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Sex and the City Is Coming to Netflix. So What?
A hallmark of HBO prestige headed to the Starbucks of streaming doesn’t herald the end-times — yet.
From an optics perspective, though, the idea that one of HBO’s premiere shows — a title that’s been strongly associated with the prestige brand for decades — will now be available to watch on what is, politely, the streaming equivalent of Starbucks, feels surprising! But the fact is, Netflix doesn’t even get the honor of being the first non-HBO streamer to host Carrie & Co. As recently as May 2020 — back when folks were still at home watching All the Television because of COVID shutdowns — Sex was included with a subscription to Amazon’s very widely distributed Prime Videoservice, along with a slew of other legendary HBO series such as The Sopranos, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and Veep. Sex and the City falls into whatever “taste clusters” the original show appeals to — possibly a comedy from the same creator ( Emily Goes to Paris), but maybe viewers who enjoyed the empowered women of Dead to Me or Santa Clarita Diet, and yes, definitely folks nostalgic for the era of Cosmos and appletinis and when Donald Trump was only a punch line.
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