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'Sex and the City's' New Episodes Premiere Tomorrow

Aired June 02, 2001 - 16:26   ET

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DONNA KELLEY, CNN ANCHOR: HBO's "Sex and the City" is back, with back-to-back episodes for tomorrow night's season premiere. For legions of viewers across the country, the hit TV show is the anti- "Seinfeld," it's a show about something: love, friendship, fashion, and of course, sex. Why the popularity? CNN's Thomas Nybo spoke with a few die-hard fans.

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SARAH JESSICA PARKER, ACTRESS: I really don't think that I should do the show.

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THOMAS NYBO, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The girls are back in town: Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte and Samantha. A new season and new romantic pitfalls.

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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We were the only single people in there.

PARKER: We are the only single people anywhere.

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NYBO: We stopped by a popular Atlanta hangout to get the skinny on "Sex and the City's" huge following.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: The show is every woman's fantasy!

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Every Sunday, my girlfriends and I get together, and we read "Cosmopolitans" and watch the show.

NYBO (on camera): How many of you are regular viewers, or you have seen the show? Maybe we can get a show of hands. All right! There you have it. Three out of eight women do not watch "Sex and the City," the rest do.

(voice-over): One reason for the show's popularity: everyone we spoke to related to the characters in a big way.

(on camera): Which character do you relate the most to?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Samantha.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I have got, like, career staff, like Miranda does. Definitely not like Samantha, which my parents will kind of be glad to know.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Charlotte is a little too tame for me, so I guess I am a mixture of Miranda and Carrie.

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UNIDENTIFIED ACTRESS: Oh, come on, we got to do better than that.

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NYBO (voice-over): The new season presents new challenges, like Carrie turning 35.

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KIM CATTRALL, ACTRESS: You've got to grab 35 by the (expletive deleted) and say, hey world, I'm 35!

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NYBO: And brings up some old questions, like whether she belongs with Mr. Big.

(on camera): Carrie and Big, yes or no?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Absolutely.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: They need it break up. She needs to go back to Aden.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: They have their problems, but I mean, you know, third time is a charm.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: No, not after what he did and especially not after -- what's her name -- broke up too. No way.

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PARKER: I can't believe it! You're seeing other women!

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NYBO (voice-over): Whether they admit it or not, the show has been a crossover hit with American men.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I think men watch it because they are fascinated. They can probably learn something about women from watching the show.

NYBO (on camera): You watch the show? What do you think about it?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I don't know anything about it.

NYBO (voice-over): But not all men feel the same.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: "Sex and the City"? I don't -- it's a TV show, right?

NYBO: At least he admits it.

Thomas Nybo, CNN, Atlanta.

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