Sex and the City | |
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Also known as | 'S.A.T.C.' |
Genre |
Romantic comedy Comedy drama Sex comedy |
Created by | Darren Star |
Starring |
Sarah Jessica Parker Kim Cattrall Kristin Davis Cynthia Nixon |
Narrated by | Sarah Jessica Parker |
Theme music composer | Douglas J. Cuomo Tom Findlay |
Opening theme | "Sex and the City Theme" |
Composer(s) |
Bob Boykin Kenneth Burgomaster Bob Christianson Douglas J. Cuomo Didier Rachou |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 6 |
No. of episodes | 94 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Location(s) |
New York City, New York Millstone Township, New Jersey West Orange, New Jersey Los Angeles, California Paris, France |
Camera setup | Single camera |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Production company(s) |
Darren Star Productions HBO Original Programming |
Distributor |
North America Warner Bros. Television Distribution HBO Enterprises International CBS Studios International |
Release | |
Original network | HBO |
Picture format | 480i (4:3 SDTV) |
Audio format | Stereo |
Original release | June 6, 1998 | – February 22, 2004
Chronology | |
Followed by |
Sex and the City (2008) Sex and the City 2 (2010) The Carrie Diaries (2013–14) |
External links | |
Website |
Sex and the City is an American romantic comedy television series created by Darren Star and produced by HBO. Broadcast from 1998 until 2004, the original run of the show had a total of 94 episodes. Throughout its six-year run, the show received contributions from various producers, writers, and directors, perhaps most significantly from Michael Patrick King.
Set and filmed in New York City and based on the 1997 book of the same name by Candace Bushnell, the show follows the lives of a group of four women—three in their mid-thirties and one in her forties—who, despite their different natures and ever-changing sex lives, remain inseparable and confide in each other. Starring Sarah Jessica Parker (as Carrie Bradshaw), Kim Cattrall (as Samantha Jones), Kristin Davis (as Charlotte York), and Cynthia Nixon (as Miranda Hobbes), the quirky series had multiple continuing storylines that tackled relevant and modern social issues such as sexuality, safe sex, promiscuity, and femininity, while exploring the difference between friendships and romantic relationships. The deliberate omission of the better part of the early lives of the four women was the writer's way of exploring social life - from sex to relationships - through each of their four very different, individual perspectives.
The series received both acclaim and criticism for its subjects and characters, and is credited with helping jump-start HBO. It spawned two feature films, Sex and the City (2008) and its sequel Sex and the City 2 (2010), and a prequel series by The CW, The Carrie Diaries. It also won seven of its 54 Emmy Award nominations, eight of its 24 Golden Globe Award nominations, and three of its 11 Screen Actors Guild Award nominations. Sex and the City still airs in syndication worldwide and has been listed on Entertainment Weeklys end-of-the-decade "best of" list and as one of Time magazine's 100 Best TV Shows of All-TIME. The show placed #5 on Entertainment Weekly's "New TV Classics" list. In 2013, TV Guide ranked it at #40 on its list of the Best Series of All Time.