally seems to be going off perfectly Isabel’s worst fears are realized.Acclaimed alternative rock band Ivy makes a cameo appearance.
Starring Shiri Appleby, Jason Behr, Katherine Heigl, Majandra Delfino, Brendan Fehr, Nick Wechsler, William Sadler and Adam Rodriguez.
Guest starring Garret M. Brown as Philip Evans, Mary Ellen Trainor as Diane Evans and Spence Decker as Kivar .
The teleplay was written by series co- executive producer Ronald D. Moore.
The episode was directed by Fred Keller.
19 October
Shiri's AOL Live Chat Transcript (10-16-01)
OCTOBER 16
TVGLive2: Welcome Shiri! Thanks for joining us!
TVG Shiri: Hello! How are you?
Question: How did you feel about the premiere of Roswelll? ~natasha~
TVG Shiri: I really liked the episode, and I think it went over pretty well.
Question: Do you like the new direction that Roswell is going in?--Kayarra
TVG Shiri: I like the show. It's the best it's ever been. It's a good combination of romance and science fiction.
Question: The fans were very upset that Liz took Max back so easily after his affair with Tess. Why would an intelligent girl like Liz Parker take Max back, with all the baggage he now carries around with him?
TVG Shiri: She truly believes that Max is her shoulmate.
Question: What are the differences between UPN and the WB? What do you like better or worse?
TVG Shiri: I'm really happy to be on the UPN. They're very supportive of the show, and doing everything they can to make sure that people know where it is. I think moving to the UPN is the best thing that could've happened to Roswell.
Question: When us fans put in an ad in Variety to thank you for your efforts as the lead actress on Roswell, we were told the WB gave you a gold bracelet for getting the ad. Is this true? Is there a story behind it?
TVG Shiri: Well, yes, the fans took out an ad. I was incredibly touched and shocked. It made me feel very wonderful and appreciated. But, no, the WB did not give me a gift.
Question: Shiri you are an amazing actress and I just wanted to know what your faovrite episode was and which season you thought was the best..?
TVG Shiri: The pilot was my favorite episode. And I guess the first season would've been my favorties, if I was comparing the 1st and 2nd season, because everything was so new and exciting.
Question: Hey Shiri! :) I heard that you just finished filming a movie called A Time For Dancing? I loved the book and I know you'll be wonderful in it! How was it like filming it? and do you have any idea when it will be released? --Sandy
TVG Shiri: I made that movie a year ago from this summer. I loved playing the part of Sam because she was so different from the Liz Parker character. I don't know when the film is going to be released. It was really fun. It was my first major film experience. It was a really great opportunity for me to learn.
Question: What are somethings you do when you are not working on Roswell?
TVG Shiri: I like to go to the famer's markers on sunday.
Question: How has "liz" changed this season?
TVG Shiri: Well, she's finally becoming the rebellious teenager. And I think she's becoming much more comfortable with herself now that she and Max are together.
TVGLive2: Roswell airs every Tuesday night at 9PMET on UPN!
Question: Favorite snack food?
TVG Shiri: Mint Chocolate Chip ice cream from Baskin Robbiins. Not exactly a snack food, but...
Question: Shiri, can you give us any hints about whether as to whether characters will be leaving the show like regulars Alex and Tess last year?
TVG Shiri: No. No one's planning on leaving, as far as I know.
Question: Are you still studying anything at USC? Will you be going back in the future?
TVG Shiri: I'm on a leave of absence right now, but I plan to continue my education.
TVGLife2: We are LIVE with Roswell's Shiri Appleby!
TVGLive2: Roswell airs every Tuesday at 9PMET on UPN!
Question: How far into the filming of this season are you?
TVG Shiri: We're at I think... episode seven.
Question: Hi Shiri, love the show! If you weren't involved in acting, what career would you choose? --Vanessa
TVG Shiri: I would love to go back to school and get a degree in either English, Psychology or Law.
Question: Will we ssee any of the dupes on season 3?
TVG Shiri: I don't think there's any plan, but I wouldn't be surprised.
Question: I have been to Covina over the summer...do you guys still film there? I know you took the crashdown sign..but do u still film around the town?
TVG Shiri: Yes.
Question: Do you havw an offical website? If not, are you in the process of making one? --Kayarra
TVG Shiri: I don't have one, and I'm not in the process of making one. But, it's not a bad idea...
Question: Hope you are having a great day. I was just wondering who are some people you looked up to in your career or life in general?
TVG Shiri: Well, I always admired Lucille Ball, for being a strong woman and really taking charfe, and making the entertainment world more accessible to women. And I think she's a comic GENIUS!
Question: Is any more of liz's powers going to be discoverered this season?
TVG Shiri: Not that I know of.
Question: Can you give us a hint about tonights show??
TVG Shiri: Tonight's show is about Michael making new friends, and Liz and Max going on an adventure.
Question: What's next for you, career wise?--Kayarra
TVG Shiri: I made a movie this summer called Swim Fan '85, that should be coming out soon. Erice Christensen and Jesse Bradford are in it as well. And then I work on Roswell until the end of April.
Question: If you could write one episode of roswell in which anything could happen, what would you have happen?
TVG Shiri: I would like for all of them to go back to the alien world and check it out.
See exactly what was happening up there, so that they could relax here on Earth.
Question: What actor or actress would you really like to work with in the future?
TVG Shiri: John Cusack.
Question: Will there be new cast members brought in besides the guy playing Jess?-Skittles
TVG Shiri: I don't think there are any plans for that right now.
Question: What is your favorite part of acting?
TVG Shiri: The challenge to keep it interesting.
Question: Will there be any more danger, as in FBI agents for the characters to be looking out for?
TVG Shiri: We come across some more bad aliens.
Question: Will we ever see the aliens in their natural form?
TVG Shiri: I don't know. I think that this is their natural form, but I'm not sure.
Question: What kind of music do you like?
TVG Shiri: Right now I'm listening to Pete Yorn, and Dashport Confessionals, and Ben Harper... and Incubus!
TVGLive2: Roswell airs every Tuesday at 9PMET on UPN!
Question: What advice would u give those who want to become actresses?
TVG Shiri: That if they're going to be getting into it, they should be doing it for themselves. They need to accept that when they to auditions, that they aren't being rejected for being them. The people are just looking for something else. And you have to believe in yourself, because if you don't, no one else will.
Question: Do you ever want to do other things in the entertainment biz, like direct, write or produce?
TVG Shiri: I would love to produce... I would love to do all three.
Question: shiri do you think of your self as a role model ? and if so do you feel pressured about it? ----angie
TVG Shiri: I don't feel that I'm a role model, but I do know that in some way I'm in the public eye. So, I just try to make smart choices, but I don't put any pressure on myself than if I were in any other job.
