List of Popular (TV series) episodes

This page lists the episodes of the 1999–2001 television comedy-drama Popular. There were a total of 43 episodes in this series.

Series overview

Season	Episodes		Originally released
			First released	Last released
1	22		September 29, 1999 (1999-09-29)	May 18, 2000 (2000-05-18)
2	21		September 22, 2000 (2000-09-22)	May 18, 2001 (2001-05-18)

Episodes

Season 1 (1999–2000)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code	Viewers (millions)
1	1	"Popular, Round One"	Brian Robbins	Ryan Murphy	September 29, 1999 (1999-09-29)	1PO101	4.96[1]
2	2	"Mo' Menace, Mo' Problems"	Michael M. Robin	Ryan Murphy	September 30, 1999 (1999-09-30)	1PO102	3.29[1]
3	3	"Under Siege"	Perry Lang	Ryan Murphy	October 7, 1999 (1999-10-07)	1PO103	3.93[2]
4	4	"Windstruck"	Jamie Babbit	Oliver Goldstick	October 14, 1999 (1999-10-14)	1PO104	3.39[3]
5	5	"Slumber Party Massacre"	Michael M. Robin	Wendy MacLeod	October 21, 1999 (1999-10-21)	1PO105	3.42[4]
6	6	"Truth or Consequences"	Marc Buckland	Ari Posner & Eric Preven	November 4, 1999 (1999-11-04)	1PO106	3.46[5]
7	7	"Queen B."	Matthew Harrison	Ryan Murphy	November 11, 1999 (1999-11-11)	1PO107	3.43[6]
8	8	"Tonight's the Night"	Jamie Babbit	Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz and Ryan Murphy	November 18, 1999 (1999-11-18)	1PO108	3.68[7]
9	9	"Wild Wild Mess"	Lev L. Spiro	Oliver Goldstick	December 2, 1999 (1999-12-02)	1PO109	3.52[8]
10	10	"Fall on Your Knees"	Elodie Keene	Ryan Murphy	December 9, 1999 (1999-12-09)	1PO110	3.36[9]
11	11	"Ex, Lies and Videotape"	Arvin Brown	Ari Posner & Eric Preven	January 13, 2000 (2000-01-13)	1PO111	2.92[10]
12	12	"The Trial of Emory Dick"	Perry Lang	Oliver Goldstick	January 20, 2000 (2000-01-20)	1PO112	3.24[11]
13	13	"Hope in a Jar"	David Petrarca	Wendy MacLeod	January 27, 2000 (2000-01-27)	1PO113	4.31[12]
14	14	"Caged!"	Jamie Babbit	Ryan Murphy	February 3, 2000 (2000-02-03)	1PO114	3.04[13]
15	15	"Booty Camp"	Michael M. Robin	Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz	February 10, 2000 (2000-02-10)	1PO115	3.08[14]
16	16	"All About Adam"	Perry Lang	Wendy MacLeod & Ryan Murphy	February 17, 2000 (2000-02-17)	1PO116	2.98[15]
17	17	"Lord of the Files"	Lev L. Spiro	Oliver Goldstick	February 24, 2000 (2000-02-24)	1PO117	3.33[16]
18	18	"Ch-Ch-Changes"	Craig Zisk	Ari Posner & Eric Preven	April 20, 2000 (2000-04-20)	1PO118	2.29[17]
19	19	"Hard on the Outside, Soft in the Middle"	Jamie Babbit	Ryan Murphy	April 27, 2000 (2000-04-27)	1PO119	2.59[18]
20	20	"We Are Family"	Elodie Keene	Ryan Murphy & Deidre Strohm	May 4, 2000 (2000-05-04)	1PO120	2.09[19]
21	21	"What Makes Sammy Run"	Jamie Babbit	Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz	May 11, 2000 (2000-05-11)	1PO121	2.12[20]
22	22	"Two Weddings and a Funeral"	Lev L. Spiro	Ryan Murphy	May 18, 2000 (2000-05-18)	1PO122	2.38[21]

