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"ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO" DEBUTS TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 2019

"ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO"
DEBUTS TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 2019
(9:00-10:00PM ET) on The CW

More than maybe anywhere else on Earth, Roswell, New Mexico is ground zero for those who seek proof that aliens exist. Roswell native Liz Ortecho (Jeanine Mason) left it all behind 10 years ago after the death of her beloved older sister Rosa. But after the government cuts funding on her biomedical research, she reluctantly returns to her tourist-trap hometown to move back in with her father. When Liz arrives, she reconnects with Max Evans (Nathan Parsons), her teenage crush, who is now a Roswell police officer. Their chemistry is instantly electric. But Liz soon discovers a shocking truth: Max is an alien who has kept his unearthly abilities hidden his entire life, along with those of his otherworldly sister, Isobel (Lily Cowles), and their friend Michael (Michael Vlamis). As the two grow closer after a decade apart, Liz finds it difficult to keep the truth from her best friend, Maria De Luca (Heather Hemmens), and her trusting high school ex, Dr. Kyle Valenti (Michael Trevino). Also hiding their extraterrestrial origins are Isobel and Michael, with Isobel not even revealing the truth to her husband, Noah Bracken (Karan Oberoi), and Michael keeping his identity hidden beneath a bad-boy exterior of hard living and casual hookups. Meanwhile, Master Sergeant Jesse Manes (Trevor St. John) spearheads a long-standing government conspiracy — unbeknownst to his son, Alex Manes (Tyler Blackburn), who has recently returned from service overseas with emotional and physical injuries. The politics of fear and hatred that run rampant in Roswell threaten to expose Max and his family and could endanger his deepening romance with Liz…as well as their lives.

ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO is from Warner Bros. Television and CBS Television Studios, in association with Amblin Television and Bender Brown Productions, with executive producers Carina Adly MacKenzie ("The Originals"), Chris Hollier ("Once Upon A Time"), Julie Plec ("The Vampire Diaries"), Darryl Frank and Justin Falvey ("The Americans"), Lawrence Bender ("Pulp Fiction") and Kevin Kelly Brown ("Roswell")

CREDITS FOR "ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO" ON THE CW
Day and time: Tuesdays at 9/8c
Network debut: January 15, 2019
Format: When Liz Ortecho returns to Roswell, New Mexico, she reconnects with Max Evans, her teenage crush, who is now a Roswell police officer. However, Liz soon discovers a shocking truth: Max is an alien who has kept his unearthly abilities hidden his entire life, along with those of his otherworldly sister Isobel and their friend Michael. Meanwhile, a long-standing
government conspiracy will threaten to expose Max and his family and could endanger his deepening romance with Liz…as well as their lives.
Cast: Jeanine Mason as Liz Ortecho
Nathan Parsons as Max Evans
Lily Cowles as Isobel Evans-Bracken
Michael Vlamis as Michael Guerin
Michael Trevino as Kyle Valenti
Tyler Blackburn as Alex Manes
Heather Hemmens as Maria DeLuca
Trevor St. John as Master Sergeant Manes
Karan Oberoi as Noah Bracken
Executive Producers: Carina Adly MacKenzie, Chris Hollier, Julie Plec, Darryl Frank and Justin Falvey, Lawrence Bender, Kevin Kelly Brown
Origination: Santa Fe, New Mexico
Produced by: Warner Bros. Television and CBS Television Studios in association with Amblin Television and Bender Brown Productions
Media contacts: Judy Yam, 818/977-1021

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