Sarah Jessica Parker can’t help but wonder what the end of And Just Like That means.
However, despite being hard to do, she’s certain it was time to officially say goodbye to the Sex and the City revival and end Carrie Bradshaw’s story.
“It was a very tough decision,” Sarah Jessica—who played Carrie during both series—said in an Oct. 2 interview on CBS Mornings. “I’m not sure what that decision means 'cause I could just be on hiatus. But it was a difficult decision.”
Indeed, it wasn’t just hard for her, but admittedly for writer and director Michael Patrick King, who stunned viewers when he announced that season three would bring And Just Like That to a close mid-season.
“I think Michael thought a lot about it,” she said. “And I think it’s out of respect for this singular professional experience that you have to consider what you want to do and have you done it. And sometimes it’s best to gracefully walk away when things feel really right and energetic. Instead of squeezing and exploiting people’s generosity and hospitality.”
Fans said one final goodbye to Carrie, Miranda Hobbes (Cynthia Nixon) and Charlotte York (Kristin Davis) during the Aug. 14 series finale. And while the news left fans in shock, and with a lot of questions about the three characters brought to life in 1998, Michael was happy putting a period at the end of their stories.
"I really do want people to understand that this was about telling these stories and bringing them to a place where there was a finish,” Michael told The Hollywood Reporter in an interview in August. “And by ‘finish,’ I mean an open-ended finish, where each of the characters’ lives could continue and you could feel good about it for all of them. It’s what you want to write now that we’re done. We’re done writing.”
As for the beloved Carrie, Michael assured fans that though she ended up without the man of her dreams, she was happy with the love she found in herself.
“Who Carrie was at the end of Sex and the City and who she is at the end of And Just Like That is someone who has had great growth, great life experience,” Michael explained. “Now she’s ready to say the very shocking sentence, ‘Maybe just me,’ which she says to Charlotte in that beautiful scene where Sarah Jessica was just so emotional about saying that.”
And most importantly, Sarah Jessica got the ending that she desired.
“Leave a party while it’s still fun, right?” Michael said. “You can hear it in her Instagram… that tone in her voice is such a goodbye. It’s so beautiful.”
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Renewed: Heated Rivalry
The hit love story will bring the heat again with season two at Crave and HBO Max.
Renewed: Down Cemetery Road
On the heels of the first season finale, Apple TV announced a season two renewal for acclaimed thriller starring Emma Thompson and Ruth Wilson.
Renewed: Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Jimmy Kimmel confirmed that he extended his late night contract for an additional year, keeping the ABC show on the air through May 2027.
Jimmy posted the update to Instagram Dec. 8, writing in the caption, “I am pleased to announce another no-talent year!”
The news comes amid a challenging period for the host as his show was abruptly suspended “indefinitely” in September following backlash to comments he’d made during his Sept. 15 monologue about Charlie Kirk’s murder.
Renewed: Platonic
The Apple TV+ comedy starring Rose Byrne and Seth Rogen will return for season three.
Renewed: Snapped
Oxygen's true crime series will document more horrific crimes when season 36, 37 and 38 premiere in 2026.
Renewed: A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
The Game of Thrones prequel landed a second season renewal before it premieres in January 2026.
Renewed: House of the Dragon
The Game of Thrones prequel will return to Westeros for season four.
Canceled: Poker Face
The Peacock comedy starring Natasha Lyonne as a crime-solving sleuth won't return for season three, according to THR.
Canceled: English Teacher
Class is officially canceled for the FX comedy, according to Variety.
Renewed: Alien: Earth
FX's Alien prequel will incite more frights when it returns for season two next year.
Renewed: Honest Renovations
Jessica Alba and Lizzy Mathis' Roku home renovation show will tackle new constructions on season four.
Renewed: Love Island: Beyond the Villa
The second season of Peacock's Love Island spinoff will debut in 2026.
Renewed: Nobody Wants This
Everybody wants more of this. The Netflix comedy will be back for season three.
Canceled: Ridiculousness
After 14 years, the hit MTV clip show hosted by Rob Dyrdek is coming to an end.
Renewed: King of the Hill
The beloved animated comedy will continue grilling through seasons 16 and 17 on Hulu.
Renewed: Adults
The comedy about a group of twenty-somethings in New York trying to be good people will return for season two.
Renewed: Only Murders in the Building
OMITB is alive and well because the Hulu series is returning for season six in 2026.
The show will film overseas for the first time, with the beloved crime-solving trio leaving New York City to investigate London’s newest mystery.
Renewed: The Rainmaker
The USA Network legal drama will return to the courtroom for season two.
Canceled: The Kitchen
Food Network announced that the weekend culinary talk show hosted by Sunny Anderson, Jeff Mauro, Geoffrey Zakarian, Katie Lee and Alex Guarnaschelli will end at the end in December 2025 after 12 years and 40 seasons.
Renewed: The Buccaneers
The Apple TV+ drama inspired by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edith Wharton’s final novel will return for season three.
Renewed: Lioness
The Paramount+ thriller starring Zoe Saldana and Nicole Kidman was renewed for a third season, according to multiple outlets.
Canceled: The Ultimatum: Queer Love
The Netflix dating reality show won't be back for season three, Varity reported in October.
Canceled: Mid-Century Modern
The Hulu comedy inspired by The Golden Girls won't be returning for a second season.
Renewed: The Morning Show
The Apple TV+ drama, starring Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon, will be back for season five.
Canceled: Catfish
The MTV series will end with season nine.
“After 12 years,” host Nev Schulman said as he sat next to Max Joseph in a Sept. 22 Instagram video, “300 episodes and just a lot of traveling around this incredible country, Catfish has officially been cancelled. Sorry.”
Renewed: Hunting Wives
After the May Cobb novel adaptation became a smash hit on Netflix when it was added to the platform in summer of 2025, the streamer confirmed it had picked up the series as an original for season two.
Renewed: Foundation
The apocalyptic sci-fi drama will be back for season four.
Renewed: Overcompensating
The Prime Video comedy will head back to school for season two.
Renewed: Berlin ER
Apple TV+ renewed the German-language drama for a second season.
Renewed: The Paper
Stop the presses: The Office spinoff will be back for season two on Peacock.