{"id":5371,"date":"2021-10-06T12:00:18","date_gmt":"2021-10-06T10:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1376701"},"modified":"2021-10-06T12:16:10","modified_gmt":"2021-10-06T10:16:10","slug":"riverdale-season-6-release-date-rumours-and-latest-news-on-cw-drama","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/riverdale-season-6-release-date-rumours-and-latest-news-on-cw-drama\/","title":{"rendered":"Riverdale season 6: Release date rumours and latest news on CW drama"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Published: Wednesday, 06 October 2021 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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The fifth season of Riverdale airs its highly-anticipated finale this week, and judging by The CW\u2019s latest teaser, it is set to be a fairly dramatic one, with Pop\u2019s Diner being set on fire, Veronica and Reggie rekindling a romance and Cheryl seemingly being burnt at the stake.<\/p>\n

With just an hour of season five left to go, fans will be wondering when the teen drama\u2019s sixth series will be landing on our screens and what exactly we can expect from it.<\/p>\n

While the show\u2019s creator Robert Aguirre-Sacasa hasn\u2019t given too much away just yet, he has revealed that the new season will see \u201cthe ultimate battle between Good and Evil\u201d take place and that production has already begun.<\/p>\n

It doesn\u2019t seem as though we\u2019ll have to wait too long either, with The CW announcing earlier this year that season six would launch in the autumn with five special episodes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Read on for everything you need to know about Riverdale season six, which cast members will be returning and the show\u2019s rumoured release date.<\/p>\n

Riverdale season 6 release date rumours<\/h2>\n

Season five may still be underway, however Riverdale creator Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa has confirmed that a sixth season is on its way, with production having now commenced.<\/p>\n

\u201cForces are gathering for the ultimate battle between Good and Evil as the cameras begin to roll on #Riverdale Season Six,\u201d he wrote on Instagram.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut who will stand on which side? And who will live, and who will die? Everything has been a prelude to this.\u201d It sounds as though series six is about to be one of the most dramatic instalments of Riverdale yet.<\/p>\n

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As for when we can expect season six to land on our screens, The CW has already said that the new episodes will begin airing at some point this autumn.<\/p>\n

The sixth series will kick off with five special episodes<\/a>, while the rest of the season will air at a later date.<\/p>

Riverdale season 6 cast<\/h2>\n

It\u2019s hard to imagine Riverdale without its four core stars \u2013 KJ Apa (Archie), Lili Reinhart (Betty), Camila Mendes (Veronica) and Cole Sprouse (Jughead) \u2013 so we\u2019d expect all of them to return for a sixth series.<\/p>\n

We\u2019d also expect the likes of Madelaine Petsch (Cheryl), Ashleigh Murray (Josie), Vanessa Morgan (Toni), Charles Melton (Reggie) and Casey Cott (Kevin Keller) to be back for the upcoming season, but with two more episodes to go until the current series ends, who knows what could happen!<\/p>\n

Season five saw Erinn Westbrook join the series as Tabitha Tate, the granddaughter of Pop Tate who teams up with Jughead and Betty to investigate the Moth Men, and so it\u2019s likely that she\u2019ll return for series six.<\/p>\n

Riverdale season 6 plot<\/h2>\n
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These days it\u2019s hard to predict what will happen in Riverdale given the drama\u2019s ever-changing storylines and with one more episode of season five still to go, anything could happen when it comes to season six.<\/p>\n

That being said, we\u2019re likely to see Betty and Alice continue to process the death of Polly after finally finding her body and discovering that it was Old Man Dreyfus who killed her, while series six also explores the new relationship between Jughead and Tabitha as well as Veronica and Archie\u2019s will-they-won\u2019t-they romance.<\/p>\n

Speaking to Decider<\/a> in August 2021, creator Robert Aguirre-Sacasa said that many of the new friendships and relationships of season five will continue to blossom in season six.<\/p>\n

\u201cI will say that we\u2019re definitely picking up on a lot of the emotional relationship stories in season six,\u201d he said. \u201cSo, a lot of the friendships and relationships and redefinition of relationships that we get to at the end of season five [will] continue into season six.\u201d<\/p>\n

Whatever happens in season six, fans won\u2019t be disappointed according to creator Aguirre-Sacasa, who said on Instagram in September that all previous seasons have \u201cbeen a prelude to\u201d the upcoming series.<\/p>\n

Riverdale season 6 trailer<\/h2>\n

We don\u2019t have a trailer just yet to Riverdale season six but watch this space for any further updates!<\/p>\n

Riverdale is available to stream on Netflix. Looking for something else to watch? Check out our guide to the\u00a0<\/b>best series on\u00a0Netflix<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/b>best movies\u00a0on\u00a0Netflix<\/b><\/span><\/a>, or visit our\u00a0<\/b>TV Guide<\/b><\/span><\/a>.<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n

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