Question: How do you manage to keep yourself grounded when everyone seems to want a piece of you, or some of your time?
TVG Shiri: Well, it's not hard to decide who wants to hang out with you for what reason. It's very easy to see through any facade. I have a really good group of people around me that I trust.
TVGLive2: Thanks Shiri! Looking forward to tonight's ep! PLEASE come back and talk with us again soon!
TVG Shiri: Thanks for talking with me today. I had a lot of fun. And, hopefully, I'll be back soon! Bye!
TVGLive2: Don't miss Roswell tonight at 9PMET on UPN! Bye!.
EPISODE DESCRIPTIONS for Episodes 1 thru 4
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9 (9:00-10:00 P.M., ET/PT)
“Busted” –TV PG
When Max begins to have visions of his missing son, he and Liz go on a desperate search for the child. Their quest leads them to hold up a convenience store where an alien space ship is being concealed. Betrayed by a mysterious informant, they are arrested and jailed – and forbidden by their families from ever seeing one another again. Meanwhile, Isabel revels in her secret love affair with Jesse, a handsome young attorney, and Michael begins to straighten out his life. Starring Shiri Appleby, Jason Behr, Katherine Heigl, Majandra Delfino, Brendan Fehr, Nick Wechsleri, William Sadler and Adam Rodriguez. The script was written by series executive producer Jason Katims and the episode was directed by Allan Kroeker.
Guest starring are Garrett M. Brown as Philip Evans, Mary Ellen Trainor as Diane Evans, Dayton Callie as Ferrini, Michael Chieffo as Mr. Seligman, John Doe as Jeff Parker, Jo Anderson as Nancy Parker and Phil Reeves as Judge Davis.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16(9:00-10:00 P.M., ET/PT)
MICHAEL MAKES AN EARNEST ATTEMPT TO PULL HIS EARTH-BOUND LIFE TOGETHER AND MAX AND LIZ’S ROMANCE IS CRITICALLY THREATENED ON “ROSWELL”
“Michael, the Guys and the Great Snapple Caper” – TV PG
Michael asserts a new responsibility for himself – and his earth-bound life – when he gets a second job. However, when he gets himself and his new crew fired, it takes a previously untapped maturity for him to make things right. Meanwhile, Kyle is dismayed to find himself the family breadwinner after Jim chooses a less than lucrative new career as the leader of a musically challenged bar band, and Max and Liz confront a major threat to their relationship. Starring Shiri Appleby, Jason Behr, Katherine Heigl, Majandra Delfino, Brendan Fehr, Nick Wechsler, William Sadler and Adam Rodriguez as Jesse Ramirez. The script was written series co-executive producer Ronald D. Moore and directed by Paul Shapiro.
Guest starring are John Doe as Jeff Parker, Terence Quinn as Karl, Steven Roy as Steve, Michael Pena as Fly, Martin Starr as Monk, Earl C. Poitier as George, Jason Peck as Deputy Hanson, Kathy Byron as the bartender and Joseph Williams as the singer .
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23 (9:00-10:00 P.M., ET/PT)
“Significant Others” – TV PG
With Alex’s ghost as her guide, Isabel must finally confront her fears about love and her conflicted feelings for Jesse. Meanwhile, Maria happily discovers a whole new, “human” part of Michael in, of all places, a bowling alley. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30 (9:00-10:00 P.M., ET/PT)
“Secrets & Lies” – TV PG
Max’s travels to Hollywood where, after auditioning for a role as an alien on the series “Enterprise,” he unmasks the sole surviving shape shifter – a man named Kal Langley (Joe Pantoliano) who offers Max’s last chance for finding his son. But his fellow alien, who has become an extraordinarily successful movie producer in his earthly incarnation, has other ideas. Back in Roswell, Isabel and Jesse struggle over how to reveal their engagement to their families. 16 October Latest additions to wallpaper galleries
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to go the Wallpaper Galleries 16th October Why `ROSWELL' Refuses to Die - It's the
show no one can kill. "Roswell'' barely made it onto the
air three years ago. The WB network picked it up only after Fox, despite great
pilot buzz, passed on the right to take the show to series. Then low
first-season ratings doomed it to the scrap heap, but die-hard fans flooded WB
executives with enough bottles of Tabasco sauce to ensure a second season. 16th October Source: Ian Spelling/Inside Trek & Sci
Fi 7th September 2001 7th September 2001 Jason will be on the cover of Cult
Times in September issue 2001 http://www.visimag.com/culttimes/images/c72_cover.jpg 7th September 2001 Roswell Mp3s: Downloadable Music From
the WB TV Show Roswell 7th September 2001 New U2 Video With Brendan Now Playing 7th September 2001 EW's Fall Preview Mentions Roswell (Sept 7, 2001 Entertainment Weekly Fall TV
Preview Issue (#612/613), page 72) 7th September 2001 EW Poll: Returning TV Show You Are Most
Anticipating 7th September 2001 More Exclusive Wallpapers added 3rd September 2001 Season 3 Wallpapers added 3rd September 2001 Season 3 Promo Pics (Pics courtesy of UPN) 21 July 2001 Changes Come To Roswell 21 July 2001 Roswell's Isabel Transforms 21 July 2001 WARNING! Do Not read if you dont want
to be a little spoiled! * * 18 July 2001 DO NOT READ IF YOU DON'T WANT A LITTLE
SPOILED 18 July 2001 (From E!Online) 18 July 2001 ROSWELL RETURNS TO EARTH (from scifi.com/scifiwire) 18 July 2001 Buffy's Nervous moving to UPN PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - Sarah Michelle
Gellar says she's nervous 29 June 2001 New Photos of Shiri... Shiri Appleby on the set of her movie
SWIMFAN 85' 29 June 2001 UPN advertising news 28 June 2001 08 June 2001 THE PRICE WAS RIGHT AND "BUFFY"
SWITCHED NETWORKS. 08 June 2001 The "Roswell" army fights for
its show on the web ``It's difficult to pigeonhole,'' he said.
``They're young, they're old, they're men, they're 07 June 2001 'Roswell' Rolls On by Kate O'Hare (source:
zap2it.com) 17 May 2001 "We were fortunate that a show that had
been growing on the WB became available," said UPN CEO Dean
Valentine. "We realized that it's a terrific show and that it's got
a fanatical audience."
The "Buffy"-"Roswell" move
marks the first time two network series jumped in unison to another web
since "Family Matters" and "Step by Step" left ABC
for CBS in 1997. Call it WB night on UPN: "Buffy the
Vampire Slayer" keeps its Tuesdays at 8 p.m. timeslot, followed by
"Roswell" at 9 p.m.
