Why doesn't fetching date_range by Django date work?

Question

Python

The model has date = models.DateField(null=True, verbose_name="Show Date")
The code works:

def show_dates():
    now = datetime.now()
    dates = Show.objects.exclude(date=datetime.now())
    return {"dates": dates}

Why doesn't this one work?

def show_dates():
    now = datetime.now()
    dates = Show.objects.filter(date__range=[datetime.now(), timedelta(days=7)])
    return {"dates": dates}

Answer 1

Because date__range takes two dates, not a date and a delta.