Sex and the City, daily, 10pm, Paramount Comedy 1

Posted by Jane Murphy

Want to get through this week without reading or hearing the words Sex and the City? If so, may I suggest you step away from your computer, unplug your TV, cancel the newspapers and spend the next seven days cowering in the corner of a darkened room.

Sarah Jessica Parker and the girls are in London for the world premiere of the SATC movie - which means various chat show appearances (The Graham Norton Show for Cynthia on Thursday; Friday Night With Jonathan Ross for SJP), a World Premiere Special on Channel 4 on Tuesday, and back-to-back repeats of the series every night on Paramount Comedy 1.

I'm not quite sure who'll be tuning in for the repeats, though. I was under the impression that every woman in the land already owned one of those pink SATC DVD complete series box sets. Back in 2004, it was mandatory to get one for Christmas - even if what you really wanted was a DVD of Pro-Celebrity Cage Fighting.

Still, despite its apparent shallowness - after all, what could be more throwaway than a show about shoes and sex? - it's hard to think of a TV series that's made more of an impact on its target audience over recent years. We may not share the SATC girls' glamorous lifestyles or questionable taste in clothes and men, but most women could relate to their relationship woes, moral dilemmas and health worries.

Of course, the downside of this was that some men began to labour under the misguided impression that all women were like Carrie, Samantha and co - particularly if there were four of them seated around a table.

In fact, my husband still refers to my evenings out with friends at Café Rouge as "Sex and the City nights". He thinks we order Cosmopolitans and swap tips about shoe-buying and bizarre sexual practices. But I can assure you these topics only account for 5% of the conversation. The other 95% is spent discussing cage-fighting - honest!

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Comments

[sarah jessica parker]

if you don't like it don't watch it, its a girls program men r not meant to like it.Try rambo

[blokey bloke]

it isn't that good it was made to make money by going for the female demographic big john is angry i think that a show that was really about nothing became so popular great if you enjoy it but it was nothing special. hey indy 4 has made double the money of this film so maybe it was released this month because it is a "quiet" time of year for the movies. it really is just a cash in you have to admit. already forgotten sarah jessica who!!?

[Emma]

Never before, and debatabley never again, will a television show make such an impact. The show is gritty, funny and superbly written. I think bigjohn might be intimidated by hard working, hard playing women. Its the 21st century bigjohn...lighten up.

[SMG]

Oh please, lighten up a little I don't think you can blame SATC for the problems in our society today!! Anyway SATC is fab!!

[Girl1]

I daresay that bigjohn's "problems in the UK" are caused , or summed up equally by bunches of lads charging round, getting drunk, spending money, and being promiscuous.

Methinks bigjohn doesn't like SATC because it means he loses dominance oer the remote control.

[bigjohn]

I think this programme is the biggest waste of time ever. Bunch of girls prancing around, getting drunk, spending money, being promiscuous. Pretty much sums up most of the problems in the UK, wouldn't you say?!?