Riverdale Season 5 Premieres Tonight on The CW

Published 01/20/2021, 3:32 PM EST

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Finally, we are having a chance to see all the Riverdale cast again tonight. Fans were missing it. The fifth season of the famous Netflix series will be premiering at 8 P.M. (GMT+) on January 20, 2021, on The CW. Unfortunately, the pandemic also had a few effects on the filming sector as well.

Climax was supposed to be the 20th episode of the fourth season of the series. However, production is decided to be suspended and filming has delayed. It causes to ends up the fourth season earlier because of the pandemic. Even, we couldn’t have all the episodes of season 4, season 5 is following to start. In the two episodes of season 5, the story puts us on a time journey. Having a chance to see Archie, Veronica, Betty, and Jughead, and the rest of the gang in their old age sounds just so interesting. We can’t wait to see it. Series characters will be traveling to their adulthood times and seven years into the future.

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When is the season 5 release date of Riverdale?

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For the people who live outside of the United States, the series will be premiering, just one day after the first premiere for the US on January 21th, 2021. Also, there will be additional new episodes on its streaming service The CW just right after the day of the first premiere in the US. Nothing would make us happier than the exact that’s of our favorite tv series.

Unfortunately, the fans from the US will have to wait to watch the series. Because the episodes will be available on Netflix US when the full season of the series is added on The CW. On the other hand, the outside of the US viewers the episodes right after new episodes are added on The CW.

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You may be wondering why it works like that. The reason is that the series air on The CW in the US. The network owns the rights to the episodes until the season finale moves to Netflix eight days after its added on The CW. Over in all, the talks sounds like the fifth season of the series will release in the late summertime around July and August.

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