Popularity Papers
{{Short description|Canadian television series}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
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.Jesse Whittock, [https://deadline.com/video/popularity-papers-clip-corus-ytv-live-action-kids-comedy-bbc-studios/ "‘Popularity Papers’: Watch Corus Entertainment’s Quirky Live-Action Kids Comedy Put Social Status In Spotlight"]. Deadline Hollywood, March 22, 2023.
The cast also includes Michael Chan, Christopher Jacot, Naomi Snieckus, Millie Davis, Jenna Weir, Callum Shoniker, Anna Mirodin, Seth Murchison, Lyla Elliott, Keegan Hedley, Chris River, Pierre Drivas and Dave Barclay.
The series was created by Vivian Lin and Amanda Brooke Perrin for Aircraft Pictures and Corus Entertainment.
Episodes
=Season 1 (2023-2024)=
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 1
|Title = New School, New Start
|DirectedBy = Stefan Brogren
|WrittenBy = Vivian Lin, Amanda Brooke Perrin
|OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2023|4|10}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 2
|Title = Teamwork Makes the Scene Work
|DirectedBy = Allana Harkin
|WrittenBy = Maryan Haye, Vivian Lin
|OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2023|4|17}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 3
|Title = My Art Will Go On
|DirectedBy = Stefan Brogren
|WrittenBy = Jeff Detsky, Wendy Litner
|OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2023|4|24}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 4
|Title = Hike a Pose
|DirectedBy = Justin Wu
|WrittenBy = Amanda Brooke Perrin
|OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2023|5|1}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 5
|Title = Smells Like Tween Spirit
|DirectedBy = Stefan Brogren
|WrittenBy = Wendy Litner
|OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2023|5|8}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 6
|Title = Tears of a Class Clown
|DirectedBy = Stefan Brogren
|WrittenBy = Jeff Detsky
|OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2023|5|15}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 7
|Title = Middle School of Rock
|DirectedBy = Stefan Brogren
|WrittenBy = Sara Hennessey
|OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2023|5|22}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 8
|Title = Trendship Never Ends
|DirectedBy = Sarah Glinski
|WrittenBy = Maryan Haye
|OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2023|5|29}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 9
|Title = Ghost Mortem
|DirectedBy =
|WrittenBy = Evan Thaler Hickey
|OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2023|10|22}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 10
|Title = Freaks and Cliques
|DirectedBy = Justin Wu
|WrittenBy = Wendy Litner
|OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2023|10|29}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 11
|Title = Balm Squad
|DirectedBy = Sarah Glinski
|WrittenBy = Shelley Scarrow
|OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2023|11|5}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 12
|Title = Friends in Junior High Places
|DirectedBy = Nicole Stamp
|WrittenBy = Shelley Scarrow
|OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2023|11|12}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 13
|Title = Pain in the Bat Mitzvah
|DirectedBy = Allana Harkin
|WrittenBy = Jeff Detsky
|OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2023|11|19}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 14
|Title = The Athenian Candidate
|DirectedBy = Nicole Stamp
|WrittenBy = Jeff Detsky
|OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2023|11|27}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 15
|Title = Peer Review
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|WrittenBy = Vivian Lin
|OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2024||}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 16
|Title = We Gonna Party Like It's Your Earth Day
|DirectedBy =
|WrittenBy = Nelu Handa
|OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2024||}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 17
|Title = Personality Test
|DirectedBy = Romeo Candido
|WrittenBy = Vivian Lin
|OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2024||}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 18
|Title = Skate Expectations
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|WrittenBy = Jeff Detsky
|OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2024||}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 19
|Title = Prides-Maids
|DirectedBy = Nicole Stamp
|WrittenBy = Daniel Fernandes
|OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2024||}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 20
|Title = Livin' On a Dare
|DirectedBy =
|WrittenBy = Brandon Hackett
|OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2024||}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 21
|Title = A Very Middle School
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|WrittenBy = Vivian Lin
|OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2024||}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 22
|Title = Odds Squads
|DirectedBy = Nicole Stamp
|WrittenBy = Kyah Green, Vivian Lin
|OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2024||}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 23
|Title = Notes on a Vandal
|DirectedBy =
|WrittenBy = Brandon Hackett
|OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2024||}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 24
|Title = Let's Sick Together
|DirectedBy = Romeo Candido
|WrittenBy = JP Larocque, Vivian Lin
|OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2024||}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 25
|Title = The Wonderful World of Mapleview, Pt. 1
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|WrittenBy = Maryan Haye, Vivian Lin
|OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2024||}}
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|EpisodeNumber = 26
|Title = The Wonderful World of Mapleview, Pt. 2
|DirectedBy = Stefan Brogren
|WrittenBy = Vivian Lin
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Awards
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| scope="col"| Award
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| rowspan=6| Canadian Screen Awards
| rowspan=6| May 2023 | rowspan=2| Lead performance in a children's or youth program or series | Mia Bella | {{nom}} | rowspan=6| Taimur Sikander Mirza, [https://kidscreen.com/2024/03/06/pinecone-pony-leads-the-canadian-screen-awards-kids-field/ "Pinecone & Pony leads the Canadian Screen Awards kids field"]. Kidscreen, March 6, 2024. |
| Glee Dango
| {{nom}} |
| Supporting performance in a children's or youth program or series
| {{won}} |
| Editing in a children's or youth program or series
| Mike Reisacher | {{nom}} |
| rowspan=2| Writing in a children's or youth program or series
| Vivian Lin, Maryan Haye | {{nom}} |
| Vivian Lin, Amanda Brooke Perrin "New School, New Start" | {{nom}} |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|18327948}}
Category:2023 Canadian television series debuts
Category:2020s Canadian teen drama television series
Category:2020s Canadian sitcoms
Category:Nickelodeon original programming
Category:YTV (Canadian TV channel) original programming
Category:Television series by BBC Studios
Category:Single-camera television sitcoms