Starring Shiri Appleby as Liz Parker, Jason Behr as Max Evan, Katherine Heigl as Isabel Evans, Majanda Delfino as Maria Deluca, Brendan Fehr as Michael Guerin, Nick Wechsler as Kyle Valenti, William Sadler as Jim Valenti and Adam Rodriguez as Jesse Ramirez.
Guest starring are Colin Hanks as Alex’s Ghost, Garrett M. Brown as Philip Evans, Mary Ellen Trainor as Diane Evans, Ivonne Coll as Estelle Ramirez, John Doe as Jeff Parker and Michael Chieffo as Mr. Seligman.
The episode was written by David Simkins and directed by Patrick Norris.
Starring Shiri Appelby, Jason Behr, Katherine, Majandra Delfino, Brendan Fehr, Nick Wechsler, William Sadler and Adam Rodriguez.
Guest starring are Joe Pantoliano as Kal Langley, John Billingsley as himself, Stephen Tobolowsky as Jules Walters, Mary Ellen Trainor as Diane Evans and Garrett M. Brown as Philip Evans.
The episode was written by Russel Friend and Garrett Lerner and was directed by “Roswell” executive producer Jonathan Frakes who also guest stars as himself portraying the director of “Enterprise.
Season two came and went, and once again "Roswell'' sat precariously on the
bubble. It seemed like the end of the road for the agonizing "Romeo and
Juliet'' relationship between the human Liz (Shiri Appleby) and the alien Max
(Jason Behr), not to mention their human allies (Majandra Delfino, William
Sadler and Nick Wechsler) and alien pals (Katherine Heigl and Brendan Fehr).
But then the rumors started: WB was canceling "Roswell,'' but UPN would
pick it up.
"I didn't think we'd go away,'' Appleby says with a laugh. "But I
didn't know where we'd go.''
In the end UPN raided WB not only for "Roswell'' but also for "Buffy
the Vampire Slayer.'' Even better for "Roswell,'' UPN will launch
"Roswell'' on Oct. 9 in the cushy post-"Buffy'' time slot.
What gives? Why won't people - and we're talking viewers and studio executives
alike - ever let "Roswell'' die?
"It's a really good question,'' Appleby says by telephone from the
"Roswell'' wardrobe room at Paramount Pictures' Hollywood lot. "My
guess is that people like Max and Liz, and for two years they've wanted to see
them get together and be happy. "The audience, I think, also likes
seeing characters who are willing to risk everything for one another,
constantly, and there's something very romantic about that,'' she continues.
"You've also got these friends who are willing to miss school, to put their
lives in jeopardy to save these kids. I just think "Roswell' is a very
positive show that people can watch every week.''
Viewers who watched the second-season finale, "The Departure,'' witnessed
Tess (Emilie de Ravin) - the fourth alien and the murderer of the group's friend
Alex (Colin Hanks) - ascend into the cosmos with the son she had conceived with
Max. The other aliens, surprising even themselves, chose to remain in Roswell.
Season three will kick off with "Busted.''
"Max and Liz are going to be together,'' Appleby says. "It's exciting.
The scenes are really sweet and romantic between them. It's also very dangerous,
because Max and Liz start rebelling together. They hold up a liquor store and
get arrested. Liz's parents forbid her from seeing Max, but Max and Liz are
working together to contact Max's son.
"What I'm most excited about is that you'll get to see these two people
that are so passionate about each other finally be with each other,'' she says.
"And you get into it in the very first scene. The whole first episode,
you'll see the past couple of months in flashbacks and see how they got to the
place where the first episode starts. It catches you up, and you see how they've
gotten to the place they are now. "They've completely rebelled against
everything,'' Appleby concludes. "They're not as sweet and wholesome as
they used to be.''
The same might be said of Appleby herself. Barely two years ago she stood before
a phalanx of journalists at a WB event heralding the addition of "Roswell''
to its fall schedule. The actress pretty much hid behind Behr and let him do the
talking.
Back then, Appleby admits, she was the proverbial deer in the headlights. But no
longer. "I think the entire experience of working on the show has made me
grow up really quickly,'' says the 22-year-old actress, who shot the upcoming
thriller "Swimfan85'' during her summer hiatus. "When I did that event
I was totally frightened. I'd never done an interview before - no one had ever
wanted to take my picture before, at least not of me as an actor. "I
just didn't know how to react to any of it,'' she recalls. "I didn't
necessarily know if I was ready to become 'famous.'
"I had so many choices to make and so many opportunities,'' she says.
"I had to start making decisions for myself, and once I started realizing
that I could make them and that I was actually capable of surviving in an adult
world, I think it gave me a sense of confidence in myself.
"Now I've found things I want to fight for and I've gone after them,''
Appleby says. "I've realized that not every situation is worth a battle. I
know how to choose now what's important to me and what's not important to me.
"And I think 'Roswell' has given me all of that.''
(By Ian Spelling)
ROSWELL's third season is looming, and cast
member Shiri Appleby is talking a little bit about what lies ahead.
Specifically, Appleby spoke to Ian Spelling's syndicated Inside Trek & Sci
Fi column about the season opener "Busted," saying, "Max and Liz
are going to be together. It's exciting. The scenes are really sweet and
romantic between them. It's also very dangerous, because Max and Liz start
rebelling together. They hold up a liquor store and get arrested. Liz's parents
forbid her from seeing Max, but Max and Liz are working together to contact
Max's son.
"What I'm most excited about is that you'll get to see these two people
that are so passionate about each other finally be with each other. And you get
into it in the very first scene. The whole first episode, you'll see the past
couple of months in flashbacks and see how they got to the place where the first
episode starts. It catches you up, and you see how they've gotten to the place
they are now.
"They've completely rebelled against everything. They're not as sweet and
wholesome as they used to be."
Are you eager to find out what happens to New
Mexico's alien royalty? As the series resumes on UK's BBC2 we talk to co-creator
Jason Katims about his plans for Roswell's future. Read an extract below..
Cult Times caught up with Roswell's executive producer Jason Katims, to ask him
how he felt about Season Two and where it leaves things for the imminent third
season. A season which again follows a period when it looked like the series was
close to cancellation.
"Very close," agrees Katims, who sat on pins and needles as The WB
officially cancelled the genre series and then UPN swooped in to pick it up.
"It was very last-minute in terms of the final decisions being made. UPN
finally announced that they'd secured the show at nine in the morning in New
York City, at their upfront session. It was extremely nerve-racking."
