personally I think they are trying way to hard to reinvent themselves, wich unfortunately this more proof that they are heading down a continual spiral, I understand they want new audiences but some of the descriptions of characters in this tv show are downright insulting to me. the married life soap was a big enough change as it is. if you want to do something entirely new, why not make new characters for it? instead of making characters that have been known for 76 years completely unrecognizable. to me, it seems like a last ditch attempt to reinvent for a company that's falling.

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What? Archie sleeping with Miss Grundy. That is just sick.

I think many men would like to sleep with Miss. Grundy (Sarah Habel). 

She sure is a far cry from the Miss Grundy in the comic books. That is even more than a 360 degrees away. That is more like a 720 degrees away from the comic book Miss Grundy.

Well, there's nothing wrong with your multiplication skills, but you might need to brush up on your geometry. (360 degrees would be a complete circle, bringing you back to the same point where you started, and 720 degrees just does the same thing twice. Half of a circle - 180 degrees - would point you in the exact opposite direction.) Come to think of it, if Miss Grundy is teaching geometry this semester, I may sign up for the course myself. No, wait -- that would probably result in my forgetting the geometry I've already learned. I can pretty much guarantee I wouldn't wind up spending too much time thinking about geometry in that class.


No one over thirty on THIS show, no ma'am! Who plays the part of Mr. Weatherbee -- Justin Bieber?

"No one old, fat, or ugly on this show please. Oh, but do get plenty of black people, Hispanics and Asians." --TPTB

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"No one old, fat, or ugly on this show please. Oh, but do get plenty of black people, Hispanics and Asians." --TPTB

Diversity by numbers..... 

How about Jughead going down on Archie in the can? 

That's Ms. Grundy? She looks more like Ginger!

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"No one old, fat, or ugly on this show please. Oh, but do get plenty of black people, Hispanics and Asians." --TPTB

Diversity by numbers..... 

How about Jughead going down on Archie in the can? 

It seems to be implied that he wants to ...

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"No one old, fat, or ugly on this show please. Oh, but do get plenty of black people, Hispanics and Asians." --TPTB

Diversity by numbers..... 

How about Jughead going down on Archie in the can? 

It seems to be implied that he wants to ...

I'd watch the hell out of that! 

Would you guys prefer an age accurate 60-70 year-old Grundy and have Archie sleeping with her? 

You'd think that having a regular role in the cast of GLEE would have given Jane Lynch a leg up with the writer of RIVERDALE. She'd have been perfect casting for Miss Grundy. And yes, I realize those casting decisions aren't all up to Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, but you'd think he could at least recommend her or something.

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Would you guys prefer an age accurate 60-70 year-old Grundy and have Archie sleeping with her? 

Like Harold and Maude! Haha, OK, honestly that would probably freak people out even more. However, that'd be a ton more interesting...seriously! What other show would do something like that? It'd be gimmicky like mad but at least that'd be something actually new. 

If time and space were no obstacle to casting, Nancy Kulp (Miss Jane Hathaway on The Beverly Hillbillies) could have fit the part of Miss Grundy perfectly.

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Why the hell are they turning Melody black?  Valerie is in the cast list, so why change Melody's race?  Really getting fed up with race changing when casting comic characters.  Leave them alone and don't change characters that have been around probably longer than anyone assoicated with the show has been.

It definitely doesn't look like this show is aiming to be anywhere near the traditional Archie Comic style and that seems to have a lot of people up in arms.

The thing about Archie is that everyone and their mother knows him heard of him or read a comic once in there life archie is the most famous comic book character that isn't a super hero. There is no need to change thing around to build a larger demographic because we all know the gang and Expect to see them how we remember them.
This show is going to confuse people and could even detour parents from showing there kids archie if they are all going to be meth heads.

I haven't heard the Meth Heads yet, but it wouldn't surprise me because the teen drama shows on today have at least one character it seems doing some sort of drugs.

You need to read this whole thread so you'll see the absurd things they are planning on doing with that show. Meth heads, Archie sleeping with Miss Grundy, Betty addicted to drugs, etc, etc,etc.

Are they really planning all that?  The race swapping is bad enough but this sounds like this series wants to be as "un-Archie-ish" as possible and will be a disaster to long time fans.

This show could be well be the greatest thing I will ever see.

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Would you guys prefer an age accurate 60-70 year-old Grundy and have Archie sleeping with her? 

Like Harold and Maude! Haha, OK, honestly that would probably freak people out even more. However, that'd be a ton more interesting...seriously! What other show would do something like that? It'd be gimmicky like mad but at least that'd be something actually new. 

Ah, how about an age accurate Miss Grundy and have Archie not sleep with her. But I guess that is too much to ask 

Now it's 18 days till we find out if RiverDale becomes a series on The CW. Let's all keep our fingers crossed.  It would be awesome if the first esposide is free on iTunes. They do make the first esposide of new shows free.