Where to watch Sex and the City (1998–2004)
Sex and the City is available to stream in GB on Now TV and HBO Max. It can also be rented or bought from Amazon and AppleTV.
Four single friends in their late thirties balance careers, romance, and the New York social scene while openly discussing sex and relationships. Their friendship anchors a lively, witty look at dating, personal choices, and the pressures of finding happiness in a glamorous city.
Cast: Kim Cattrall, Luca Calvani, Roscoe Orman, Sarah Jessica Parker, John Henry, Cynthia Nixon, Kristin Davis, iO Tillett Wright, Rochelle Aytes, Amy Sedaris, Ted King, Katie Maguire
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Trivia & production notes
- Candace Bushnell created the character Carrie Bradshaw as a fictional friend in her New York Observer column so her parents wouldn't realize the stories were about her own life, even though both share the initials C.B.
- Sarah Jessica Parker initially hated the pilot episode and offered to work on three HBO movies unpaid to be released from her contract, but Darren Star refused and instead made significant changes before shooting the first season.
- Darren Star chose HBO over ABC specifically for the creative freedom the network offered to develop the series.
- HBO scheduled Sex and the City on Sunday nights, a time slot broadcast networks typically avoided, and used the show alongside The Sopranos to establish a popular Sunday night lineup focused on prestige programming.
- The show's main theme was composed by Douglas J. Cuomo.
- Costume designer Patricia Field's fashion influence on the show was described by her as having an impact "like sitting at the bottom of an atom bomb."
- The New York Times credited Sex and the City with starting fashion crazes for nameplate necklaces, Manolo Blahnik shoes, flower corsages, and visible bra straps.
- Sarah Jessica Parker won a Golden Globe and a Primetime Emmy Award for playing Carrie Bradshaw, while Cynthia Nixon won an Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress and Kim Cattrall won a Golden Globe.
- Emily Nussbaum of The New Yorker characterized Carrie Bradshaw as the unacknowledged first female anti-hero on television, contrasting her early curious demeanor with her later anxious and self-centered behavior.
- In 2023, Variety ranked Sex and the City as the sixth-greatest TV show of all time.
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