Television shows tend to be addicting, and while this is a great quality when binge-watching, the next season’s premiere is light years away once you run out of Netflix seasons. One of the worst feelings in the world is powering through a show, only to discover there’s no more than one season available on Netflix to watch. Many watchers went through this with popular series “Stranger Things” and “Riverdale.” The shows only have one season released, but were quick hits with teens.

“I know so many people who watched them within the first week of them coming out on Netflix,” senior Danielle Candela said.

Both premiere seasons have highly anticipated returns, and viewers have been waiting about a year for both. “Riverdale” seemingly had a much quicker return, due to the fact that the episodes were spaced out over the course of four months, whereas “Stranger Things” was released all at once. Despite these differences, they both returned around the same time in October.

“I don’t even like shows like Riverdale, but I’m obsessed with it,” junior Calista Mannuzza said.

“Riverdale” has been especially popular with West Essex students, its popularity sparking over the summer when the first season was released on Netflix. Many were guilty of binge watching the show and anxiously waiting for its October release.

“The wait is too long!” senior Olivia Altiero said. Despite only just watching the series recently, she is already impatient for its long-awaited return.

Each series left their own unanswered questions, leaving viewers in suspense for (hopefully) answers in the upcoming seasons. For spoilers sake, the cliff-hangers won’t be mentioned, but let’s just say it was enough to leave viewers anxious for its return.
Both shows have highly anticipated returns and big shoes to fill in terms of maintaining viewers throughout their second seasons. People are expecting big things, especially due to the success of the first seasons.

“Stranger Things” fans have it a bit easier because if they really want to know how the season ends, they can watch it all at once the night it comes out. Though this binge might seem great, remember that a new season only comes out once a year so watch carefully.

Unfortunately for “Riverdale” fans, they’ll have to wait a little longer to find out the outcome of the season, as it airs (mostly) weekly, so the finale won’t be for a few more months which is already being anticipated by fans.

When each show is aired, it will be interesting to see if they live up to the hype of the first seasons or flop, though it is doubtful that the latter would happen as these shows are very popular already with fans. Start binging: both “Stranger Things” and “Riverdale are now airing, so either tune in weekly or pull an all-nighter.