Popular follows the story of two high school teenagers from opposite ends of the social spectrum. Sam McPherson and Brooke McQueen couldn’t be more different from each other – Sam is the unpopular journalist from a middle class family while Brooke is the beautiful, blond and popular cheerleader from the wealthy side of town. The two are forced to socialize when Brooke’s father gets engaged to Sam’s mother and they end up working together, first to try and break their parents up, then later, to get them back together.