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Sex and the City is an American romantic comedy-drama television series created by Darren Star for HBO, based on the newspaper column and 1996 book by Candace Bushnell. It premiered in the United States on June 6, 1998, and concluded on February 22, 2004, with 94 episodes broadcast over six seasons.
The series follows the lives of four female friends living in New York City: the streetwise newspaper columnist Carrie Bradshaw (played by Sarah Jessica Parker), the sexually liberal PR professional Samantha Jones (Kim Cattrall), the more conservative art dealer Charlotte York (Kristin Davis) and the cynical lawyer Miranda Hobbes (Cynthia Nixon).
Sex and the City received both acclaim and criticism for its characters and themes, and is credited with helping to increase HBO's popularity. It won numerous accolades including seven Primetime Emmy Awards, eight Golden Globe Awards and three Screen Actors Guild Awards. The series was ranked fifth on Entertainment Weekly's "New TV Classics" list, and has been cited as one of the best television series of all time. It airs in syndication worldwide.
Sex and the City was followed by the feature films Sex and the City (2008) and Sex and the City 2 (2010), and a prequel television series commissioned by the CW, The Carrie Diaries (2013–14). A sequel series, And Just Like That..., premiered on HBO Max on December 9, 2021, without Cattrall.
The show is based on writer Candace Bushnell's column "Sex and the City", published in The New York Observer, which was later compiled into a book of the same name. Bushnell has mentioned in several interviews that the character of Carrie Bradshaw in her columns is her alter ego. Initially, she wrote the column from her first-person perspective but later invented Carrie, introduced as Bushnell's friend, so her parents would not realize they were reading about her own sex life. Both Bushnell and the television version of Carrie (who had no last name in the column) share the same initials, further emphasizing their connection. Like Bushnell, Carrie writes columns for the fictional New York Star, which are eventually compiled into a book within the series, and later becomes a writer for Vogue.
Bushnell collaborated with television producer Darren Star, whom she had met while profiling him for Vogue, to adapt the columns for television. Both HBO and ABC expressed interest in the series, but Star ultimately chose HBO for the creative freedom it offered. Star wrote the pilot with Sarah Jessica Parker in mind for the role of Carrie. According to Parker, "I was flattered but didn't want to do it. He convinced me, begged me to do it, and I signed a contract." The pilot episode was shot in June 1997, a year before the series premiered. However, Parker initially disliked the pilot, stating, "I hated the look, the clothes ... I didn't think it worked" and feared it might end her career. She even offered to work on three HBO movies unpaid to be released from her contract. Though Star refused to release her, he listened to her concerns and made significant changes before shooting the first season. Reflecting on the experience, Parker said, "The funny thing, after the first episode of season one, I never looked back, and the rest is history. I never thought, though, that the show would become what it has become."
Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker) is the narrator and central character of the television series Sex and the City. Each episode is framed through her inner monologue while writing her weekly column, Sex and the City, for the fictional newspaper The New York Star. Initially conceptualized as a lawyer, the character was reimagined as a columnist to allow for greater narrative flexibility and engagement with New York City’s nightlife. Bradshaw is depicted as a prominent figure in New York’s social scene, recognized for her distinctive fashion sense. She resides in a studio apartment in an Upper East Side brownstone and maintains a close friendship with Stanford Blatch (Willie Garson), a gay talent agent.
Carrie’s most significant romantic relationship throughout the series is with Mr. Big (Chris Noth), a wealthy and enigmatic businessman. Their relationship is characterized by recurring breakups and reconciliations, primarily due to Big’s reluctance to fully commit. A recurring motif involves Carrie being interrupted whenever she attempts to state Big’s real name; his first name, John, is only disclosed in the final episode of the series.
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Sex and the City
Sex and the City is an American romantic comedy-drama television series created by Darren Star for HBO, based on the newspaper column and 1996 book by Candace Bushnell. It premiered in the United States on June 6, 1998, and concluded on February 22, 2004, with 94 episodes broadcast over six seasons.
The series follows the lives of four female friends living in New York City: the streetwise newspaper columnist Carrie Bradshaw (played by Sarah Jessica Parker), the sexually liberal PR professional Samantha Jones (Kim Cattrall), the more conservative art dealer Charlotte York (Kristin Davis) and the cynical lawyer Miranda Hobbes (Cynthia Nixon).
Sex and the City received both acclaim and criticism for its characters and themes, and is credited with helping to increase HBO's popularity. It won numerous accolades including seven Primetime Emmy Awards, eight Golden Globe Awards and three Screen Actors Guild Awards. The series was ranked fifth on Entertainment Weekly's "New TV Classics" list, and has been cited as one of the best television series of all time. It airs in syndication worldwide.
Sex and the City was followed by the feature films Sex and the City (2008) and Sex and the City 2 (2010), and a prequel television series commissioned by the CW, The Carrie Diaries (2013–14). A sequel series, And Just Like That..., premiered on HBO Max on December 9, 2021, without Cattrall.
The show is based on writer Candace Bushnell's column "Sex and the City", published in The New York Observer, which was later compiled into a book of the same name. Bushnell has mentioned in several interviews that the character of Carrie Bradshaw in her columns is her alter ego. Initially, she wrote the column from her first-person perspective but later invented Carrie, introduced as Bushnell's friend, so her parents would not realize they were reading about her own sex life. Both Bushnell and the television version of Carrie (who had no last name in the column) share the same initials, further emphasizing their connection. Like Bushnell, Carrie writes columns for the fictional New York Star, which are eventually compiled into a book within the series, and later becomes a writer for Vogue.
Bushnell collaborated with television producer Darren Star, whom she had met while profiling him for Vogue, to adapt the columns for television. Both HBO and ABC expressed interest in the series, but Star ultimately chose HBO for the creative freedom it offered. Star wrote the pilot with Sarah Jessica Parker in mind for the role of Carrie. According to Parker, "I was flattered but didn't want to do it. He convinced me, begged me to do it, and I signed a contract." The pilot episode was shot in June 1997, a year before the series premiered. However, Parker initially disliked the pilot, stating, "I hated the look, the clothes ... I didn't think it worked" and feared it might end her career. She even offered to work on three HBO movies unpaid to be released from her contract. Though Star refused to release her, he listened to her concerns and made significant changes before shooting the first season. Reflecting on the experience, Parker said, "The funny thing, after the first episode of season one, I never looked back, and the rest is history. I never thought, though, that the show would become what it has become."
Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker) is the narrator and central character of the television series Sex and the City. Each episode is framed through her inner monologue while writing her weekly column, Sex and the City, for the fictional newspaper The New York Star. Initially conceptualized as a lawyer, the character was reimagined as a columnist to allow for greater narrative flexibility and engagement with New York City’s nightlife. Bradshaw is depicted as a prominent figure in New York’s social scene, recognized for her distinctive fashion sense. She resides in a studio apartment in an Upper East Side brownstone and maintains a close friendship with Stanford Blatch (Willie Garson), a gay talent agent.
Carrie’s most significant romantic relationship throughout the series is with Mr. Big (Chris Noth), a wealthy and enigmatic businessman. Their relationship is characterized by recurring breakups and reconciliations, primarily due to Big’s reluctance to fully commit. A recurring motif involves Carrie being interrupted whenever she attempts to state Big’s real name; his first name, John, is only disclosed in the final episode of the series.