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Riverdale

"To save the future, they must survive the past."

8.4
7 seasons
137 episodes
Ended
Crime
Drama
Mystery

Plot Summary

Set in the present, the series offers a bold, subversive take on Archie, Betty, Veronica and their friends, exploring the surreality of small-town life, the darkness and weirdness bubbling beneath Riverdale’s wholesome facade.

First Aired:January 26, 2017
Last Aired:August 23, 2023
Episode Runtime:45m
Networks:
The CW
Created By:
Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa

Cast & Characters

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Seasons (7)

Season 1
7.3

Season 1

13 episodes

Aired: 2017

Season 2
7.3

Season 2

22 episodes

Aired: 2017

Season 3
7.1

Season 3

22 episodes

Aired: 2018

Season 4
6.8

Season 4

19 episodes

Aired: 2019

Season 5
6.7

Season 5

19 episodes

Aired: 2021

Season 6
7.7

Season 6

22 episodes

Aired: 2021

Picking up where season five ended, with Archie and Betty decide to give their romantic relationship another shot, just as a bomb planted by Hiram Lodge under Archie's bed was about to go off. Strangely, that bomb seemingly doesn't explode, and when Archie and Betty wake up the next morning, they're living in the town of Rivervale, their lives in Riverdale but a distant dream. It's hard to believe, but things in Rivervale are much darker and creepier than in Riverdale.

Season 7
6.7

Season 7

20 episodes

Aired: 2023

Picking up where season 6 ended, season 7 finds Jughead Jones trapped in the 1950s. He has no idea how he got there, nor how to get back to the present. His friends are no help, as they are living seemingly authentic lives, similar to their classic Archie Comics counterparts, unaware that they’ve ever been anywhere but the 1950's. Will Jughead and the gang be able to return to the present? Or will our characters be trapped in the 1950’s forever? And, if so…is that such a bad thing?

Production

Warner Bros. Television

Berlanti Productions

CBS Studios

Archie Comics