Overview

• Showrunner Michael Patrick King set season 3 as the endpoint, closing the Sex and the City revival with a two‑part conclusion on Aug. 14 on Max.
• The finale drew about 509,000 U.S. households in live‑plus‑three, down 7% from the season 2 closer and less than half the season 1 premiere’s 1.1 million, per Forbes citing Samba TV.
• Writers and executive producers Julie Rottenberg and Elisa Zuritsky said the conclusion was the most honest and fitting choice for the lead character and a clean way to end the story.
• Sarah Jessica Parker told The New York Times she doesn’t really care about so‑called hate‑watching reactions, pointing instead to the show’s enduring audience connection.
• Critical discussion highlighted concerns that the revival underplayed the franchise’s hallmark friendships, while Samba TV data showed the audience skewed older, with 45–54 households overindexing by 14%.