



What started as a double-dog-dare of a premise that was ostensibly, “Archie Comics, but Twin Peaks ,” will have produced more than 130 episodes across seven seasons that have included some particularly big swings and stylistic experiments (musicals have become a yearly tradition on Riverdale ) over the years. The CW’s Riverdale –against all odds–has become one of the most bizarre and unabashedly genre programs that’s currently on television. ‘Riverdale’ told four pulpy tales of terror in the style of ‘Tales from the Crypt’ that become a meta commentary on genre, violence, and censorship.
