Popularity Papers is a Canadian live-action comedy television series based on the award-winning book franchise The Popularity Papers written by Amy Ignatow. It was developed for television by Amanda Brooke Perrin and Vivian Lin and serves as a co-production between Aircraft Pictures and WexWorks Media. Produced in association with BBC Studios Kids & Family,[5] and co-funded and distributed by BBC Studios,[6][7] it debuted on YTV in Canada on April 10, 2023 at 6:00PM.[7]
The series follows two best friends, Lydia and Julie, on a scientific quest to crack the popularity code and conquer middle school. They want to solve one of life's greatest questions: what makes someone popular? Every social experiment they test results in unexpected lessons about the value of friendship, kindness, and confidence, helping them to guide their way through the struggles of middle school with humour and heart.
Cast[]
| Character | Actor | ||
|---|---|---|---|
|
Lydia Goldblatt
|
Mia Bella | |
| Hailey Mae Rudolph (stunt double in Skate Expectations) | |||
|
Julie Graham-Chang
|
Glee Dango | |
|
Elaine Goldblatt
|
Naomi Snieckus | |
|
Richard Goldblatt
|
Micheal Rubenfeld | |
|
Melody Goldblatt
|
Anna Mirodin | |
 
|
James Graham
Aurora Borealis (drag name) |
Christopher Jacot | |
|
Alex Chang
|
Micheal Chan | |
|
Mike Cavalleri
|
Callum Shoniker | |
|
Chuck Cavalleri
|
Seth Murchison | |
 
|
Henry
Ginger Snaps (drag name) |
Keegan Hedley | |
|
Addison Anglade
|
Millie Davis | |
|
Sage Kennedy
|
Jenna Weir | |
|
Dimitri Loukanis
|
Pierre Drivas | |
|
River McKenzie[C 1]
|
Lyla Elliot | |
|
Jaime
|
Tyler Blanchard | |
|
Spit Valve
|
Chris River | |
|
Ursula Gil
|
Shazdeh Kapadia | |
|
Phoebe
|
Ashley Bazzano-Ly | |
|
Dawn
|
Ella Chung | |
|
Evan
|
Jaemy Orion Phoenix | |
|
Portia
|
Haze Adcock | |
|
Lucas
|
Nash Hartwell | |
|
Deirdre Baig
|
Tawnia Aghaei | |
|
Kelly Mann[C 2]
|
Tia Kitusa | |
|
Marie Jones[C 3]
|
Maleah Tappenden | |
|
Q. Humbert Boyd[C 4]
|
Cody Black | |
|
Lucy Graves
|
Cristina Vidinovski | |
|
Sinead Graves
|
Marissa Bondi | |
|
Florence Anglade
|
Arista Arhin | |
|
Manfred Manatee[C 5]
|
Mary Giang Nguyen | |
|
Principal Larocque
|
Dave Barclay | |
|
Mr. Liu
|
Russell Yuen | |
|
Mr. Collins
|
Lindsay Own Pierre | |
|
Mr. Kaplan
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Julian Richings | |
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Ms. Lawrence
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Bridgette Ogundipe | |
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Ms. Harrington
|
Quancetia Hamilton | |
|
Ms. Fielding
|
Sara Hennessey | |
|
Janitor Sam
|
Nicole Passmore | |
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Guidance Counselor
|
Amanda Brooke Perrin | |
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Dawn's Mom
|
Pearl Sun | |
|
Martin Kennedy
|
John Catucci | |
|
Mr. Cavalleri[C 6]
|
Jerald Bezener | |
|
Hugo
|
Josh Cruddas | |
|
Park Ranger
|
Michael Musi | |
|
Mrs. Wan
|
Kitty Chow | |
|
Rabbi Rivkha
|
Nadine Djoury | |
|
Inspector Green
|
Miguel Rivas | |
|
Mark
|
Tyler Murree | |
|
8 Year Old Classmate
|
Claire Poon | |
|
Rambunctious Kid
|
Sebastian Detsky | |
| Bobcat Player (Smells Like Tween Spirit) |
Abby Stretch | ||
| Mr. Stone (Trendship Never Ends) |
unknown | ||
| Cindy (Friends in Junior High Places) |
Anjana Vernuganan | ||
| Mindy (Friends in Junior High Places) |
Nendia Lewars | ||
| Baby (The Athenian Candidate) |
Noemi Skye | ||
| Pia (The Athenian Candidate) |
Kermyaa Edwards | ||
| Wicked Witch (The Wonderful Wizard of Mapleview: Part 2) |
Samara Nguyen | ||
| Scarecrow (The Wonderful Wizard of Mapleview: Part 2) |
Natalia Terry | ||
| Technical staff | |||
Casting directors
|
Larissa Mair | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Colleen Rush | |||
| Maureen Evans (background characters only) | |||
Casting assistants
|
Jade Hesson | ||
| Sophie van Bastelaer | |||
Music[]
For simplicity reasons, only songs that were produced exclusively for the series or pre-existing ones performed by any of the cast members will be listed here.
