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'{{Infobox Television Film | name = Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again | image =--~~~~--~~~~--~~~~--~~~~--~~~~--~~~~[[File:Example.jpg]] | caption = | format = [[Comedy]] | runtime = 96 minutes (approx.) | creator = [[John Goldwater]]<br>[[Bob Montana]] | director = [[Dick Lowry]] | producer = [[Graham Cottle]] | writer = [[Evan Katz]] [[File:[[File:Example.jpg]][[Link title]]]]| starring = [[Christopher Rich (American actor)|Christopher Rich]]<br>[[Lauren Holly]]<br>[[Karen Kopins]]<br>[[Sam Whipple]]<br>[[Gary Kroeger]] | music = [[Mark Snow]] | country = [[United States]] | language = [[English language|English]] | network = [[NBC]] | released = [[May 6]], [[1990]] }} '''''Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again''''' (released on video as '''''Archie: Return to Riverdale''''') was a [[live action|live-action]] [[television movie]] based on [[comic book]] characters published by [[Archie Comics]]. It was produced by [[DiC Entertainment|DiC]] and premiered on ''[[NBC]] Sunday Night at the Movies'' in [[1990]]. The concept behind the movie was to combine the long-standing familiarity of Archie and [[Archie's Gang|the gang]] from the comics with adult issues. In this sense, it can be seen as being similar to other "updates" of family-friendly concepts for television such as ''[[The Bradys]]''. ==Plot== <!-- Deleted image removed: [[Image:ArchieReturntoRiverdaleCast.jpg|thumb|175 px|left|(From left to right) Karen Kopins as Veronica Lodge, Christopher Rich as Archie Andrews, Lauren Holly as Betty Cooper, Sam Whipple as Jughead Jones, Gary Kroeger as Reggie Mantle, Billy Corben as Jordan Jones. {{deletable image-caption|Thursday, 5 November 2009}}]] --> [[Archie Andrews (comics)|Archie Andrews]], fifteen years after graduating from [[Riverdale High School (Archie Comics)|Riverdale High]], has become a successful lawyer and is getting ready to marry his fiancée, Pam, and move to "the big city." Before doing that, however, he returns home to [[Riverdale (Archie Comics)|Riverdale]] for his [[class reunion|high school reunion]]. Archie and company are all now in their early thirties, with the trials and tribulations one might expect to have happened to such a group over the years: *[[Betty Cooper|Betty]], a [[primary education|grade school]] teacher, is constantly bossed around by her crummy boyfriend, Robert. *[[Veronica Lodge|Veronica]], having lived in [[France]] since graduation, has been married (and divorced) four times. *[[Jughead Jones|Jughead]], now a [[psychiatry|psychiatrist]], is also a divorcé with a son, Jordan. Jughead carries emotional baggage that manifests itself in a terrible fear of women. (A [[running gag]] in the movie is Jughead's desperation to avoid seeing [[Big Ethel]] during his visit to Riverdale.) *[[Moose Mason|Moose]] and [[Midge Klump|Midge]] have gotten married and become [[chiropractic|chiropractors]]. They also have a son, Max, who hits it off with Jordan. When Archie sees Betty and Veronica for the first time in fifteen years, all his old feelings for them come flooding back, threatening his engagement--and it doesn't help that the girls renew their pursuit of Archie, heedless of the fact that he has a fiancée. Meanwhile, Archie also tries to keep gym owner [[Reggie Mantle|Reggie]], helped along by an uncharacteristically menacing [[Hiram Lodge|Mr. Lodge]], from evicting Pop Tate from his [[soda shop]]. Archie ultimately saves the Chock'lit Shoppe, though he loses Pam in the bargain, and decides to stay in Riverdale and marries betty.They have to kids and it is showed how. ==Cast== Almost all of the characters in the movie are regular or recurring characters in the originating comics: {| class="wikitable" |- bgcolor="CCCCCC" ! Actor !! Role |- | [[Christopher Rich (American actor)|Christopher Rich]] || [[Archie Andrews (comics)|Archie Andrews]] |- | [[Lauren Holly]] || [[Betty Cooper]] |- | [[Karen Kopins]] || [[Veronica Lodge]] |- | [[Sam Whipple]] || [[Jughead Jones|Forsythe "Jughead" Jones]] |- | [[Gary Kroeger]]|| [[Reggie Mantle]] |- | [[Jeff Hochendoner]]|| [[Moose Mason]] |- | [[Debi Derryberry]]|| [[Midge Klump|Midge Mason]] |- | [[Mike Nussbaum]]|| [[Pop Tate]] |- | [[Fran Ryan]]|| [[Miss Grundy]] |- | [[David Doyle (actor)|David Doyle]] || [[Mr. Weatherbee]] |- | [[J.D. Hall]]|| [[Coach Clayton]] |- | [[Cindy Ambuehl]]|| [[Big Ethel|Ethel Muggs (Big Ethel)]] |- | [[James Noble (actor)|James Noble]]|| [[Hiram Lodge]] |} Additional characters were mostly created for the movie to indicate the passage of time, such as the regulars' children or new romantic partners: {| class="wikitable" |- bgcolor="CCCCCC" ! Actor !! Role |- | [[Billy Corben]]|| Jordan "Jughead Junior" Jones |- | [[Aeryk Egan]]|| Max Mason |- | [[Matt McCoy (actor)|Matt McCoy]]|| Robert Miller |- | [[Christina Haag]]|| Pam |} ==Reception== The NBC movie, broadcast during the May sweeps period, was seen as a [[television pilot#Backdoor pilots|pilot]] for a possible series. Despite well-received performances from the actors and actresses portraying the Archie characters, however, the movie finished a disappointing 51st in the [[Nielsen Ratings]], having been beaten by the [[prime time|primetime]] premiere of the [[Kevin Costner]]/[[Sean Connery]] remake of ''[[The Untouchables (1987 film)|The Untouchables]]'' on [[CBS]] and the powerful combination of ''[[Married… with Children]]'' and ''[[In Living Color]]'' on [[Fox Broadcasting Company|FOX]]. ==Comic Book Version== [[Archie Comics]] published a [[one-shot (comics)|one-shot]] comic book adaptation of the TV movie which coincided with its premiere. [[Stan Goldberg]] and [[Mike Esposito (comics)|Mike Esposito]] drew the sections of the book featuring the characters in flashback as teens, while [[Gene Colan]] drew characters as adults, in a less cartoony style. == External links == * {{imdb title|0099054|Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again}} * {{amg movie|123750|Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again}} {{tv-film-stub}} {{Archie comics}} [[Category:Films based on Archie Comics]] [[Category:Television pilots not picked up as a series]] [[Category:Television series by DIC Entertainment]] [[Category:1990 television films]] [[Category:Television films as pilots]]'