The Carrie Diaries is an American teen drama television series that aired on The CW. It is a prequel to the HBO television series Sex and the City and based on the book of the same name by Candace Bushnell. The first season of the show focused on Carrie Bradshaw (AnnaSophia Robb) during her junior year of high school in 1984 as she explores life in New York while interning at a fashion magazine.