‘Riverdale’ return pushed back two weeks

The CW Network announced on Sunday that Season 6 of flagship series ‘Riverdale’, originally slated to resume March 6, will now return with new episodes two weeks later, March 20, reports Deadline.

The change stems from the rescheduling of the Critics Choice Awards. Postponed from January 9 due to the current Omicron surge, the awards show, broadcast by the CW and simulcast by TBS, will now take place March 13, the organization said yesterday.

The rescheduled Critics Choice Awards would’ve pre-empted Riverdale just one week after the show’s spring premiere in its new Sunday 8 PM slot. A March 20 start would allow for an uninterrupted run.

An original episode of the HBCU Marching Band docu-series March will air from 9-10 PM on March 6 as previously announced.

Based on the characters from the Archie Comics, Riverdale is a subversive take on the wholesome town of Riverdale and some of its teen residents, including Archie, Betty, Veronica and Jughead, as they discover the darkness and dangers that bubble underneath their town’s wholesome façade.

Riverdale in mid-November opened Season 6 with a five-week ‘RiverVale’ event, which featured a (fleeting) crossover from Kiernan Shipka’s Sabrina Spellman (of Netflix’s dearly departed ‘Chilling Adventures of Sabrina’).

Answering fan questions via Instagram Live, she wrote back in December about Riverdale’s possible end: “We’re hoping for a season seven. And then that will probably be the last one”.