Season 7 of 'Riverdale' To Be Its Last: The CW Prepares to Give Long-running Series a Proper Send-off
It's the end of an era for The CW.
This morning, CW head Mark Pedowitz gave a Pre-Upfront call, where he revealed that season seven of Riverdale will be its last.
After spending seven years as one of the most notorious shows on the network, Riverdale will join other cancelled shows, such as Legends of Tomorrow, Batwoman, Naomi, Legacies, Dynasty, Charmed, Roswell New Mexico, In The Dark, and 4400, in leaving the home of the Arrowverse and other famously teen-centered series.
In a Deadline article, Pedowitz was quoted saying:
"I am a big believer of giving series that have had a long run an appropriate send-off. We had a long conversation with Roberto [Aguirre-Sacasa] yesterday and he is thrilled with the decision. We are going to treat the show in the manner it deserves. It's been an iconic pop culture star and we want to make sure that it goes out the right way."
Aguirre-Sacasa is the Chief Creative Officer of Archie Comics, as well as the series' executive producer.
Riverdale's seventh season is expected to make a midseason debut, though with its regular run of episodes, as Pedowitz assured fans that he doesn't believe the show will have a shortened season.
The show, which centers around a group of teens - led by KJ Apa's Archie Andrews - going on adventures where they root out evil in an otherwise sleepy American town, first debuted in January 2017.
In the same call, Pedowitz also further assured CW viewers that, despite cancellations on longtime DC Universe shows like Legends of Tomorrow, and newer ones like Batwoman, the network is not planning on exiting the DC superhero world anytime soon. This is despite the recent cuts at Warner Bros. in relation to the WarnerMedia-Discovery merger, and The CW's own potential sale to Nexstar Media Group Inc.
In a quote to Variety, Pedowitz underscored the Arrowverse's significance to The CW:
"So we're not as robust as we were in the past, but still very much there. We started with one - this was Arrow 10 years ago - we have now moved to create a whole bunch of superheroes. And we're proud of it and we plan to stay in that business. No matter what the outcome is, with any event of sale or no sale.
"I think the Warner side realizes the value of having these properties up. DC Comics realizes the value of what it does to their marketability, in terms of what these franchises are."
It sounds like major changes are afoot at The CW. What do you feel about the new direction The CW will be going in? What would like to see from The CW going forward? Let us know!
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