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| Created by | Darren Star |
| Based on | Sex and the City by Candace Bushnell |
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| Narrated by | Sarah Jessica Parker |
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| Opening theme | "Sex and the City Theme" |
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| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 6 |
| No. of episodes | 94 (list of episodes) |
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| Production location | New York City |
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| Camera setup | Single-camera |
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| Network | HBO |
| Release | June 6, 1998 – February 22, 2004 |
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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. It had various producers, screenwriters and directors, principally Michael Patrick King.
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 liberated public relations professional Samantha Jones (played by Kim Cattrall), the more conservative art dealer Charlotte York (played by Kristin Davis) and the cynical lawyer Miranda Hobbes (played by Cynthia Nixon). The stories address sex and relationships, friendship and femininity.
Sex and the City has received both acclaim and criticism for its characters and themes, and is credited with helping to increase HBO's popularity as a network.[1] It won accolades including seven Primetime Emmy Award, eight Golden Globe Award and three Screen Actors Guild Award. The series was ranked fifth on Entertainment Weekly's "New TV Classics" list,[2] and has been cited as one of the best television series of all time.[3][4][5] The series still airs in syndication worldwide. It spawned two 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, [6] with Parker, Davis and Nixon reprising their roles.[6][7][8]
- ^ Nussbaum, Emily (July 29, 2013). "Difficult Women: How ‘Sex in the City’ Lost its Good Name Archived December 16, 2019, at the Wayback Machine". New Yorker.
- ^ "The New Classics: TV". Entertainment Weekly. June 18, 2007. Archived from the original on July 16, 2014. Retrieved February 5, 2012.
- ^ Poniewozik, James (September 6, 2007). "The 100 Best TV Shows of All-TIME". Time. Archived from the original on October 16, 2011. Retrieved March 4, 2010.
- ^ Bruce Fretts (December 23, 2013). "TV Guide Magazine's 60 Best Series of All Time". TVGuide.com. Archived from the original on October 3, 2016. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
- ^ "The 100 Greatest TV Shows of All Time". Variety. December 20, 2023.
- ^ a b "Sex and the City: New series announced but Kim Cattrall won't return". BBC News. January 11, 2021. Archived from the original on January 11, 2021. Retrieved January 11, 2021.
- ^ Piña, Christy (June 17, 2023). "Cynthia Nixon Says 'And Just Like That' "Felt Very Different" Without Kim Cattrall: "You're Not Walking Around on Eggshells"". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved June 17, 2023.
- ^ Wagmeister, Ramin Setoodeh,Elizabeth; Setoodeh, Ramin; Wagmeister, Elizabeth (May 31, 2023). "'Sex and the City' Shocker: Kim Cattrall to Return as Samantha Jones With 'And Just Like That…' Cameo (EXCLUSIVE)".
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