Popularity Papers is a British-Canadian youth comedy television series, which premiered in 2023 on YTV and produced by BBC Studios Kids & Family Adapted from Amy Ignatow's middle-grade novel series The Popularity Papers, the series stars Glee Dango and Mia Bella as Julie Graham-Chang and Lydia Goldblatt, two young friends who are trying to discover the secret to being popular as they start junior high school.[1]
The cast also includes Michael Chan, Christopher Jacot, Naomi Snieckus, Millie Davis, Jenna Weir, Callum Shoniker, Seth Murchison, Lyla Elliott, Keegan Hedley, Chris River, Pierre Drivas and Dave Barclay.[1]
The series was created by Vivian Lin and Amanda Brooke Perrin for Aircraft Pictures and Corus Entertainment.[1]
Episodes
editSeason 1 (2023-2024)
edit| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "New School, New Start" | Stefan Brogren | Vivian Lin, Amanda Brooke Perrin | April 10, 2023 |
| 2 | "Teamwork Makes the Scene Work" | Allana Harkin | Maryan Haye, Vivian Lin | April 17, 2023 |
| 3 | "My Art Will Go On" | Stefan Brogren | Jeff Detsky, Wendy Litner | April 24, 2023 |
| 4 | "Hike a Pose" | Justin Wu | Amanda Brooke Perrin | May 1, 2023 |
| 5 | "Smells Like Tween Spirit" | Stefan Brogren | Wendy Litner | May 8, 2023 |
| 6 | "Tears of a Class Clown" | Stefan Brogren | Jeff Detsky | May 15, 2023 |
| 7 | "Middle School of Rock" | Stefan Brogren | Sara Hennessey | May 22, 2023 |
| 8 | "Trendship Never Ends" | Unknown | Maryan Haye | May 29, 2023 |
| 9 | "Ghost Mortem" | Unknown | Evan Thaler Hickey | October 22, 2023 |
| 10 | "Freaks and Cliques" | Justin Wu | Wendy Litner | October 29, 2023 |
| 11 | "Balm Squad" | Sarah Glinski | Shelley Scarrow | November 5, 2023 |
| 12 | "Friends in Junior High Places" | Nicole Stamp | Shelley Scarrow | November 12, 2023 |
| 13 | "Pain in the Bat Mitzvah" | Allana Harkin | Jeff Detsky | November 19, 2023 |
| 14 | "The Athenian Candidate" | Nicole Stamp | Jeff Detsky | November 27, 2023 |
| 15 | "Peer Review" | TBD | Vivian Lin | 2024 |
| 16 | "We Gonna Party Like It's Your Earth Day" | TBD | Nelu Handa | 2024 |
| 17 | "Personality Test" | Romeo Candido | Vivian Lin | 2024 |
| 18 | "Skate Expectations" | TBD | Jeff Detsky | 2024 |
| 19 | "Prides-Maids" | Nicole Stamp | Daniel Fernandes | 2024 |
| 20 | "Livin' On a Dare" | TBD | Brandon Hackett | 2024 |
| 21 | "A Very Middle School" | TBD | Vivian Lin | 2024 |
| 22 | "Odds Squads" | Nicole Stamp | Kyah Green, Vivian Lin | 2024 |
| 23 | "Notes on a Vandal" | TBD | Brandon Hackett | 2024 |
| 24 | "Let's Sick Together" | Romeo Candido | JP Larocque, Vivian Lin | 2024 |
| 25 | "The Wonderful World of Mapleview, Pt. 1" | TBD | Maryan Haye, Vivian Lin | 2024 |
| 26 | "The Wonderful World of Mapleview, Pt. 2" | Stefan Brogren | Vivian Lin | 2024 |
Awards
edit| Award | Date of ceremony | Category | Recipient(s) | Result | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canadian Screen Awards | May 2023 | Lead performance in a children's or youth program or series | Mia Bella | Nominated | [2] |
| Glee Dango | Nominated | ||||
| Supporting performance in a children's or youth program or series | Millie Davis | Won | |||
| Editing in a children's or youth program or series | Mike Reisacher "New School, New Start" |
Nominated | |||
| Writing in a children's or youth program or series | Vivian Lin, Maryan Haye "Teamwork Makes the Scene Work" |
Nominated | |||
| Vivian Lin, Amanda Brooke Perrin "New School, New Start" |
Nominated |
References
edit- ^ a b c Jesse Whittock, "‘Popularity Papers’: Watch Corus Entertainment’s Quirky Live-Action Kids Comedy Put Social Status In Spotlight". Deadline Hollywood, March 22, 2023.
- ^ Taimur Sikander Mirza, "Pinecone & Pony leads the Canadian Screen Awards kids field". Kidscreen, March 6, 2024.