List of Popular (TV series) episodes
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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
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 | 1PO101 | 4.96[1] |
| 2 | 2 | "Mo' Menace, Mo' Problems" | Michael M. Robin | Ryan Murphy | September 30, 1999 | 1PO102 | 3.29[1] |
| 3 | 3 | "Under Siege" | Perry Lang | Ryan Murphy | October 7, 1999 | 1PO103 | 3.93[2] |
| 4 | 4 | "Windstruck" | Jamie Babbit | Oliver Goldstick | October 14, 1999 | 1PO104 | 3.39[3] |
| 5 | 5 | "Slumber Party Massacre" | Michael M. Robin | Wendy MacLeod | October 21, 1999 | 1PO105 | 3.42[4] |
| 6 | 6 | "Truth or Consequences" | Marc Buckland | Ari Posner & Eric Preven | November 4, 1999 | 1PO106 | 3.46[5] |
| 7 | 7 | "Queen B." | Matthew Harrison | Ryan Murphy | November 11, 1999 | 1PO107 | 3.43[6] |
| 8 | 8 | "Tonight's the Night" | Jamie Babbit | Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz and Ryan Murphy | November 18, 1999 | 1PO108 | 3.68[7] |
| 9 | 9 | "Wild Wild Mess" | Lev L. Spiro | Oliver Goldstick | December 2, 1999 | 1PO109 | 3.52[8] |
| 10 | 10 | "Fall on Your Knees" | Elodie Keene | Ryan Murphy | December 9, 1999 | 1PO110 | 3.36[9] |
| 11 | 11 | "Ex, Lies and Videotape" | Arvin Brown | Ari Posner & Eric Preven | January 13, 2000 | 1PO111 | 2.92[10] |
| 12 | 12 | "The Trial of Emory Dick" | Perry Lang | Oliver Goldstick | January 20, 2000 | 1PO112 | 3.24[11] |
| 13 | 13 | "Hope in a Jar" | David Petrarca | Wendy MacLeod | January 27, 2000 | 1PO113 | 4.31[12] |
| 14 | 14 | "Caged!" | Jamie Babbit | Ryan Murphy | February 3, 2000 | 1PO114 | 3.04[13] |
| 15 | 15 | "Booty Camp" | Michael M. Robin | Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz | February 10, 2000 | 1PO115 | 3.08[14] |
| 16 | 16 | "All About Adam" | Perry Lang | Wendy MacLeod & Ryan Murphy | February 17, 2000 | 1PO116 | 2.98[15] |
| 17 | 17 | "Lord of the Files" | Lev L. Spiro | Oliver Goldstick | February 24, 2000 | 1PO117 | 3.33[16] |
| 18 | 18 | "Ch-Ch-Changes" | Craig Zisk | Ari Posner & Eric Preven | April 20, 2000 | 1PO118 | 2.29[17] |
| 19 | 19 | "Hard on the Outside, Soft in the Middle" | Jamie Babbit | Ryan Murphy | April 27, 2000 | 1PO119 | 2.59[18] |
| 20 | 20 | "We Are Family" | Elodie Keene | Ryan Murphy & Deidre Strohm | May 4, 2000 | 1PO120 | 2.09[19] |
| 21 | 21 | "What Makes Sammy Run" | Jamie Babbit | Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz | May 11, 2000 | 1PO121 | 2.12[20] |
| 22 | 22 | "Two Weddings and a Funeral" | Lev L. Spiro | Ryan Murphy | May 18, 2000 | 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 | 2PO201 | 1.91[22] |
| 24 | 2 | "Baby, Don't Do It" | Michael M. Robin | Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz | September 29, 2000 | 2PO202 | 2.22[23] |
| 25 | 3 | "Citizen Shame" | Lev L. Spiro | Oliver Goldstick | October 6, 2000 | 2PO203 | 2.98[24] |
| 26 | 4 | "The Sweetest Taboo" | Craig Zisk | Ari Posner & Eric Preven | October 13, 2000 | 2PO204 | 2.33[25] |
| 27 | 5 | "Joe Loves Mary Cherry" | Jamie Babbit | James Duff & Ryan Murphy | October 20, 2000 | 2PO205 | 2.35[26] |
| 28 | 6 | "Style and Substance Abuse (Part 1 of 2)" | Elodie Keene | Ryan Murphy | November 3, 2000 | 2PO206 | 3.28[27] |
| 29 | 7 | "Ur-ine Trouble (Part 2 of 2)" | Michael M. Robin | Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz | November 10, 2000 | 2PO207 | 2.79[28] |
| 30 | 8 | "Misery Loathes Company" | Craig Zisk | Oliver Goldstick & Deidre Strohm | November 17, 2000 | 2PO208 | 3.39[29] |
| 31 | 9 | "Are You There God? It's Me, Ann-Margret" | Aaron E. Schneider | Oliver Goldstick | December 8, 2000 | 2PO209 | 2.99[30] |
| 32 | 10 | "The Consequences of Falling" | Michael M. Robin | Ryan Murphy | December 15, 2000 | 2PO210 | 2.36[31] |
| 33 | 11 | "Fire in the Hole" | Randy Miller | Ari Posner & Eric Preven | January 19, 2001 | 2PO211 | 2.45[32] |
| 34 | 12 | "The Shocking Possession" | Jamie Babbit | Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz | January 26, 2001 | 2PO212 | 2.80[33] |
| 35 | 13 | "Mary Charity" | Lawrence Trilling | James Duff | February 2, 2001 | 2PO213 | 2.61[34] |
| 36 | 14 | "The News of My Death Has Been Greatly Exaggerated" | Ryan Murphy | Ryan Murphy | February 23, 2001 | 2PO214 | 2.36[35] |
| 37 | 15 | "It's Greek to Me" | Jamie Babbit | Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz | March 2, 2001 | 2PO215 | 2.65[36] |
| 38 | 16 | "Fag" | Elodie Keene | Deidre Strohm | March 9, 2001 | 2PO216 | 2.38[37] |
| 39 | 17 | "Coup" | Jamie Babbit | Ari Posner & Eric Preven | March 16, 2001 | 2PO217 | 2.21[38] |
| 40 | 18 | "The Brain Game" | Craig Zisk | James Duff | April 27, 2001 | 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 | 2PO219 | 2.67[40] |
| 42 | 20 | "You Don't Tug on Superman's Cape... You Don't Spit Into the Wind... You Don't Pull the Mask Off the Ol' Lone Ranger... And You Don't Mess Around with Big Bertha Muffin" | Lawrence Trilling | Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz | May 11, 2001 | 2PO220 | 2.29[41] |
| 43 | 21 | "Promblems" | Jamie Babbit | Ryan Murphy | May 18, 2001 | 2PO221 | 2.62[42] |
Ratings
Popular : U.S. viewers per episode (millions)
Audience measurement performed by Nielsen Media Research[a]

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