Popular was a teenage comedy-drama on The WB Television Network in the United States, created by Ryan Murphy and Gina Matthews, starring Leslie Bibb and Carly Pope as two teenage girls that reside on polar opposite sides of the popularity spectrum at their high school, but are forced to co-exist when their single parents randomly meet on a cruise ship and become engaged.
The show ran for two seasons on The WB from 1999 to 2001. Though a big hit w...
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Popular was a teenage comedy-drama on The WB Television Network in the United States, created by Ryan Murphy and Gina Matthews, starring Leslie Bibb and Carly Pope as two teenage girls that reside on polar opposite sides of the popularity spectrum at their high school, but are forced to co-exist when their single parents randomly meet on a cruise ship and become engaged.
The show ran for two seasons on The WB from 1999 to 2001. Though a big hit with The WB's teenage audience during its first year, the ratings could not sustain the network moving it to Friday nights. Creator Ryan Murphy was promised a third season, but instead, Popular was canceled, leaving the final episode of the series on a violent cliffhanger which was never resolved.
Sam McPherson and Brooke McQueen, students at Jacqueline Kennedy High School, are polar opposites. Brooke is a popular cheerleader, and Sam an unpopular journalist. Their respective groups are forced to socialize when Brooke's father and Sam's mother...
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