The Carrie Diaries (TV series) The Carrie Diaries (TV series) The Carrie Diaries is an American teen comedy-drama television series that aired for two seasons on The CW from January 14, 2013, to January 31, 2014. It is a prequel to the HBO television series "Sex and the City" and based on the 2010 book of the same name by Candace Bushnell. The first season focuses on Carrie Bradshaw (AnnaSophia Robb) during her junior year of high school in 1984 as she explores life in New York City while interning at a law firm office, and also secretly working at a magazine company, while the
The Carrie Diaries favorable reviews. Joel Ryan of the "Los Angeles Times" gave the novel a positive review, calling it "[a]n addictive, ingenious origin story", while asserting that the brilliance of the book is that "sex is really beside the point." Sabrina Rojas Weiss of MTV's Hollywood Crush also gave it a positive review, stating, "All that plot is great and keeps you glued to the page until the end, but what sticks with you later are Carrie's internal musings." Meeta Agrawal of "Entertainment Weekly" rated the book A− and wrote, "It would have been easy to write a coming-of-age story about Carrie