Season 2 (2000–2001)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code	Viewers (millions)
23	1	"Timber!"	Jamie Babbit	Ryan Murphy	September 22, 2000 (2000-09-22)	2PO201	1.91[22]
24	2	"Baby, Don't Do It"	Michael M. Robin	Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz	September 29, 2000 (2000-09-29)	2PO202	2.22[23]
25	3	"Citizen Shame"	Lev L. Spiro	Oliver Goldstick	October 6, 2000 (2000-10-06)	2PO203	2.98[24]
26	4	"The Sweetest Taboo"	Craig Zisk	Ari Posner & Eric Preven	October 13, 2000 (2000-10-13)	2PO204	2.33[25]
27	5	"Joe Loves Mary Cherry"	Jamie Babbit	James Duff & Ryan Murphy	October 20, 2000 (2000-10-20)	2PO205	2.35[26]
28	6	"Style and Substance Abuse (Part 1 of 2)"	Elodie Keene	Ryan Murphy	November 3, 2000 (2000-11-03)	2PO206	3.28[27]
29	7	"Ur-ine Trouble (Part 2 of 2)"	Michael M. Robin	Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz	November 10, 2000 (2000-11-10)	2PO207	2.79[28]
30	8	"Misery Loathes Company"	Craig Zisk	Oliver Goldstick & Deidre Strohm	November 17, 2000 (2000-11-17)	2PO208	3.39[29]
31	9	"Are You There God? It's Me, Ann-Margret"	Aaron E. Schneider	Oliver Goldstick	December 8, 2000 (2000-12-08)	2PO209	2.99[30]
32	10	"The Consequences of Falling"	Michael M. Robin	Ryan Murphy	December 15, 2000 (2000-12-15)	2PO210	2.36[31]
33	11	"Fire in the Hole"	Randy Miller	Ari Posner & Eric Preven	January 19, 2001 (2001-01-19)	2PO211	2.45[32]
34	12	"The Shocking Possession"	Jamie Babbit	Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz	January 26, 2001 (2001-01-26)	2PO212	2.80[33]
35	13	"Mary Charity"	Lawrence Trilling	James Duff	February 2, 2001 (2001-02-02)	2PO213	2.61[34]
36	14	"The News of My Death Has Been Greatly Exaggerated"	Ryan Murphy	Ryan Murphy	February 23, 2001 (2001-02-23)	2PO214	2.36[35]
37	15	"It's Greek to Me"	Jamie Babbit	Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz	March 2, 2001 (2001-03-02)	2PO215	2.65[36]
38	16	"Fag"	Elodie Keene	Deidre Strohm	March 9, 2001 (2001-03-09)	2PO216	2.38[37]
39	17	"Coup"	Jamie Babbit	Ari Posner & Eric Preven	March 16, 2001 (2001-03-16)	2PO217	2.21[38]
40	18	"The Brain Game"	Craig Zisk	James Duff	April 27, 2001 (2001-04-27)	2PO218	1.97[39]
41	19	"I Know What You Did Last Spring Break!"	Ryan Murphy	Story by : Ryan Murphy & Tim Wollaston Teleplay by : Ryan Murphy	May 4, 2001 (2001-05-04)	2PO219	2.67[40]
42	20	"You Don't Mess Around with Big Bertha"	Lawrence Trilling	Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz	May 11, 2001 (2001-05-11)	2PO220	2.29[41]
43	21	"Promblems"	Jamie Babbit	Ryan Murphy	May 18, 2001 (2001-05-18)	2PO221	2.62[42]

Ratings

Popular : U.S. viewers per episode (millions)

Season		Episode number
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
	1	4.96	3.29	3.93	3.39	3.42	3.46	3.43	3.68	3.52	3.36	2.92	3.24	4.31	3.04	3.08	2.98	3.33	2.29	2.59	2.09	2.12	2.38
	2	1.91	2.22	2.98	2.33	2.35	3.28	2.79	3.39	2.99	2.36	2.45	2.80	2.61	2.36	2.65	2.38	2.21	1.97	2.67	2.29	2.62	–

Audience measurement performed by Nielsen Media Research^[a]

Note

1. The viewership statistics in the graph and table are sourced from the citations in the season-specific tables above.