--- description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. title: Sex and the City image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9da842eb6bb0a05e/69869f2e13c79f3d0e1936c7/t100_tv_sex-and-the-city1.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Aug 12, 2014 # _Sex and the City_ by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close  Everett The Naked City, indeed. This HBO comedy, based on the columns of Candace Bushnell, divided women into four archetypes: preppy Charlotte, sardonic Miranda, assertive (in and out of bed) Samantha and neurotic narrator Carrie. In truth, there was always more talking than headboard bumping on _SATC,_ and that was always the point. You came for the—well, coming—and you stayed for the banter, the analysis of what society expects from single (and married) women, the Big-vs.-Aidan arguments and the friendship. Contrasting the glamour of upscale Manhattan life with the mundane hard work of committing and coupling, _SATC,_ struck the right balance of fantasy and realism—just like a good relationship. [Get This TV Series](http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00004RFCM/?tag=timecom-20 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/all-time-100-tv-shows/3103783/sex-and-the-city/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/all-time-100-tv-shows/3103783/sex-and-the-city/"},"headline":"Sex and the City","datePublished":"2014-08-12T15:21:32.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-02T23:01:46.097Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/all-time-100-tv-shows/3103783/sex-and-the-city/","keywords":["HBO","Comedy","Sitcom","sex and the city"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9da842eb6bb0a05e/69869f2e13c79f3d0e1936c7/t100_tv_sex-and-the-city1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9da842eb6bb0a05e/69869f2e13c79f3d0e1936c7/t100_tv_sex-and-the-city1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/all-time-100-tv-shows/3103783/sex-and-the-city/","name":"Sex and the City"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Sex and the City","description":"Contrasting the glamour of upscale Manhattan life with the mundane hard work of committing and coupling, SATC struck the right balance of fantasy and realism--just like a good relationship.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/YjXnw1X8/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2007-09-05T14:55:47.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/YjXnw1X8.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/collections/all-time-100-tv-shows/3103783/sex-and-the-city/","duration":"PT38S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/collections/all-time-100-tv-shows/3103783/sex-and-the-city/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```