Sex and the City To Go Back On the Air? UPDATE: No.

Daniel D'Addario — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 06:00:44 -0400

The rumor mill is circulating a notion that Sex and the City is to return to the airwaves--its kiddie-prequel version, The Carrie Diaries (based on Candace Bushnell's young-adult series), was originally intended for movie treatment. As to whether the new TV series--to be produced by Sarah Jessica Parker, as the gossips have it, in a reaction against the failure of the 2010 Sex and the City film--is to depict youthful or ossified Carrie, reps for Ms. Parker's Pretty Matches production company and Ms. Bushnell's publisher Balzer + Bray declined comment. "We only know what we're reading about in the news!," said a Balzer rep.

Either way, Michael Patrick King, the Sex and the City creative force who directed both movies, is otherwise occupied with the upcoming premiere of CBS's 2 Broke Girls, about two young women struggling to make their way in the hostile city. Sounds like an unofficial Sex and the City prequel, in spirit at least!

UPDATE: Ms. Parker's rep tells us that "The Daily Mail's story"--which cites an unnamed source--"is false." Ms. Parker's TV ventures remain limited to new creative endeavors like the Bravo reality show Work of Art.

ddaddario@observer.com

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Sex and the City To Go Back On the Air? UPDATE: No.