| Song | Singer(s) | ||
Breaking Out
|
Glee Dango | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Me and Only Me (I Am The World)
|
Mia Bella | ||
| Jenna Weir | |||
| Millie Davis | |||
| Seth Murchison | |||
Prettier[C 7]
|
Mia Bella | ||
Centre Stage
|
Jenna Weir | ||
Find Our Way
|
Jenna Weir | ||
| Mia Bella |
Episodes[]
| № | Episode title | Premiere
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Premiere
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Premiere
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Premiere
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Premiere
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC iview | ABC Me | ABC Family | ||||||
| FIRST SEASON | ||||||||
| 1 | New School, New Start | April 10, 2023 | January 1, 2024[8] | January 15, 2024 | March 28, 2025 | April 5, 2024 | April 5, 2024 | July 1, 2024 |
| 2 | Teamwork Makes the Scene Work | April 17, 2023 | January 16, 2024 | March 29, 2025 | April 12, 2024 | July 2, 2024 | ||
| 3 | My Art Will Go On | April 24, 2023 | January 17, 2024 | March 30, 2025 | April 19, 2024 | July 3, 2024 | ||
| 4 | Hike a Pose | May 1, 2023 | January 18, 2024 | March 31, 2025 | April 24, 2024 | July 4, 2024 | ||
| 5 | Smells Like Tween Spirit | May 8, 2023 | January 19, 2024 | April 1, 2025 | May 3, 2024 | July 5, 2024 | ||
| 6 | Tears of a Class Clown | May 15, 2023 | January 22, 2024 | April 2, 2025 | May 10, 2024 | July 8, 2024 | ||
| 7 | Middle School of Rock | May 22, 2023 | January 23, 2024 | April 3, 2025 | May 17, 2024 | July 9, 2024 | ||
| 8[note 1] | Trendship Never Ends | May 29, 2023 | January 25, 2024 | April 5, 2025 | May 24, 2024 | July 10, 2024 | ||
| 9[note 1] | Ghost Mortem | October 23, 2023 | January 24, 2024[9] | April 4, 2025 | October 5, 2024 | July 11, 2024 | ||
| 10 | Freaks and Cliques | October 30, 2023 | January 26, 2024 | April 6, 2025 | May 31, 2024 | July 12, 2024 | ||
| 11 | Balm Squad | November 6, 2023 | January 29, 2024 | April 7, 2025 | July 5, 2024 | July 15, 2024 | ||
| 12 | Friends in Junior High Places | November 13, 2023 | January 30, 2024 | April 8, 2025 | July 12, 2024 | July 16, 2024 | ||
| 13 | Pain in the Bat Mitzvah | November 20, 2023 | January 31, 2024 | April 9, 2025 | July 19, 2024 | July 17, 2024 | ||
| 14 | The Athenian Candidate | November 27, 2023 | February 1, 2024 | April 10, 2025 | September 7, 2024 | July 18, 2024 | ||
| 15 | Peer Review | March 11, 2024 | February 2, 2024 | April 11, 2025 | September 14, 2024 | TBA | ||
| 16 | We Gonna Party Like It's Your Earth Day | March 18, 2024 | February 5, 2024 | April 12, 2025 | September 21, 2024 | |||
| 17 | Skate Expectations[C 8] | March 25, 2024 | February 7, 2024 | April 14, 2025 | October 12, 2024 | |||
| 18 | Prides-Maids | April 1, 2024 | February 8, 2024 | April 15, 2025 | October 23, 2024[C 9] | |||
| 19 | Livin' On a Dare[C 10] | April 8, 2024 | February 9, 2024 | April 16, 2025 | October 19, 2024 | |||
| 20 | A Very Middle School Scandal[C 11] | April 15, 2024 | February 12, 2024 | April 17, 2025 | October 26, 2024[C 12] | |||
| 21 | Odds Squads | July 1, 2024 | February 13, 2024 | April 18, 2025 | March 14, 2025 | |||
| 22 | Notes on a Vandal | July 9, 2024 | February 14, 2024 | April 19, 2025 | March 21, 2025 | |||
| 23[note 2] | Personality Test | July 15, 2024 | February 6, 2024 | April 13, 2025 | September 28, 2024 (accidentally)[C 13] March 28, 2025 | |||
| 24 | Let's Sick Together | July 22, 2024 | February 15, 2024 | April 20, 2025 | April 4, 2025 | |||
