When Will Riverdale Return With New Episodes? ✖ Riverdale has been absolutely captivating fans throughout its fifth season, especially once its massive time jump shook up the narrative that viewers thought they were expecting. Each new episode has consistently brought major character moments and intriguing new mysteries — but unfortunately, it will be a lot longer before those stories continue. After this week's episode, "Chapter Eighty-Six: The Pincushion Man", the series will be taking a pre-planned three-month hiatus, during which it will not air any new or previously-aired episodes. Instead, The CW's highly-anticipated reboot of Kung Fu will be taking over Riverdale's time slot, followed by new episodes of