Fortunately for Katims and the show's avid fans, UPN not only picked up Roswell,
they agreed to produce a full 22-episode season. They also slotted the show in
after Buffy The Vampire Slayer, an even higher profile acquisition and yet
another WB cast-off, thereby providing Roswell with its best lead-in series to
date. It's no wonder that many observers consider Roswell the show that won't
die.
"I've been involved with three networks in less than three years,"
Katims says, referring to the fact that Roswell was originally produced by Fox
for Fox, before the network passed, leaving The WB to grab it at the 11th hour.
"I've started to think of Roswell, if not as the show no one can kill, at
least as the little engine that could. It has squeaked by based on having
passionate fans. Not just the ones who watch the show at home, but fans at the
studio that have supported it and at the networks... This last situation with
UPN was somehow a little less nerve-racking, because it just seems to be the
history of the show, that we're always squeaking by. We've been lucky, very
lucky."
The perception is that UPN will allow Katims to make Roswell as he sees fit. If
that's the case, of course, it implies that The WB interfered in some manner
with Katims' vision. As Season One gave way to Season Two, the series seemed to
veer from romance to Sci-Fi to action, from stand-alone episodes to
multi-episode arcs, all the while dispatching characters and storylines in the
blink of an eye. The producer attempts to address the issues as honestly as
possible, but without pointing fingers.
"I think that coming to a new network is exciting for me because I get to
continue to do things I was really happy about with the show, and it gives me a
really good excuse to adjust things that I might not have been that happy
about," he explains.
"I would say that the major change that I'm interested in making, which
fortunately is what UPN wants as well, is to move towards stand-alone episodes,
to do more complete stories within an episode, and to not do such complicated,
continuing mythology arcs. They were really fascinating for us, but they start
to get sort of unwieldy and it gets hard to come to a satisfying conclusion at
the end of the episode. You're always waiting for the next one..."
(Cult Times Magazine)
Here's the link to the Cult Times WebPage:
http://www.visimag.com/culttimes/cx72_display.htm
A great website to find the music played on Roswell a very extensive collection
with a search alway going on for the hard to find songs. Updates often.
http://roswell.na.nu/
On MTV new U2 band video featuring Brendan Fehr of
UPN show Roswell is now in frequent play. Catch it soon!
The aliens have landed on UPN with "Buffy," but they've left one of
their own behind: Emilie de Ravin's Tess isn't coming. Her absence is
bittersweet for Max (Jason Behr; pictured), since she was carrying his baby;
he'll spend the season trying to contact the kid. But it opens the door to
romance for Max and Liz (Shiri Appleby). Think a "Roswell" that ends
well. (Oct. 9)
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Jason Katims, executive producer of the teen alien series Roswell, told
reporters that the show will drop some of the harder science-fiction elements
and return more to character stories in its upcoming third season, with major
changes coming for everyone. "The stories are getting a little bit out of
high school," he said during UPN's fall preview for the Television Critics
Association.
Katims added, "Isabel gets into a serious relationship and falls into a
precipitous marriage. Max goes on a quest to find his child, and Liz goes along
with him, and that quest will take him out of Roswell and onto the road. ...
Michael basically wants to build a life for himself and winds up getting a job.
... Maria's character begins to pursue her musical career, and that becomes a
real thing." He added, "One of the things I'm really interested in
playing, starting with the beginning of the year, is the family drama that is
here in the show and that we've never really explored. In the first episode, Max
and Liz get arrested.
... And suddenly they're in real trouble, and their parents are called in.
... It's not so funny anymore, and it's not like they can go away for two days
and say, 'We went camping,' and everything is OK with them. By the end of the
episode, Liz is forbidden by her parents ever to see Max."
In an interview following the press tour, Katims told SCI FI Wire, "I
felt where we went kind of astray a little bit [last year] was these
four-episode arcs, where there was so much mythology, and so many pieces of
storylines out there, that it just got too complicated. I think we're on a much
better track here. This is really what I've been wanting to do with the show,
bring it back to building the season based on character arcs, and we have a
character arc for every character in the show."
As part of that, Katims said the show has hired writer Melinda Metz, author of
the popular Roswell High series of books on which the show is based, and her
writing partner, Laura Burns. "What I expect them to bring is, they
obviously have a long history with these characters, with this world. They have
a great imagination, and I don't expect them to bring storylines from those
books. What I expect them to bring is their imagination and who they are as
writers, and I'm very excited about the possibilities here." Roswell
premieres on UPN on Oct. 16.
Katherine Heigl, who plays teen alien Isabel Evans on Roswell, told SCI FI Wire
that her character will sport a new do and a new attitude in the show's upcoming
third season, when it moves to UPN from The WB. Heigl cut her familiar long,
blonde hair and dyed it brown--a change she made for an audition over the
summer.
"I actually did it for a role that fell through ... [that] called for
a more sophisticated look," Heigl said in an interview. She added that she
had been lobbying The WB to let her shear her locks for a while, but that the
network--possibly nervous after Felicity star Keri Russell's famous hair
change--wouldn't have it. When word came of the move to UPN, she said, "I
just went for it. I've been wanting to cut my hair forever! I just think it
looks better. I'm a better brunette than blonde, I think."
Apart from her looks, Heigl said she's looking forward to the new season because
of the changes planned for Isabel. Among other things, producers will give
Isabel a new love interest that may lead to marriage. "It's been a tough
couple of years, because I think there hasn't been a lot of development for
her," Heigl said. "It's been sort of confusing what to do with her,
because there wasn't that love interest, there wasn't that connection. It was
hard to find where she fit in, because they had created her as this vulnerable,
yet aloof, character, and it was hard to find her place. But hopefully, this
season will be it." Heigl also looks forward to moving Isabel away from the
perfect daughter, sister and friend. "I think we're stepping away from that
a little bit. I think she rebels a little bit. And she says, 'I'm living my life
my way. You can't tell me what to do, no matter what you think. And I appreciate
your love and support, but back off.' ... This season is going to be a lot of
fun for me. I'm really excited about it. The opportunity to develop a different
side of Isabel, a more flirty and fun-loving and joyous side. She's been so
afraid and so vulnerable and just not really truly living her life for all this
time. And I think this season is the opportunity for her to branch out, to find
her roots." Roswell debuts on UPN on Oct. 16.
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What's Up With ROSWELL?
While appearing at the TCA gathering in LA, ROSWELL creator Jason Katims sheds
some light on what lies ahead for the series as it starts up on the UPN TV
network.
Katims focuses on the character of Tess, saying, "Tess is somewhere out
there in the cosmos, and she may return at some later date, but for now, she's
gone. We're really sort of basing [stories] on character arcs and the theme of
next year is change. Tess has left with their only way home, and until now the
alien characters all thought [being on Earth] was a temporary situation. Now
it's permanent, and they have to build lives for themselves here."