| 25 | The Wonderful Wizard of Mapleview: Part 1 | July 29, 2024 | February 16, 2024 | April 21, 2025 | April 11, 2025 | |||
| 26 | The Wonderful Wizard of Mapleview: Part 2 | August 5, 2024 | February 19, 2024 | April 22, 2025 | April 18, 2025 | |||
Broadcast[]
In Canada, the series made its debut on YTV on April 10, 2023 at 6:00PM,[7] and concluded its run on August 5, 2024. It has since gone into reruns, airing sporadically on the channel.
In Australia, the series airs on ABC Entertains, premiering on January 15, 2024 at 5:00PM when the channel was formerly known as ABC Me,[10] and concluded its run on February 19 of the same year. Its timeslot was later replaced with reruns of Hardball on February 20, and then went into reruns, airing every Sunday from February 25 until August 18 at 9:20AM,[11] where its time slot was replaced with reruns of Ted's Top Ten on August 25.[12] It has since been airing intermittently on the channel. As a result of the ABC only having the rights to host the series on ABC iview after an episode's linear television broadcast, the series will silently premiere on ABC Family on March 28, 2025 at 2:35AM.
In the United Kingdom, the series was originally scheduled to premiere on Nickelodeon on January 8, 2024,[13] but was delayed to April 5 for undisclosed reasons. The first 13 episodes, with the exception of Ghost Mortem, would premiere on the channel every Friday during its Thank Nickelodeon It's Friday programming block.[14] Episodes 14 through 20, alongside the previously skipped Ghost Mortem, premiered on Saturdays from September 7 to October 26, 2024[15] with the exception of Prides-Maids silently premiering on a weekday with no promotion. Episodes 21 through 26 will premiere during March and April 2025.
In Ireland, the series airs on RTÉ2 as part of its RTÉ Kids programming block (previously known as TRTÉ at the time), with the first 14 episodes airing on weekdays from July 1 to July 18, 2024.[16][17] On July 19, its morning and afternoon time slots were later replaced with reruns of Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated and Keep It Up respectively.[18] It has since been airing intermittently on the channel.[19]
Release[]
In Australia, all 26 episodes were released on ABC iview in Australia on January 1, 2024, days prior to its linear television premiere on ABC Me. On December 31 of the same year, they were removed and episodes are only added after their broadcast on ABC Entertains, with each episode remaining available for a one-month period.
In the United Kingdom, the first episode was released on Sky Go and Now in March 2024, a month prior to its linear television premiere. The next 12 episodes would later be released as the series premiered on television, and since then episodes have been added either after their premiere or after their overnight broadcast on Nickelodeon. The first 13 episodes would later be added to Paramount+ as well,[20] though the episode Ghost Mortem was previously omitted as well. New episodes were released on the service every Sunday.
In the United States, all 26 episodes were released on Hulu on April 5, 2024, prior to the vast majority of the series' episodes premiering in Canada akin to the Australian release.[21]
In Ireland, the first episode of the series was added onto RTÉ Player on July 1, 2024,[4][22] the same day as its premiere on RTÉ2. New episodes up to The Athenian Candidate would be added to the service as the series premiered on television.
