TV companies are slowly but surely catching on to the fact that if UK viewers have to wait too long after their US friends to see the latest episode of their favourite show, they'll just watch it illegally in order to avoid having things spoiled for them.

Luckily, Netflix are one of those companies, and they've confirmed that the highly anticipated season three of Riverdale will be coming to the UK just one day after America, which means October 11.

Things are going to get dark(er) for our heroes this time around, with riots and demonic rituals ceremonies involving babies. Not only that, Archie Andrews is doing time inside following his arrest for murder in the season two finale and Hiram Lodge is in control of Southside.

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Riverdale creator Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa has teased season three will be another "high-genre" effort, following on from the murder mystery and small town serial killer stories from previous seasons.

He said: "It's not just about the Archie characters. It's the Archie characters put into a specific genre, and we see how they relate and survive and adapt."

With The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina set to debut this year as well, we think there are a whole host of Archie Comics/Riverdale spin-offs that could and should hit out screens.

Riverdale airs on The CW in the US and Netflix in the UK, with season 1 is also currently showing on 5STAR.

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