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===Awards and recognition===
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Over the course of its six seasons, ''Sex and the City'' was nominated for over 50 [[Primetime Emmy Awards]] and won seven: two for Outstanding Casting for a Comedy Series (Jennifer McNamara), one for Outstanding Costumes, one for Outstanding Comedy Series, one for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series, one for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series (Sarah Jessica Parker), and one for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series (Cynthia Nixon).

The show was also nominated for 24 [[Golden Globe Awards]] and won eight: three for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy, four for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy (Sarah Jessica Parker), and one for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries, or Television Film (Kim Cattrall).

In 2007, ''Sex and the City'' was listed as one of [[Time (magazine)|''TIME'']] magazine's "100 Best TV Shows of All-''TIME''."<ref name="Time 100" /> ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' included it in its end-of-the-decade "best-of" list, stating, "The clothes from ''SATC'' raise your cosmos! A toast to the wonderful wardrobe from ''Sex and the City'', which taught us that no flower is too big, no skirt too short, and no shoe too expensive."<ref>Geier, Thom; Jensen, Jeff; Jordan, Tina; Lyons, Margaret; Markovitz, Adam; Nashawaty, Chris; Pastorek, Whitney; Rice, Lynette; Rottenberg, Josh; Schwartz, Missy; Slezak, Michael; Snierson, Dan; Stack, Tim; Stroup, Kate; Tucker, Ken; Vary, Adam B.; Vozick-Levinson, Simon; Ward, Kate (December 11, 2009), "THE 100 Greatest MOVIES, TV SHOWS, ALBUMS, BOOKS, CHARACTERS, SCENES, EPISODES, SONGS, DRESSES, MUSIC VIDEOS, AND TRENDS THAT ENTERTAINED US OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS". Entertainment Weekly. (1079/1080):74-84</ref>

For its 65th anniversary, ''[[TV Guide]]'' ranked the episode "My Motherboard, My Self" as the eighth-best episode of the 21st century.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Holbrook |first=Damian |date=April 2–15, 2018 |title=65 Best Episodes of the 21st Century |magazine=TV Guide}}</ref>

In 2023, [[Variety (magazine)|''Variety'']] ranked ''Sex and the City'' as the sixth-greatest TV show of all time.<ref name="variety.com"/>