Katims also revealed that Colin Hanks will be returning for an episode as a
ghost.
By: FRANK KURTZ
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'Roswell' Producer Spills Some Beans'
LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) - While most producers are
keeping mum on what to expect this upcoming season, one is happy to give fans a
taste of what's coming up. "Roswell" executive producer Jason Katims
met with reporters Monday during the annual Television Critics Association press
tour, and laid out his plans for what's going to happen in the series' first
episode on UPN after moving from The WB. The gist of it? The independent kids
are going to find out they're are still kids, after all.
"In the first episode, Max (Jason Behr) and Liz (Sheri Appleby) get
arrested," Katims says, "and suddenly they're in real trouble, and
their parents are called in.... They start to have questions about what their
kids are involved in, and it's not so funny anymore."
"By the end of that episode, Liz is forbidden by her parents to ever see
Max.... What we are sort of building by starting off that way is playing stories
about these kids in context of their parents -- these kids starting to realize
that their parents are human beings and are people and that what they do affects
them."
According to Katims, all the characters can look forward to some changes this
year. "I think of it being a coming-of-age for a lot of the
characters in the show," he says. "A lot of what we want to do this
year is expand the canvas of the show and each of the characters are sort of
going in different directions."
Isabel, played by Katherine Heigl, will not be going to college as was
previously hinted, and will instead find a new love interest, who is being cast.
And not only will she fall in love, she may get hitched. "She's going
to stay at a community college, largely maybe because of this relationship that
she's formed over the summer," Katims says. "Isabel gets into a
serious relationship and falls into a precipitous marriage."
Michael (Brendan Fehr), realizes school may not be for him and does something
new. "Michael realizes that he has spend no time investing himself in
life on earth," Katims explains, "so (he) basically wants to build a
life for himself and winds up getting a job."
Another "Roswell" resident, Maria (Majandra Delfino) finds a career in
doing something other than being a waitress. "Maria's character begins to
pursue her musical career and that becomes a real thing."
But what fans want to know is simple: Will Max and Liz get back together? Well,
sort of. "Max goes on a quest to find his child and Liz goes along with
him," he says, "and that quest will take him out of Roswell onto the
road."
The main thing Katims wants to see happen this year is change -- and maybe the
introduction of some new aliens. "I think that we will definitely
play with the idea of other aliens out there, but this year we want to do that
in a very specific way," he explains. "We're going to be very
selective with that and have them play roles on a more ongoing basis that will
stay sort of consistent throughout the season."
For Appleby, all this change is great, though she does have one request.
"I would love to see her not cry in a whole episode," she says.
"Personally, I'm ready for her to smile and run around and be a fun kid, so
hopefully this year will lend to that."
"Roswell" Gets Legal Nudging
(by Mark Armstrong)
Just how much do some Roswell cast members relish their new life at UPN?
So much, apparently, that show producer 20th Century Fox needed to threaten
legal action against at least one actor who didn't show up to promote the nearly
canceled sci-fi series.
After getting canned by the WB last year and then picked in the 11th hour by
hand-me-down happy UPN, most of Roswell's cast members smiled graciously for
reporters Monday at the Television Critics Association Press Tour in Pasadena,
California. In attendance was the show's female contingent--Shiri Appleby,
Katherine Heigl and Majandra Delfino.
But notably absent were costars Brendan Fehr and Jason Behr--and when reporters
asked where they were, an awkward silence fell over the room.
That's because it apparently takes more than free drinks at the Ritz-Carlton to
get them to show up. In a letter sent anonymously to E! Online, lawyers for 20th
Century Fox threatened legal action against at least one of the show's stars if
he didn't make the media rounds in Pasadena.
"Make no mistake, such a cavalier disregard of your documented commitments
to the series will not be tolerated," the letter reads. "We are
hopeful, however, that [20th Century Fox] has either been misinformed as to your
intentions or, if you actually did not intend to appear at the TCAPT, that you
will reconsider your ill-advised decision and agree to honor your contractual
obligations."
Although the name addressed on the letter was blacked out, sources at the studio
confirm it was sent to Fehr, the 23-year-old messy-haired Canadian who plays
Michael Guerin on the quirky extraterrestrial series. Another source, meanwhile,
claims the letter was sent out to the entire cast.
Either way, the letter seems to make painfully clear that not everyone is
thrilled that Roswell was resurrected for a third season. Of course, it's been a
running joke that most stars dread the TCA Press Tour and all its mandatory
flesh-pressing. But for a series that scraped through last season on the WB
(averaging 4.1 million viewers), you'd assume its stars would do anything short
of dousing themselves with Tabasco sauce to get the free publicity.
"It's very important for the network to have its stars there for a show as
important as Roswell," a studio source said. "When we were told
Brendan wasn't going to be able to attend, there was some concern." So out
came the lawyers. Fehr apparently had a reasonable excuse for not showing
up Monday: The actor is currently in his native Canada, where he's filming
public service announcements for the Ontario government warning kids about the
threat of sexual abuse. The other absentee costar, Jason Behr, was also working
on another project and later excused by the studio from attending the press day.
Fehr's manager, Jim Sheasgreen, says he doesn't know who sent the letter out to
the media, but he adds carefully, "I think it's already been expressed that
not everyone was particularly excited about going back for a third season."
As for the rest of the Roswell crew, most of the show's stars remained mum about
the subject while schmoozing at a UPN party Monday night. When asked about the
letter, Shiri Appleby responded, "I don't really want to talk about the
letter. I'm here, I'm being supportive, and I don't want to talk about any of
the negativity."
A source close to the show said the studio's biggest concern was with Fehr, but
the matter has since been dropped. "He's a good kid," the insider
noted, "but Brendan has always been just a big pill."
Fehr's manager, meanwhile, insists the actor will be back in Los Angeles and
ready to work when Roswell's production begins July 23.
Shiri Appleby, star of the teen alien series
Roswell, told SCI FI Wire that she's looking forward to a
return to the central romance between alien Max and human
Liz in the upcoming third season, when the show moves to UPN
from The WB. In an interview, Appleby added that she agreed
that the series' harder science-fiction edge last season may have
alienated some of theshow's core fans.
"I think one of the great aspects about the show
was the love and the feelings and the fact that these
characters felt so deeply over this science fiction aspect,"
Appleby said during UPN's fall preview for reporters in
Pasadena, Calif. "And when you went too science fiction,
you lost a lot of the emotion. So hopefully this year,
with the UPN support, we'll be able to combine the two
strengths, and the show will actually be able to blossom
this year. The first season was great, but it was a lot of
work, because it was only love story, which means it was me
and Jason [Behr] working so many hours per day. And then
second season, it was just the science fiction. So you were like
wanting the emotion, versus in first season you were wanting
more of a break from it, because it so emotional
and it took so much out of you. And so I think this year
[executive producer]Jason [Katims] is really focusing on,
like, giving the audience both of it, so they can get involved
in the craziness of it, but still feel for the characters."
