It seems that fans won’t have to wait until the launch of Katy Keene to catch a glimpse of Lucy Hale’s title character, as executive producers Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and Michael Grassi have announced that Hale’s Katy will be making a guest appearance in Riverdale the day before the premiere of the spinoff show this February.
“Before Katy Keene officially premieres, we all thought it would be super-fun to do a crossover that took Veronica (Camila Mendes) to Katy’s world—New York City—and established Katy in the Riverdale universe,” said Aguirre-Sacasa and Grassi. “For our first Riverdale/Katy crossover, we couldn’t be more excited that it’s old friends Veronica and Katy—Cami and Lucy—having fun and heart-to-hearts!”
The news is out! Veronica’s going to NYC and #Katykeene is coming to #Riverdale! So excited for our first #Archiverse crossover!! ❤️🎁💎📸✈️🎭🏆🔥👗👠🧶💃🏻👯♀️ pic.twitter.com/xXVMBTnltq
— RobertoAguirreSacasa (@WriterRAS) December 4, 2019
Katy Keene is set to premiere on The CW on Thursday February 6th, and sees Hale’s aspiring fashion designer joined in NYC by fellow Archie Comics characters Josie McCoy (Ashleigh Murray), Jorge Lopez/Ginger (Jonny Beauchamp), and Pepper Smith (Julia Chan). The Riverdale crossover episode meanwhile will air on Wednesday, February 5th.