The plot of the first season revolves around the girls’ school life, rival groups of friends, mutual animosity and plan to separate their parents. Also, a reversal of fortunes takes place, with Brooke resigning from cheerleading to focus on her studies, and Sam experiencing a surge of sudden popularity at school. Television shows like Dawson’s Creek, Daria, Mission Hill, Grosse Pointe and other series also went through similar situations where their DVD and streaming (ex. Netflix, Hulu) counterparts used stock music as a replacement in order to cut costs of using other artists’ music. The DVD versions of select episodes had to change several songs that were used in the original aired episodes to stock music due to licensing fees. The show aired in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Poland, and Brazil with subtitles while retaining the original music and English dialogue. In the end of the second-season finale – which turned out to be the unexpected series finale when the show was cancelled – Brooke is run over by a drunk and angry Nicole Julian (Tammy Lynn Michaels).

At the end of the season, Sam finds Brooke’s real mother and encourages her to come back to town, which breaks up the engagement and splits the new family apart. Brooke is a popular cheerleader and Sam is an unpopular reporter for the school newspaper. Leslie Bibb and Carly Pope appeared in episode 6 of fellow WB series Grosse Pointe as actresses from Popular in a volleyball game against Johnny and Courtney. The complete series of Popular has been released on DVD in region 1 by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment. Popular was broadcast from September 29, 1999, until May 18, 2001, for 2 seasons on The WB. Their respective groups are forced to socialize when Brooke’s father and Sam’s mother get engaged and the two girls have to share a house.

The fury casino show was produced by Touchstone Television and ran for two seasons on The WB from September 29, 1999, to May 18, 2001.