Popular (TV series)

Popular was a teenage dramedy on The WB, created by Ryan Murphy (Nip/Tuck) and Gina Matthews (What Women Want, Jake 2.0, 13 Going on 30), 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 and get married.

The show ran for two seasons on The WB from 1999 to 2001. Though the show was 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, despite some outcry from loyal fans. Fans were also outraged over the rumor that Ryan Murphy had been promised a third season, which is why he left the final episode of the series on a cliffhanger, never to be resolved.