Appleby said that it troubled her that the show shifted its focus
from Liz and Max, played by Behr. "It bothered me to some
degree, but at the same time, you acknowledge the fact that
you're part of an ensemble show, and ... there's so many great
characters and so many great actors, that it was wonderful for
the audience to get a little bit of a taste of everything. And the
show started off that way. And it came and went.
It was sort of nice to have a break. But ... I think this
season is going to be focused on Max and Liz getting back together, and their
trials and tribulations, and the Isabel romance. I think there will be a lot of
things going on, but I think the focal
point will be the love between the two of them, finally." Roswell
premieres on UPN at 9p.m. ET/PT on Oct. 16.
and excited about her series, "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," moving
from the WB to UPN this fall.
"For five years we had a home. ... So the thought of making the
move was scary," the 24-year-old actress said Monday. "But I
think (UPN) has given us a new excitement about the show."
Gellar and other cast members vowed to stay with "Buffy" as
long as it remains fresh and healthy. Co-star Alyson Hannigan, who
plays Buffy's mystical friend Willow, joked, "When we're 80 we
could still be slaying vampires."
"Buffy" will debut on UPN with a two-hour special Oct. 9. In
November, the cast will perform a musical episode of the show.
UPN had aggressively pursued the series, which had been one of
the WB's top-rated series, and reportedly has ordered 44 episodes
for about $102 million. The fantasy drama spawned the spin-off
series "Angel," which will remain on the WB.
Speaking to the Television Critics Association, Gellar and
series creator Joss Whedon agreed the move was necessary because
the WB was not willing to continue providing the budget it needed
to remain strong.
"We have more money (at UPN) than we would have at the WB,"
Whedon said. "UPN basically stepped in and said, `Make the show
the way you've been making it."'
Adam Ware, UPN's chief operating officer, said the struggling
network hopes to use "Buffy" to draw new viewers and sponsors. He
credited "Buffy" and "Roswell," another sci-fi teen drama
that
UPN bought after it was dropped by the WB, for attracting
advertisers such as The Gap and Maybelline.
The cast acknowledged that resurrecting the show won't be easy,
partly because Buffy died in the season finale after hurling
herself into an abyss to trap an evil force.
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Despite a major downturn in the advertising market this Fall, UPN is
expected to weather the storm. Predictions say the network will make a
$250 million profit - $50 million up from last year - and is attracting a
wealth of new advertisers.
However, the network traditionally suffers from slow sales during the
advertising upfront, the period in which television networks pre-sell
advertising inventory for the upcoming season. As a smaller network,
UPN usually only concludes its deals with advertisers after the remaining
networks have already sold out.
On the plus side, more than a quarter of the deals UPN has already
closed are with new advertisers, according to Media Week. The
acquisition of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Roswell has caused some
advertisers to migrate from the WB; while Enterprise's expected solid
performance also made the network more interesting to advertisers.
UPN is apparently selling spots on Buffy for less money than the WB
used to charge. As UPN will pay a higher license fee than the WB, it
seems unlikely it will be able to directly profit from the show. But for
Roswell the advertisers are jumping and rushed to fill the time which
was to the delight of the executives in charge at UPN. Since the
acquisition of these shows will likely also lead to more advertising
being sold on UPN's other shows, the net result for the network will still
be positive.
This article is in "TV Hits"
July 2001, Issue 155.....
It's been a long time betweeen
catch-ups with the gorgeous and newly buffed-up babe who plays the loveable
alien Max on Roswell. When we traced him donw, we couldn't help
but give him a great big....
BEHR HUG!
Hey Jason! Roswell was nearly
cancelled but was saved when the fans ralled together in protest. How
did if feel to have such a strong public support system?
It felt wonderful! The support for the
show from the viewers has been tremendously overwhelming and everyone is very
grateful for it
Some fans even sent in Tabasco Sauce to
convince the network to keep running the show...
It was temendous! All the hot sauce that
the fans went in was very influential in getting the attention of the network.
One fan sent me a really cool hot-sauce leather holster. You don't expect that
kind of stuff.
But, I mean, in terms of keeping the show
running, we still have a story to tell - there is still a lot left to do with
the aliens and their relationships.
Do you believe in aliens?
It would be presumptuous of me to tell you that
we are the only intelligent life that ever existed.
I do believe there is something out there, but
I'm not sure that they are little green men. Who knows for sure? I
don't, but I guess I believe that we aren't the only beings in the universe.
Are you like your alien character Max?
There are always some parts of you in your
character, even if you try your best to prevent that. When you're
playing your role, you totally forget yourself, your character begins to live
and he gets new features from you. I have learned things about myself
with the help of Max.
What have you learned?
I have become more open and tolerant, and I
need more sleep!
Do you thing Roswell deals
with real teenage problems?
The themes - alienation and thinking nobody
really gets where you're coming from - are the same. You're constantly
searching for yourself and your place in the world.
Those things applyto just about everybody.
But I think they mostly apply to adolescents. It's not about finding a
home as much as it is about finding yourself.
What was high school like for you?
I remember those times and I think high school
is such an important part of a lot of people's lives, either good or bad.
I think it leaves very lasting impressions.
Did you ever feel alienated?
I can tell you that growing up I was a little
shrimp. I was probably half the size of my friends, and half the size of
most of my girlfriends. I felt awkward and misunderstood and lost.
I sounded like a girl on the phone!
You've certainly changed - you're
looking very buff now! What's your secret?
Just be consistent - if you get out and you go
to the gym at least every other day and you're consistent about it, you're
going to make a difference. And eating heathy is another plus!
Has changing from a skinny kid to a
leading man led to movie offers?
I've been reading a lot of scripts, trying to
figure out the right one. I'll only choose a movie if I like the story,
the actors and the directors involved.
Are you feeling pressured to get on the
big screen now that your star is rising?
No, I don't want to work just for th sake of
working. You have to be willing to take a risk and if I make a mistake,
then big deal. I'll learn from t and then move on. It's not about
how fast you can attain something, it's about the trip to get there.
Acting is such a hard profession to
break into, how did you do it so early?
I'd met a manager in Minneapolis and he said,
"When you get to LA give me a call." So I cam out here with
200 bucks to my name, called the manager and he referred me to an agent.
I met the agent and the day after that I was auditioning.
One of your first jobs was a
guest-starring role on Dawson's Creek. What are the Dawson's
guys really like?
