The original was not good by any means. I've been angry about the way they have treated both Sabrina and Riverdale because they managed to suck all the actual fun out of both of those series. All of the characters are fucking depressing. The comics are always this cheerful sort of nonsense but they got really good with the multiple timeline issues where Archie married either Veronica or Betty. They could have done a show set in the 50s or 60s and follow the characters throughout the decades and made something amazing but instead they made a steaming pile of shit.
This looks maybe not as terrible but still terrible, but slightly better than the original series, whose only saving grace was Caroline Rhea.