The CW revealed this morning that Season 7 would be the popular series Riverdale’s final season. The twisted CW teen drama Riverdale, adapted from Archie Comics, aired on the network back in 2017. It’s been five years since the show first came out, and as trippy as each season has gotten since the first, fans have tagged along with the Riverdale gang for the ride, including every milkshake gathering at Pop’s with Archie, Veronica, Betty, and Jughead. The final season of Riverdale will conclude “with a bang,” as lead KJ Apa, aka Archie Andrews, said in a presentation today, but more on that later.
CW Chairman and CEO Mark Pedowitz spoke in an executive call Thursday, “I am a big believer in attempting to give series that have had long runs an appropriate sendoff.” He spoke with executive producer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, who was quite happy about the news that Riverdale Season 7 is the last of the series. Pedowitz went on to say:
KJ Apa on Riverdale Season 7
Today, the CW gave an Upfront Presentation with Mark Pedowitz and KJ Apa speaking. The 24-year-old New Zealand actor has played the part of Archie Andrews, the red-headed lead the show revolves around, throughout the series. According to Deadline’s coverage, KJ Apa was introduced to the microphone by Pedowitz and went on to say this about Riverdale’s farewell Season:
KJ spoke a bit more about the final season of Riverdale.
The CW CEO Mark Pedowitz has also confirmed that Season 7 of Riverdale will premiere midseason and will not be abbreviated but have a full-size order.
