First of all, despite evidence to the contrary,  The Carrie Diaries  is not  Sex and the  City : the Early Years . It lacks the essence of  its parent show; it lacks the groundbreaking salaciousness, the raunchiness and more

The Carrie Diaries isn’t quite like anything The CW has developed in recent years, and this is a very good thing. http://www.tv.com/news/the-carrie-diaries-series-premiere-bradshaw-begins-30405/

In the first four minutes of The Carrie Diaries , our heroine, Carrie Bradshaw (AnnaSophia Robb), goes through a whirlwind of emotions: confusion, frustration, anger, shock and melancholy. Given that she is a 16-year-old girl this is hardly shocking. The more

Thanks to The CW, Carrie Bradshaw’s past has finally been revealed! http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2013/01/14/the-carrie-diaries-series-premiere-tv-recap/?mod=WSJBlog

In the highly anticipated Sex and the City  prequel, we meet Carrie Bradshaw as a teenager in 1984. The Carrie Diaries ' " Pilot " introduces us to Carrie and her group of friends as they navigate high school life in Castlebury Connecticut. I more

When we were growing up to be the super-stylish, super-cool people we are, we had a spirit animal. Her name was Carrie Bradshaw and she was the main character on HBO’s Sex and the City. When the show ended in 2004, we cried, and then started over and watc more

"The Carrie Diaries" is officially a "Sex and the City" prequel, but it works a lot better as a TV show if you can forget that.The CW's new dramedy, premiering at 9 p.m. ET Monday (Jan. 14), follows the 16-year-old Carrie Bradshaw (AnnaSophia Robb, "Soul more

HitFix's Alan Sepinwall reviews "The Carrie Diaries," the CW's new series about the teenage years of "Sex and the City" heroine Carrie Bradshaw, played by AnnaSophia Robb. http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/whats-alan-watching/posts/review-cws-the-carrie-diaries more