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  • 1998
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Summary Carrie Bradshaw writes a column about sex and relationships in New York city. With three of her closest friends: Samantha Jones, who owns her own PR firm and is more interested in exciting "one-nighters" than long-term relationships; Miranda Hobbes, a cynical lawyer who prioritizes her career over her erratic lovelife, and Charlotte York...

Created By: Darren Star

  • 1998
  • TV-MA
  • HBO
  • 1998
  • TV-MA
  • HBO

Sex and the City

6 Seasons
Season 1 Premiere: May 6, 1998
Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 27 Critic Reviews
64
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 176 User Ratings
7.7
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Summary Carrie Bradshaw writes a column about sex and relationships in New York city. With three of her closest friends: Samantha Jones, who owns her own PR firm and is more interested in exciting "one-nighters" than long-term relationships; Miranda Hobbes, a cynical lawyer who prioritizes her career over her erratic lovelife, and Charlotte York...

Created By: Darren Star

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 27 Critic Reviews
64
63% Positive
17 Reviews
15% Mixed
4 Reviews
22% Negative
6 Reviews

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 27 Critic Reviews
64
63% Positive
17 Reviews
15% Mixed
4 Reviews
22% Negative
6 Reviews

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100
Jul 25, 2013
The good news is that after a creatively weak and shortened Season 5... it appears that one of television's finest series has regained its momentum and sure footing and will -- barring a misstep -- walk out of the spotlight at the height of its emotional resonance.
By Tim Goodman FULL REVIEW
83
Jun 14, 2013
Watching all of this unfold, it's hard not to feel as though we've been here before.
By Carina Chocano FULL REVIEW
80
Apr 8, 2013
As shamelessly superficial as the crowd it memorializes, but so sophisticated in its approach to shallowness that it's also great fun. [5 June 1998, p.F28]
By Howard Rosenberg FULL REVIEW
75
Apr 9, 2013
Parker projects a saucy style, but her Carrie character comes across as an arrogant skeptic with an I-don't-really-care attitude. She avoids emotional risks. Despite her rampant curiosity and calculated posing, Carrie prefers to keep her distance as a journalist. [4 June 1998, p.43]
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50
Apr 9, 2013
Single and in their 30s, each is a distinct blend of guile, guts and needfulness, traipsing through the dating world with predictable and even trite results, their chatter constantly hitting on sex, relationships and sex. Some good acting and some nicely shot romantic interludes provide some redemption for the series, but scripts need to loosen up and inherit some of the playfulness the actresses bring to their roles. [3 June 1998]
By Phil Gallo FULL REVIEW
30
Apr 9, 2013
What may be a reasonable, even sexy premise comes out flat, bitter and flaccid...Neither director nor cast can do anything much with Star's awkward script, which is choppy and burdened with impossible dialogue. But worst is that the smarty mood leaps beyond cynical, and his characters are too disagreeable to make funny. [3 June 1998]
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30
Apr 8, 2013
A dark, outrageously cynical, cold take on the lives of thoroughly unpleasant people living in present-day Manhattan...What's supposed to be entertainment is wearisome, whiny and annoying. [6 June 1998, p.E07]
By Scott D. Pierce FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 176 User Ratings
7.7
81% Positive
142 Ratings
9% Mixed
15 Ratings
11% Negative
19 Ratings

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Generally Favorable Based on 176 User Ratings
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11% Negative
19 Ratings

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Production Company:
  • Darren Star Productions
  • Home Box Office (HBO)
  • Sex and the City Productions
Initial Release Date: May 6, 1998
Number of seasons: 6 Seasons
Rating: TV-MA
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Awards

Golden Globes, USA
• 8 Wins & 24 Nominations
Primetime Emmy Awards
• 7 Wins & 55 Nominations
Online Film & Television Association
• 2 Wins & 32 Nominations

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