Based on Candace Bushnell’s best-selling book of the same name and created by Darren Star (Beverly Hills, 90210 [1990–2000] and Melrose Place [1992–99]), and the City takes a candid and comical look at the lives and loves of four Manhattan career women in their 30s and 40s. Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker), a writer and self-described anthropologist, philosophizes about modern life in a newspaper column, drawing from her own experiences and those of her friends, who participate actively in the Manhattan dating scene as they search for the perfect partner.