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Commentary: Gen Z is watching ‘Sex and the City’ for the first time. Our discovery? Carrie is a terrible friend

From left, Cynthia Nixon, Kristin Davis, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kim Cattrall attend the "Sex and the City" seminar at the Museum of Television and Radio in New York on Oct. 1, 2003.

“Sex and the City” is now one of Netflix’s most-watched shows as it settles into its new streaming home. Since the series’ April 1 debut on the platform, a whole new audience — many of whom weren’t born when the show premiered on HBO in 1998, changing the TV landscape — is discovering it. The comedy has been streaming on Max and on Hulu (through its Live TV plan), but the “Netflix effect” is unmatched.

The witty humor, the relatable dating

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