Dawson's Creek was such a great show
to work on! It gave me huge exposure and the whole experience was so
much fun.
My character, Chris, wasn't one of the nicest
guys in Capeside, ut Wilmington is a beautiful place to work and the people
were so friendly. They have such a great cast and I guess I do kinda
miss them all. But i have htis show now and I love it!
When did you first realise you were
famous?
I was driving to the Roswell set, and
I didn't quite make a yellow light so I stopped. I looked to my right
and saw a poster of myself on a bus stop, staring back at me it was pretty
bizarre moment, I was like, "Wow".
Did you like how you looked?
It was tastefully done - dramatic, dark and
mysterious. Therre was something very engaging about it!
Now you're famous, it is hard to relax
without being recognised?
Not really. I like to spend time with my
family, that's the most important thing to me. I spend a lot ot time
outdoors with my family and my dog, and I like to play basketball.
Do you have any other hobbies?
I'm a student of film - I watch as many movies
as I can, when I have the free time. I really enjoy the film process.
When will we see you in Australia?
I would love to come! One lady from our
crew is Aussie, and the girl who plays Tess on the show (Emilie de Ravin)
is too. They both tell me I have to go Down Under!
With this article there is a full page
promotional second series picture of Jason and a picture of Shiri and Jason in
the article and a cast picture from the second series.
Courtesy of Cate aka AussieCat
IN THE FALL, THE VAMPIRE SLAYER MOVES FROM THE W-B TO U-P-N.
THE CHANGE HAS TOUCHED OFF A RENEWED BATTLE BETWEEN THE TWO RIVALS.
JODI ROSS HAS THE STORY FROM NEW YORK.
--REPORTER PKG-AS FOLLOWS--
"Ooooh, uh, uh."
THE BATTLE FOR "BUFFY" IS OVER.
"It was a show that was so deeply rooted in the WB and deeply rooted in our
own
development and our own passion and love for the show. So that was
difficult,
very very difficult."
AFTER 5 YEARS OF FIGHTING ON THE W-B, "BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER" HAS
FOUND A
NEW HOME AT U-P-N , BEST KNOWN FOR ITS THURSDAY NIGHT "SMACKDOWN."
"A lot of people have been like. "Is it gonna change? Is Buffy
gonna wrestle?"
The first thing they said was don't change a thing. Make the show
the way you
make the show."
"It's fate."
SAME GOES FOR THE TEEN SCI-FI SHOW "ROSWELL," ANOTHER U-P-N PICKUP
WHICH WILL
AIR BACK TO BACK WITH "BUFFY." THE NETWORK HOPES A CHANNEL
CHANGE WILL BRING A
CHANGE IN VIEWERS AS WELL.
"There is no question that those 2 shows together, which have never been
paired
together before on the WB, are going to be a great combo to get young gals
watching our air."
IN IT'S FIRST SEASON, "BUFFY" HELPED DEFINE THE W-B AND PUT THE
NETWORK ON THE
MAP. BUT THE SHOW IS OWNED BY 20TH CENTURY FOX, NOT WARNER BROTHERS, SO IN
THE
END, IT WAS A QUESTION OF CASH.
"In terms of a revenue picture, the WB was gonna have to spend so much
money in
their new licensing agreement for "Buffy" that it really would have
been a lost
leader for them."
ONE NETWORK'S LOSS IS ANOTHER'S GAIN. BOTH BEGAN AS FLEDGLING UPSTARTS,
BUT AT
THE END OF MAY SWEEPS, THE W-B HAD PULLED AHEAD IN THE RATINGS GAME.
"I worry about you."
JR: "How much does losing those 2 shows hurt them?"
MR: "Certainly losing "Buffy" hurts the WB a little bit,
"Roswell" less so.
This was a great move for UPN but in terms of getting a big leg up on the WB -
I don't see it."
"I think the battle is over. There's been some bad blood and it's
been a
really hard time but ultimately these networks want to get on with creating
their networks."
SO IN THIS T-V WAR, THE STARS OF "BUFFY" ARE SATISFIED.
"Ultimately 2 networks fighting for it feels kinda good."
WHILE OTHER CELEBS ON THE W-B ARE LEFT A BIT BATTLE-SCARRED.
"I have to say, it makes me feel kinda cheap, it's like - "Oh, we can
just be
bought and sold?" It's kind of scary."
JODI ROSS, CNN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS, NEW YORK.
When Jason Katims, an executive producer of ``Roswell,'' is asked whether his
show's
fans are, well, a little different, he laughs.
``You mean, like, they're crazy?'' he asks.
Last year, when the drama, about a group of stranded aliens posing as human
teen-agers
in Roswell, N.M., was about to be canceled by WB after one season, its fans
mobilized -
like crazy. Adopting Tabasco sauce, a favorite food of the alien characters, as
their
weapon, they sent 6,000 bottles to the network over a three-month period. This
year,
when it became clear that WB was going to drop the show, roughly 12,000 bottles
of
Tabasco were sent to the offices of UPN in three weeks.
``I will say it made a difference,'' said Dean Valentine, chief executive of UPN,
which
picked up ``Roswell'' and will show it on Tuesday nights this fall, following
another former
WB show, ``Buffy the Vampire Slayer.'' ``You really have to sit down and think
about a
person who gets up in the morning, who has many, many things to do,
and who took part of their day to go to the grocery store and buy a bottle of
hot sauce
to send to some executive in L.A.''
``Roswell,'' which blends science fiction and adolescent angst in its story of
the ultimate
alienated teen-agers, has built a small - an average of 4.1 million viewers last
season -
but fervent audience that crosses age and gender lines. And it's a group that
quickly
seized on the potential of the Internet as a rallying ground.
Fan sites, particularly the sophisticated Crashdown.com (www.crashdown.com),
have
been the mechanism for the well-coordinated and timed letter-writing and
Tabasco-mailing campaigns that have helped keep the show on
the radar and, so far, on the air.
For some, being part of the ``Roswell'' army may be as important as watching the
show.
``I think it's really the community that's built around the show that's more of
an
attraction,'' said Kenn Gold, a founder of Crashdown.com. ``The show is great
and I love
it, but I think the community will survive after the show goes away.''
When ``My So-Called Life,'' another teen-age drama with a small but devoted
following,
was canceled by ABC in 1995 after 19 episodes, viewers began a belated
fund-raising
campaign over the Internet to pay for ads in trade publications. Five years
later, fans are
more aware of the power of coordinated action, and the television industry is
more aware
of the fan sites.
