Sex and the City is an American cable television program
based on the book of the same name. The show, set in New
York City, focuses on the love lives of four female best
friends who are reaching their forties. A sitcom with
soap opera elements, the show often tackles socially relevant
issues such as the status of women in society. Produced
by the HBO network, the series premiered on June 6, 1998,
and the last original episode aired on February 22, 2004.The
show's narrator is sex and love columnist Carrie Bradshaw
(Sarah Jessica Parker). Her best friends are Charlotte
York (Kristin Davis), a traditional and relatively conservative
woman, Miranda Hobbes (Cynthia Nixon), a cynical, career-minded
lawyer, and Samantha Jones (Kim Cattrall), a wild-living,
fun-loving woman who stops at nothing to get the men she
wants. As time progressed, so did the characters and situations.
The show consistently achieved both critical and popular
acclaim.
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