Additionally, it is also available to stream on StackTV and Teletoon+ in Canada.[2][3]
International versions[]
| Language | Title | Channels | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
French | Presque populaires | France 4[23] (Okoo block) Okoo france.tv myCANAL Molotov TV YouTube (first 3 episodes only) |
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Italian | Popularity Papers | Nickelodeon (formerly) Super! (formerly) Now (formerly) |
Footnotes[]
- ↑ Formerly known as Morgan McKenzie until Prides-Maids.
- ↑ Credited as Striker Kelly.
- ↑ Credited as Midfielder Marie.
- ↑ Credited without the period in his name in Peer Review.
- ↑ Credited as Manfred the Manatee in Balm Squad.
- ↑ Credited as Dad Cavalleri in Notes on a Vandal.
- ↑ Courtesy of Crucial Music.
- ↑ This episode is erroneously listed as Prides-Maids on Paramount+ in the United Kingdom, and the description for both episodes have been switched.
- ↑ The episode was formerly scheduled to air on October 19, 2024 and was listed on various TV guides. Despite this, Livin' on a Dare was aired instead. On Sky Go and Now, Livin' on a Dare is erroneously listed as episode 19, with it having the thumbnail for Prides-Maids.
- ↑ This episode has since been quietly removed from Paramount+ in the United Kingdom, with A Very Middle School Scandal being listed as episode 20.
- ↑ Erroneously listed as A Very Middle School on ABC iview.
- ↑ The episode was formerly scheduled to air on October 25, 2024 and was listed on various TV guides. Despite this, alongside a reairing of Livin' on a Dare being implied to air via the continuity announcer, a reairing of New School, New Start was aired instead.
- ↑ As this episode was erroneously listed as episode 17 on Nickelodeon, it resulted in the episode premiering out of order with the rest of the series. It has since been pulled from both the channel and Paramount+.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 In Australia, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United States Trendship Never Ends is listed as episode 9 while Ghost Mortem is listed as episode 8. As a result of this, the episodes are broadcasted out of order in Australia, Italy, and the United States.
- ↑ This episode was erroneously listed as episode 17 on ABC Entertains in Australia and on Nickelodeon in the United Kingdom and Italy.
References[]
- ↑ ABC_Entertains-Program-Guide-Week-1.pdf
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 YTV (Canada) - Continuity (April 10, 2023) (2023 Requests #32) - YouTube
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Cartoon Network (Canada) - Continuity (April 14, 2024) - YouTube
- ↑ 4.0 4.1
- ↑ BBC Studios Kids & Family | Screenings | C21Media
- ↑ Press Releases- AIRCRAFT PICTURES AND WEXWORKS MEDIA TO PRODUCE NEW...
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 CLASS IS IN SESSION! THE PREMIERE OF POPULARITY PAPERS TAKES CENTRE STAGE ON YTV AND STACKTV THIS APRIL - Corus Entertainment
- ↑ Popularity Papers : ABC iview
- ↑ ABC TV: ABC ME
- ↑ ABC TV: ABC ME
- ↑ ABC TV: ABC ME
- ↑ ABC TV: ABC ME
- ↑ NickALive!: Nickelodeon UK to Premiere 'Popularity Papers' on April 5
- ↑ Thank Nickelodeons It's Friday Promo - April 5, 2024 (Nickelodeon UK) - YouTube
- ↑ Nickelodeon UK - Promo: Brand New The Really Loud House & Popularity Papers (August 2024, 30s) - YouTube
- ↑ RTÉ2, Monday, 1 Jul, 2024 | Schedules | TV24.co.uk
- ↑ RTÉ2, Thursday, 18 Jul, 2024 | Schedules | TV24.co.uk
- ↑ RTÉ2, Friday, 19 Jul, 2024 | Schedules | TV24.co.uk
- ↑ RTÉ2, Sunday, 27 Oct, 2024 | Schedules | TV24.co.uk
- ↑ Popularity Papers - Watch on Paramount+ United Kingdom
- ↑ Kidscreen » Archive » BBC Studios Kids & Family scores new international sales
- ↑ Popularity Papers - RTÉ Player
- ↑ « Presque populaires », une enquête drôle et fascinante sur la quête de popularité au collège | France TvPro.fr
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