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The Carrie Diaries

★ 7.0 30K votes 2013–2014 2 seasons · 26 episodes Canceled The CW
Coming of ageGrowing up as the central arc.This show: 9/10Young adultTeen protagonists with teen-first appeal.This show: 8/10Female perspectiveWomen's experience as the defining lens.This show: 8/10Period pieceSet meaningfully in a past era.This show: 8/10NostalgicTrades on longing for a past era, in the story or around it.This show: 7/10Love storyA love story as the engine of the show, not a side plot.This show: 7/10
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Starring
AnnaSophia RobbAustin ButlerEllen WongKatie FindlayStefania LaVie OwenBrendan Dooling
Written by
Amy Harris
Starring
AnnaSophia RobbAustin ButlerEllen WongKatie FindlayStefania LaVie OwenBrendan Dooling
Written by
Amy Harris
Ratings per Episode
246810
Votes per Episode
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About

"A gentler, teenage origin story for an icon"

Set in the early 1980s, this show follows a teenage Carrie Bradshaw navigating high school, family, and her first taste of Manhattan nightlife after landing an internship at a law firm. It's a prequel to Sex and the City, but plays more like a glossy CW coming-of-age drama than its raunchier predecessor. Expect big hair, era-appropriate needle drops, and earnest teen romance rather than biting wit. It's breezy, colorful, and nostalgic, carried by its lead's likability and the fun of spotting how a future icon's style and voice start to take shape.

Watch it for

the nostalgic 80s styling and watching a beloved character's personality take shape.

Maybe skip if

you want the sharper, adult wit of the original Sex and the City.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

Season 12013
7.63K139h 10m
It's 1984, and life isn't easy for 16-year-old Carrie Bradshaw. Since their mother passed away, Carrie's younger sister Dorritt is more rebellious than ever, and their father Tom is overwhelmed with the responsibility of suddenly having to care for two teenage girls on his own. Carrie's friends - sweet, geeky Mouse, sarcastic and self-assured Maggie and sensitive Walt - make life bearable, but a suburban life in Connecticut isn't doing much to take her mind off her troubles. And even though the arrival of a sexy new transfer student named Sebastian brings some excitement to Carrie's world, she is struggling to move on from her grief. So when Tom offers Carrie the chance to intern at a law firm in Manhattan, she leaps at the chance. Carrie's eyes are opened wide at the glamour and grit of New York City - and when she meets Larissa, the style editor for Interview magazine, she's inspired by the club culture and unique individuals that make up Larissa's world. Carrie's friends and family may have a big place in her heart, but she's fallen in love for the first time with the most important man in her life - Manhattan.
Season 22013
7.92K139h 13m
It's the summer of 1985, and, for the first time, 17-year-old Carrie Bradshaw can call Manhattan home. After her boyfriend Sebastian and best friend Maggie betrayed her, Carrie is happy to accept the offer to spend the summer living in the downtown loft apartment of her Interview magazine boss Larissa. But as summer turns to fall and Carrie heads into her senior year, she and her friends and family discover that letting go of old loves and embracing new dreams comes with some tough new realities but also incredible new opportunities.

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

AnnaSophia Robb Carrie Bradshaw
Austin Butler Sebastian Kydd
Ellen Wong Jill 'Mouse' Chen
Katie Findlay Maggie Landers
Stefania LaVie Owen Dorrit Bradshaw
Brendan Dooling Walt Reynolds
Chloe Bridges Donna LaDonna
Freema Agyeman Larissa Loughlin
Matt Letscher Tom Bradshaw
Krystal Procida Larissa's Assistant

Crew

Amy Harris

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