# 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 | Episodes | Originally released | Originally released |
| Season | Episodes | Episodes | First released | Last released |
| 1 | 22 | 22 | September 29, 1999 (1999-09-29) | May 18, 2000 (2000-05-18) |
| 2 | 21 | 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 |
| 2 | 2 | "Mo' Menace, Mo' Problems" | Michael M. Robin | Ryan Murphy | September 30, 1999 (1999-09-30) | 1PO102 | 3.29 |
| 3 | 3 | "Under Siege" | Perry Lang | Ryan Murphy | October 7, 1999 (1999-10-07) | 1PO103 | 3.93 |
| 4 | 4 | "Windstruck" | Jamie Babbit | Oliver Goldstick | October 14, 1999 (1999-10-14) | 1PO104 | 3.39 |
| 5 | 5 | "Slumber Party Massacre" | Michael M. Robin | Wendy MacLeod | October 21, 1999 (1999-10-21) | 1PO105 | 3.42 |
| 6 | 6 | "Truth or Consequences" | Marc Buckland | Ari Posner & Eric Preven | November 4, 1999 (1999-11-04) | 1PO106 | 3.46 |
| 7 | 7 | "Queen B." | Matthew Harrison | Ryan Murphy | November 11, 1999 (1999-11-11) | 1PO107 | 3.43 |
| 8 | 8 | "Tonight's the Night" | Jamie Babbit | Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz and Ryan Murphy | November 18, 1999 (1999-11-18) | 1PO108 | 3.68 |
| 9 | 9 | "Wild Wild Mess" | Lev L. Spiro | Oliver Goldstick | December 2, 1999 (1999-12-02) | 1PO109 | 3.52 |
| 10 | 10 | "Fall on Your Knees" | Elodie Keene | Ryan Murphy | December 9, 1999 (1999-12-09) | 1PO110 | 3.36 |
| 11 | 11 | "Ex, Lies and Videotape" | Arvin Brown | Ari Posner & Eric Preven | January 13, 2000 (2000-01-13) | 1PO111 | 2.92 |
| 12 | 12 | "The Trial of Emory Dick" | Perry Lang | Oliver Goldstick | January 20, 2000 (2000-01-20) | 1PO112 | 3.24 |
| 13 | 13 | "Hope in a Jar" | David Petrarca | Wendy MacLeod | January 27, 2000 (2000-01-27) | 1PO113 | 4.31 |
| 14 | 14 | "Caged!" | Jamie Babbit | Ryan Murphy | February 3, 2000 (2000-02-03) | 1PO114 | 3.04 |
| 15 | 15 | "Booty Camp" | Michael M. Robin | Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz | February 10, 2000 (2000-02-10) | 1PO115 | 3.08 |
| 16 | 16 | "All About Adam" | Perry Lang | Wendy MacLeod & Ryan Murphy | February 17, 2000 (2000-02-17) | 1PO116 | 2.98 |
| 17 | 17 | "Lord of the Files" | Lev L. Spiro | Oliver Goldstick | February 24, 2000 (2000-02-24) | 1PO117 | 3.33 |
| 18 | 18 | "Ch-Ch-Changes" | Craig Zisk | Ari Posner & Eric Preven | April 20, 2000 (2000-04-20) | 1PO118 | 2.29 |
| 19 | 19 | "Hard on the Outside, Soft in the Middle" | Jamie Babbit | Ryan Murphy | April 27, 2000 (2000-04-27) | 1PO119 | 2.59 |
| 20 | 20 | "We Are Family" | Elodie Keene | Ryan Murphy & Deidre Strohm | May 4, 2000 (2000-05-04) | 1PO120 | 2.09 |
| 21 | 21 | "What Makes Sammy Run" | Jamie Babbit | Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz | May 11, 2000 (2000-05-11) | 1PO121 | 2.12 |
| 22 | 22 | "Two Weddings and a Funeral" | Lev L. Spiro | Ryan Murphy | May 18, 2000 (2000-05-18) | 1PO122 | 2.38 |

### 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 |
| 24 | 2 | "Baby, Don't Do It" | Michael M. Robin | Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz | September 29, 2000 (2000-09-29) | 2PO202 | 2.22 |
| 25 | 3 | "Citizen Shame" | Lev L. Spiro | Oliver Goldstick | October 6, 2000 (2000-10-06) | 2PO203 | 2.98 |
| 26 | 4 | "The Sweetest Taboo" | Craig Zisk | Ari Posner & Eric Preven | October 13, 2000 (2000-10-13) | 2PO204 | 2.33 |
| 27 | 5 | "Joe Loves Mary Cherry" | Jamie Babbit | James Duff & Ryan Murphy | October 20, 2000 (2000-10-20) | 2PO205 | 2.35 |
| 28 | 6 | "Style and Substance Abuse (Part 1 of 2)" | Elodie Keene | Ryan Murphy | November 3, 2000 (2000-11-03) | 2PO206 | 3.28 |
| 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 |
| 30 | 8 | "Misery Loathes Company" | Craig Zisk | Oliver Goldstick & Deidre Strohm | November 17, 2000 (2000-11-17) | 2PO208 | 3.39 |
| 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 |
| 32 | 10 | "The Consequences of Falling" | Michael M. Robin | Ryan Murphy | December 15, 2000 (2000-12-15) | 2PO210 | 2.36 |
| 33 | 11 | "Fire in the Hole" | Randy Miller | Ari Posner & Eric Preven | January 19, 2001 (2001-01-19) | 2PO211 | 2.45 |
| 34 | 12 | "The Shocking Possession" | Jamie Babbit | Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz | January 26, 2001 (2001-01-26) | 2PO212 | 2.80 |
| 35 | 13 | "Mary Charity" | Lawrence Trilling | James Duff | February 2, 2001 (2001-02-02) | 2PO213 | 2.61 |
| 36 | 14 | "The News of My Death Has Been Greatly Exaggerated" | Ryan Murphy | Ryan Murphy | February 23, 2001 (2001-02-23) | 2PO214 | 2.36 |
| 37 | 15 | "It's Greek to Me" | Jamie Babbit | Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz | March 2, 2001 (2001-03-02) | 2PO215 | 2.65 |
| 38 | 16 | "Fag" | Elodie Keene | Deidre Strohm | March 9, 2001 (2001-03-09) | 2PO216 | 2.38 |
| 39 | 17 | "Coup" | Jamie Babbit | Ari Posner & Eric Preven | March 16, 2001 (2001-03-16) | 2PO217 | 2.21 |
| 40 | 18 | "The Brain Game" | Craig Zisk | James Duff | April 27, 2001 (2001-04-27) | 2PO218 | 1.97 |
| 41 | 19 | "I Know What You Did Last Spring Break!" | Ryan Murphy | Ryan Murphy & Tim Wollaston | May 4, 2001 (2001-05-04) | 2PO219 | 2.67 |
| 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 |
| 43 | 21 | "Promblems" | Jamie Babbit | Ryan Murphy | May 18, 2001 (2001-05-18) | 2PO221 | 2.62 |

## Ratings

| Season | Season | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number |
| Season | Season | 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.