One of the most surprising shows of the 2016-2017 season was the CW's Riverdale. Despite not making a lot narrative sense and suffering for some character inconsistencies, this mystery teen drama series surprisingly works.
Riverdale is loosely based upon the Archie comics but that is largely irrelevant because, except for the characters' names and some of their most superficial features, there is very little that would remind you of the source text. Where the original comics dealt with teenage romance in an understandably cartoonish way, the new iteration deals with a murder mystery. Not only does redhead Archie get abs in this new version, he also gets a rather active sex life.