``There's no question that we produce a great show and have a phenomenal cast
and
crew, but it appears that none of that mattered until you spoke up,'' another
``Roswell''
executive producer, Kevin Brown, wrote in an e-mail to a fan site after UPN's
announcement. ``From the bottom of my heart, I want to say thank you for, in
fact,
saving our show.''
The show's producers say the fans provide not just support, but also
information.
``I would joke with people that if I want to find out what's going on with the
show or the
WB, I would go to Crashdown and find out,'' Katims said. ``They seemed to know
things
before I did.''
All of this back-and-forth has led to an unusually close relationship between
the show's
creators and cast and its fans. At a fan-sponsored party last August in Los
Angeles, the
entire cast showed up and many of the actors mingled with the crowd. Brendan
Fehr,
who plays the sullen alien Michael Guerin, regularly ruminates on the
fan-actor relationship on Internet message boards, and answers fans' questions.
Fehr's manager, Jim Sheasgreen, was one of the first people associated with the
show to
begin posting on fan sites, and it was his idea that the fans direct some of
their energy
to matters beyond ``Roswell.'' ``I was getting so upset that these people would
dwell so
hard and so long, and they would spend hours and hours just on this show,''
Sheasgreen
said.
Now most fan get-togethers, like a season finale party held in New York last
month, are
benefits for charities, and a prominent message on Crashdown.com asks fans to
make
donations to the Pediatric Cancer Foundation as a way of thanking UPN for
picking up the
show. Shiri Appleby, who plays the human teen-ager Liz Parker, was stunned when
a fan
donated $7,000 to charity in exchange for lunch with her. ``I can barely
convince my
friends to have lunch with me,'' she said.
Katims, trying to explain the deep resonance the show appears to have - why
people
would spend thousands of dollars, or spend up to 40 hours a week maintaining and
monitoring Web sites - pointed to the diversity of the fans.
women, they're from all walks of life. And maybe the common theme of why they
connect
to the show is that they feel like outsiders.''
Kathy Appling, a 49-year-old mortgage processor from Florida, sees her own
missed
opportunities in the youthful enthusiasm of the characters. ``They want to
change the
world, make a difference,'' she said. ``I think we all want to believe that we
can still do
that, but as we get older, you realize that maybe you didn't make all the right
choices.
These kids are still young enough to make the choices they want to make.''
Teresa Williams, a 19-year-old from Georgia who boarded an airplane for the
first time to
attend last year's party in Los Angeles, said she appreciated the show's
realistic depiction
of issues she has faced in her own life, from abuse to the suicides of friends.
She sent 50
bottles of Tabasco sauce.
One consequence of such involvement: viewers who are particularly resistant to
changes
in the direction of the show.
``As many people as there are logging into Crashdown.com, that's how many
opinions
there are,'' Katims said. `If you tried to service all of them, it would be
harder than trying
to please a network.''
And sometimes fans can become too involved, or too insistent on their
privileges. Fehr
was recently moved to write on an Internet forum: ``What fans should realize is
that, at
least in my case, is that yes I appreciate everything and try to keep you up to
date and
let you in a little bit because I think it's exciting for you guys and because I
feel good in
giving back. But, you're not family and not friends.''
But then Fehr stayed online into the early hours of the morning, posting
messages as
playful as those of any of the Fehrians, as his personal fans are called. By the
end of the
night he had written enough to raise his posting status to ``Fan,'' and
celebrated by
posting bouncing smiley faces. He had officially become a fan of himself.
(By Sophia Hollander,
New York Times News Service)
LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) - "The decision
wasn't made until the night
before they announced their schedule," says "Roswell" producer
Ronald D.
Moore about his show's jump from The WB to UPN. "There were many phone
calls back and forth between me and [executive producer Jason Katims]
and both of our agents, who were talking to the networks."
"I got the phone call the night before the upfronts, and that was it.
Then I left for vacation two days later."
Moore and his fellow producers are now back at work on their third
season, which begins this fall on Tuesday nights at 9 p.m. EST, right
after fellow WB expatriate "Buffy the Vampire Slayer."
"We're in a good place," says Moore. "'Buffy's' a tremendous
lead-in for
us, that's for certain. We're in the perfect slot in the schedule at the
moment."
One dark cloud is that the slot pits "Roswell," a show about alien
teens, against The WB's "Smallville," centered on the teen years of
alien Superman/Clark Kent.
"Hey," says Moore, "we're on the air. That's all that
matters."
In the "Roswell" season finale, the aliens (Jason Behr, Brendan Fehr,
Katherine Heigl, Emilie de Ravin) were preparing to abandon Earth for
their home planet. In the end, only the duplicitous Tess (de Ravin)
left, carrying Max's (Behr) child. This launched a new story arc and
opened the door for the reunion of Max and human love Liz (Shiri
Appleby).
With the future of the show so uncertain, it would have been
understandable if producers had yielded to the temptation to wrap up the
story, just in case.
"Jason set the tone for the rest of us," says Moore. "Early on,
he said,
'I just believe this is the show you can't kill.' They've tried, and
they've tried, ever since the pilot was made, and it went from Fox to
The WB."
"It's been down so many times, and this time he just believed, somehow,
some way, it was all going to work out. He said, 'Let's just proceed on
the assumption that we're going to have a third season.'"
"We sat down and plotted out the opening episodes for season three
before the season was over. We just proceeded as if he was right. Until
they tell us to go home, we're just going to keep doing it."
At this point, Moore doesn't anticipate any cast changes beyond the
departures of Colin Hanks (whose character, Alex, was killed off to
allow Hanks to pursue film opportunities) and de Ravin. As for plot,
Moore promises more of the same.
"The template for what we want to do is where we ended up in the last
six episodes of season two. That's the groove where we want to be. The
character relationships were up front. The mystery was there, but it
wasn't too complicated."
Next season, the human and alien teens will be seniors in high school,
except for alien Isabel (Heigl), whose brainy character has graduated
early. Where she would attend college became a question toward the end
of season two.
"We're talking about that," says Moore. "She'll hang around. The
show is
'Roswell,' so she's going to be in Roswell, by hook or by crook."
Variety
Confirms ROSWELL Pickup!!!!
'Roswell' joins 'Buffy' for UPN's fall
lineup
Marks 1st time since '97 that 2 series jumped in unison to another web
By MICHAEL SCHNEIDER
NEW YORK -- The alien teens of "Roswell" will join "Buffy
the Vampire Slayer" on the trans-network express from the WB to UPN
next fall.
UPN sealed an 11th-hour deal Wednesday afternoon to pick up 22 episodes
of "Roswell" from 20th Century Fox TV and Regency TV. Both
sides had been hammering out an agreement all week, but UPN had hoped to
land a smaller pickup. The weblet ultimately agreed to sign up for a
full season.