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The fan-favorite CW series is ending after seven seasons, the network announced on Thursday, calling the series “an iconic [show] that shaped and defined popular culture.”
Its final episodes will premiere midseason, though no debut or finale date or number of episodes were confirmed at this time.
In addition, the show served asthe last television roleforLuke Perry, who died suddenly in 2019 at the age of 52 aftersuffering a stroke.
Luke Perry and KJ Apa onRiverdale.Dean Buscher /The CW
Just last month, Sprouse revealed in an interview withGQthat he and his costars were ready to “wrap it up with a bow.”
“It’s been a wild ride,” Sprouse toldEntertainment Tonight, ahead of the show’s 100th episode back in December 2021. “I think I’m very lucky that people took to the show, and it’s created an absolutely stellar platform for all of the young actors on the show to — when the show eventually wraps itself — go, ‘My God, that was a huge opportunity,’ and it served as a huge opportunity for us.”
That same month, Reinhart also hinted that the show’s seventh season could be its last.
“I don’t know. We’re hoping for a season seven,” she said during an Instagram Live, according to Decider — adding that it will “probably be the last one.”
The CW Chairman and CEO Mark Pedowitz said Thursday morning that Aguirre-Sacasa “was thrilled with this news” that the show would be wrapping up. “They too felt seven years was the right amount.”
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News ofRiverdale’s end comes as The CW unveiled its 2022-2023 primetime schedule.
Among the lineup isThe Winchesters, the highly anticipatedSupernaturalprequel;Walker Independence, a wild-west origin story to The CW’s current seriesWalker; legal dramaFamily Law; andProfessionals, an action-packed series starring Brendan Fraser and Tom Welling.
There’s alsoMagic with the Stars, a reality competition series starring Criss Angel in which two celebrities “train with professional magicians and compete to create a show-stopping series of magic performances.”
All American, The Flash, Kung Fu, Nancy Drew, Stargirl, Superman & Lois,Coroner,Walker,Penn & Teller: Fool Us, andWhose Line Is It Anyway?will all be back.
Superhero showsLegends of TomorrowandBatwomanhave both been canceled, along with a handful of other programs.
source: people.com
