ARCHIE: TO RIVERDALE AND BACK AGAIN aka RETURN TO RIVERDALE
1990
NBC
    This, I hear, was an embarassment to Archie Comics.  I saw some negative reviews of this movie, but I have yet to see it.  In this movie, Archie and the gang are now adults.  Archie is now a lawyer with a stuck-up fiancee (NO IT'S NOT VERONICA!!!), Betty (played by well known actress Lauren Holly) is a teacher (I think), Veronica is a billionaire (no surprise there), Reggie is a land-developer tycoon, and Jughead is (Hold on to your hats) a shrink!  They return to Riverdale for a high school reunion.  Plus the eternal question will be answered in this movie: Who will Archie choose?  Betty or Veronica?  You'll have to watch to find out.  It's available on video from Archie Comics.  You can go to their website at www.archiecomics.com to get it.

TRIVIA: The late David Doyle, who plays Mr. Weatherbee in this movie, is best known for his role as Bosley on Charlie's Angels.  UPDATE 10/12/2004:  I had just learned that DiC was the company that produced this movie, which is interesting because they usually only do animated shows and features (Save for Disney's version of Inspector Gadget).  This movie just might have been DiC's only foray into live-action features.  I also learned that To Riverdale And Back was a prime-time pilot for a regular series to air on NBC that didn't get off the ground (It was at #53 in the Nielson's).  I will not include this in the DiC Era section only because it falls into the live-action catagory.
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