While Katy Keene doesn't premiere on The CW until Feb. 6, the character will appear a full day earlier on Riverdale, the network's other Archie Comics adaptation.
The Riverdale Season 4 episode scheduled to air February 5 -- the day before Katy Keene's premiere -- will feature Veronica Lodge touring colleges, which takes her back to Manhattan. There, she reunites with her old friend Katy, portrayed by upcoming spinoff series star Lucy Hale. Executive producers Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and Michael Grassi teased that the two old friends wo;; bond over a shopping spree, with Veronica enjoying her time away from her murderous upstate New York town.
"Before Katy Keene officially premieres, we all thought it would be super fun to do a crossover that took Veronica to Katy's world -- New York City -- and established Katy in the Riverdale universe," Aguirre-Sacasa and Grassi told E! News. "For our first Riverdale/Katy crossover, we couldn't be more excited that it's old friends Veronica and Katy -- [Camila Mendes and Lucy Hale] -- having fun and heart-to-hearts!"
The executive producers had previously hinted that other connections to Riverdale would appear throughout Katy Keene's inaugural season, including the presence of Josie McCoy -- reprised by Ashleigh Murray -- among the main cast, despite the spinoff taking place five years after the current events of its counterpart.
Airing Wednesdays at 8 p.m. ET/PT on The CW, Riverdale stars KJ Apa, Lili Reinhart, Camila Mendes, Cole Sprouse, Madelaine Petsch, Casey Cott, Vanessa Morgan, Mark Consuelos, Skeet Ulrich, Marisol Nichols and Madchen Amick.
Katy Keene stars Lucy Hale, Ashleigh Murray, Johnny Beauchamp, Julia Chan, Camille Hyde, Lucien Laviscount, Zane Holtz and Katherine LaNasa. The Riverdale spinoff premieres Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020 at 8 p.m. ET on The CW.