Broadcast and Distribution
Season one of Sex and the City aired on HBO from June to August 1998. Season two was broadcast from June until October,1999. Season three aired from June until October 2000. Season four was broadcast in two parts: from June until August 2001, and then in January and February 2002. Season five, truncated due to Parker's pregnancy, aired on HBO during the summer of 2002. The twenty episodes of the final season, season six, aired in two parts: from June until September 2003 and during January and February 2004.
Sex and the City is currently syndicated in the US by HBO corporate sibling (under Time Warner) Warner Bros. Television Distribution. CBS Television Studios (successors to Rysher Entertainment and Paramount Domestic Television) and their distribution arm own international rights.
The United States cable channel HBO was the original broadcaster. TBS and WGN began showing edited reruns of the series. The series then went into international syndication.
In Australia, the Nine Network aired the first run of the show Every Monday Between 9:30 pm and 11:00 pm. After 2004 the Cable Channel W. Channel aired it until summer 2008 when Arena TV started airing it in a block with Will & Grace with promos stating "all the good guys are gay". The series was repeated on Network Ten from 2005 until 2010, and on Eleven from February 2011.
In the Republic of Ireland, TV3 premiered Sex and the City in February in 1999. Since 2006 repeats of the series aired on 3e.
Channel 4 originally aired the series in the UK with the first episode shown in early 1999. As of August 2009 a double bill of the show airs each weeknight at 10:30pm on Comedy Central and a double bill airs on Wednesdays from 9pm on 5*.
| Country | TV network(s) | Date of premiere |
|---|---|---|
| Albania | Klan TV | 2010– |
| Argentina | Canal 9 | 2009– |
| Armenia | ATV | 2011– |
| Austria | ORF 1 | |
| Australia | Nine Network Network Ten Eleven Fox8 W Channel Arena 111 Hits |
September 6, 1999 – June 2004 2005–2010 February 4, 2011 – 2000–2004 2005–2007 January 2008 – March 2011, November 2011 - March 7, 2011 – November 2011 |
| Belgium | VIJFtv | |
| Brazil | Rede 21 Fox Life Multishow HBO |
2004–2006 2006– 2002– 1999–2005 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Federalna TV NTV Hayat |
2002– 2010–2012 |
| Bulgaria | Nova Television Fox Life HBO Comedy |
2002–2006 2009– 2010– |
| Canada | Cosmopolitan TV | 1999–2004 (first-run) 2004– (reruns) |
| Croatia | Nova TV Doma TV |
2010 2011 |
| Cyprus | Sigma | 2006– |
| Czech Republic | HBO ČT 1 Prima Prima Love |
1998–2004 1999–2004 2008–2010 2011–2013 |
| Estonia | TV6 | |
| Spain | Cosmopolitan | June 1, 1999 – November 23, 2004 |
| Finland | Nelonen MTV3 Sub |
|
| France | Téva M6 |
August 28, 1999 – 2004 October 18, 2000 – 2005 |
| Georgia | Rustavi 2 | 2000–2004 2010– |
| Germany | ProSieben Comedy Central sixx |
2001–2006 2009–2010 2010– |
| Greece | Alter Alpha TV |
2002–2008 2009– |
| Hungary | HBO Hungary Viasat 3 HBO Comedy |
2003–2007 2006– 2010– |
| India / Pakistan / Nepal / Sri Lanka / Bangladesh | Zee Next 3e MTV India CBS Love |
February 1999 – 2004 2006– 2009– |
| Israel | Channel 2 (Reshet) HOT V.O.D. |
1999– 2007– |
| Italy | TMC La Sette Fox Life |
2000–2006 2006– 2010– |
| Latvia | TV3 Latvia TV3+ Latvia SET |
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| Lithuania | TV3 Lithuania Lietuvos ryto TV |
2000– |
| Mexico | Azteca 7 | |
| Poland | TVP2 TVN TVN 7 Comedy Central HBO Wizja Jeden TVN Style |
1998–2004 2008–2009 2009–2010 2008–2009 1998–2004 1999–2001 2010–2011 |
| Norway | TV3 (reruns on other Viasat channels) | |
| Macedonia | MRT Alfa TV Telma |
2003–2004 2005, 2010 2012 |
| Romania | HBO Romania PRO TV Acasă TV Prima TV HBO Comedy |
1998–2004 1999–2000 (moved to sister channel, Acasă TV) 2000–2006 2007 (only the first seasons) 2009– |
| Russia | НТВ MTV Russia |
~2000–2004 March 8, 2010– |
| South Africa | SABC 3 | 1999–2006 |
| Serbia | B92 Fox Televizija HBO Comedy Prva FOX Life Serbia |
2002–2004, 2009, 2011 2010 2009–2010 2010 2011– |
| Slovenia | POP TV TV Pika | 2002–2008, 2009– |
| Slovakia | STV1 TV Markiza TV Doma | 2001–2004, 2010 |
| Sweden | TV3 | 1999–2004, 2009 |
| Spain | Cosmopolitan TV | 1998– |
| South Korea | OnStyle | 2008– |
| The Middle East | Showtime Arabia Showseries | |
| Turkey | Cine5 ComedyMax MyMax |
2000–2004 2006–2008 2008– |
| Ukraine | 1+1 TET |
~2000–2004 2009– |
| United Kingdom | Channel 4 Comedy Central E4 5* |
1999–2004 2004– 2004–2006, 2008–2009 2008– |
| United States | HBO TBS E! Style |
June 6, 1998 – February 22, 2004 2004–2010 2011– |
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