Sam McPherson (Carly Pope) is a reporter for the school newspaper (The Zapruder Reporter) at Kennedy High School in Los Angeles (the school was originally called Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis High until her estate lodged an objection).
She, Lilly Esposito (Tamara Mello) and Carmen Ferrara (Sara Rue) are the “unpopular” girls.
Sam believes she is pretty ( though admits “I will never be a 17 magazine girl because they don’t airbrush in real life”) and wishes she had larger breasts. She is on the yearbook committee at school (The Camelot).
Lily wishes, at times, she were Pam Grier (star of 1970s Blaxploitation films) so people would listen to her. She loves to show cleavage and has doubts about her sexuality (she kissed Carmen in a moment of indecision).
Lily’s teachers believe she is a troublemaker because she stands up for what she believes, and she wants to save the world. She works as a waitress at Mr Cluck’s Family Restaurant.
Carmen is slightly overweight and desperately wants to be thin and become a cheerleader, although she also says, “I like being a little flawed. It’s me.”
Brooke McQueen (Leslie Bibb), the head cheerleader of ‘the Glamazons’, Mary Cherry (Leslie Grossman) and Nicole Julian (Tammy Lynn Michaels) are the popular girls.
With her blonde hair and slim figure, Brooke appears to be perfect, “But I’m not. I wish I had breasts that bounce, and I have a bad habit of staring at myself in the mirror”. When she was eight years old, her mother abandoned her and her father.
Brooke talks in her sleep, is a member of the Honours Society and was a Homecoming Queen.
Mary Cherry is a very beautiful 16-year-old blonde who is also a member of the Glamazons. She is the daughter of Cheri Cherry (Delta Burke), a fabulously wealthy businesswoman and the owner of the Cheri Cherry Corporation. Mary. She idolises her mother, who knows Mary is not very smart but claims “She’s as loyal as a Rottweiler”.
Nicole Julian is also 16 years old and believes that her beauty will get her through life. She is a bit snootier than Mary and Brooke and, although she tolerates Samantha and her crowd, she prefers the company of the rich girls who can help her advance her position at school and later in life.
Other students are Sugar Daddy, John Ford and Harrison John. Sugar Daddy (Ron Lester) is a heavy-set white kid who has immersed himself in his notion of black youth culture and puts on African-American airs to impress people. His real name is Michael Bernadino.
Josh (Bryce Johnson) is the school’s star football player. Harrison (Christopher Gorham) lives with his lesbian mother, Robin (Alley Mills) – who works as a pharmacist – and the situation causes stress in his life. He has a crush on Lily, whom he believes “has a nice ass and porn star hair.”
Roberta “Bobbi” Glass (Diane Delano) is the school’s tough gym teacher.
Sam and Brooke and their two rival cliques are thrown together when Sam’s mother (Lisa Darr) and Brooke’s father (Scott Bryce) – both single parents – meet, fall in love, and marry.
Samantha “Sam” McPherson
Carly Pope Brooke McQueen
Leslie Bibb Nicole Julian
Tammy Lynn Michaels Mary Cherry
Leslie Grossman Lily Esposito
Tamara Mello Carmen Ferrara
Sara Rue Sugar Daddy (Michael Bernadino)
Ron Lester Harrison John
Christopher Gorham Josh Ford
Bryce Johnson Roberta “Bobbi” Glass
Diane Delano Robin John
Alley Mills Cheri Cherry
Delta Burke Jane McPherson
Lisa Darr Mike McQueen
Scott Bryce
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Sam believes she is pretty ( though admits “I will never be a 17 magazine girl because they don’t airbrush in real life”) and wishes she had larger breasts. She is on the yearbook committee at school (The Camelot).
Other students are Sugar Daddy, John Ford and Harrison John. Sugar Daddy (Ron Lester) is a heavy-set white kid who has immersed himself in his notion of black youth culture and puts on African-American airs to impress people. His real name is Michael Bernadino.
