The CW cancels Riverdale, its favorite child
The teen drama series will end with its seventh season

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In the tidal wave of cancellations over at The CW, the company finally took aim at its landmark series, Riverdale. The series will end with its forthcoming seventh season.
The series started as a teen show adjacent to the Archie Comics, set in the seemingly innocent town of Riverdale (although currently in the series, it’s Rivervale). In its last few seasons, the writing for the show has gone completely off the rails, with outlandish dimension traveling storylines, murders left and right, bombs (?), and enough conspiracies to fill a dossier. What started as a slam dunk for the network has since only seen dips in viewership, with less than half a million viewers tuning in each week.