The CW’s got a new comics-based show, but there’s nary a masked vigilante to be found. Instead, Riverdale feels like a series from the teen-focused CW of old. Here are our spoiler-free first impressions of the pilot, but here’s the short version —this show is very strange and very goofy, but it’s going to be a blast.
Source: io9 – Riverdale Turns Archie Comics Into a Teenage Noir Soap Opera, and It’s Way Too Much Fun