'Sex and the City' trivia and fun facts

The first cable series to win an Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series.

The first cable series to win a Golden Globe for Best Television Series - Comedy, back in 1999. Not only won that year, but the following two.

Showrunner Michael Patrick King admitted that one of the main reasons behind the love story between Carrie and Aleksandr Petrovsky is that he was sick of the fans complaining of how Big was older than Carrie, so he decided to pair her up with a real older guy.

Samantha is the only one of the four leads to never have a family member make any kind of appearance in the series. Family members of Charlotte and Miranda appeared, and Carrie's father is shown once in photographic form.

The show became so popular that a tour was setup to view the New York City locations of the series by bus.

During an interview, it was revealed that Sarah Jessica Parker and Kim Cattrall loathed each other since the first season. Their relationship became even more strained when Parker was made producer; their on-screen friendship was so well done that fans had no idea. This is why whenever the four women appeared at events, Parker and Cattrall were opposite each other. Both women felt it was "unprofessional" to bash each other during the series' run.

Sarah Jessica Parker spent up to 18 hours a day in heels playing Carrie.

The medicine cabinet in Carrie's apartment was first spied by Sarah Jessica Parker at a flea market shortly before filming began on the series. She and Matthew Broderick didn't buy it but reconsidered. When they went back, the cabinet was already sold to "some TV show". When she showed up for filming, the medicine cabinet was there.