<Tr> <Th> Preceded by </Th> <Td> Sex and the City (1998--2004) </Td> </Tr> <P> The Carrie Diaries is an American teen comedy - drama television series that aired for two seasons on The CW from January 14, 2013, to January 31, 2014 . It is a prequel to the HBO television series Sex and the City and based on the 2010 book of the same name by Candace Bushnell . The first season focuses on Carrie Bradshaw (AnnaSophia Robb) during her junior year of high school in 1984 as she explores life in New York City while interning at a fashion magazine, while the second season focuses more on her expanding life in the city as well as the lives of her friends . </P> <P> The pilot was picked up by The CW to a series order of 13 episodes in May 2012 . Four months into the first season, the network renewed The Carrie Diaries for a second season, which premiered in October 2013 . In May 2014, The CW canceled the series after two seasons . </P> <Ul> <Li> AnnaSophia Robb as Carrie Bradshaw; The protagonist and voice - over narrator of the series . She is a 16 - year - old high school student living in the fictional town of Castlebury, Connecticut, who dreams of being a famous writer . Carrie's mother recently died from cancer and as a result, Carrie's younger sister, Dorrit, is more rebellious than ever, and their father, Tom, is overwhelmed with the responsibility of suddenly having to care for two teenage girls on his own . Instead of attending school on one day during the week, she takes an internship at a law firm in New York City which she relishes as a stepping stone in her quest to leave her small town behind her . She left this position to work for Larissa Loughlin at Interview magazine . Towards the end of high school, Larissa offers Carrie a full - time job at the magazine, which she accepts over going to NYU . Unfortunately, when Larissa is fired, so is Carrie . She decides to stay in New York, rather than going to Malibu with Sebastian . In the Season 2 finale, she moves into Larissa's apartment with Samantha . </Li> <Li> Austin Butler as Sebastian Kydd; The new kid at Castlebury High School and Carrie's love interest . Sebastian moves to Castlebury after getting kicked out of his old high school for having sex with his art history teacher . He lives with his divorced mother who is never around . He and Carrie date during the second half of the first season, before breaking up (after a fight resulting in Sebastian kissing Maggie). They are constantly going back and forth from a couple to singles and back, but it is clear that they both have feelings for each other . At the end of Season 2, Sebastian moves to Malibu to run his company, and it seems that he and Carrie may have broken up . </Li> <Li> Ellen Wong as Jill "Mouse" Chen; Jill is Carrie's nerdy and sweet best friend from high school and the ex-girlfriend of a college guy she still loves . They broke up because both of their grades were getting low . In school, she is an academic overachiever who is said to be under pressure and driven to be the best at everything by her stern parents . Mouse accepts an offer to go to Harvard towards the end of Season 2 . </Li> <Li> Katie Findlay as Maggie Landers; Carrie's best friend, and Walt's sexually active ex-girlfriend . She is a sarcastic and self - assured underachieving student who barely passes her classes and is said to have an unhappy home life where her parents neglect and ignore her . She cares about Carrie, and will sacrifice her own happiness for Carrie's . Maggie is proposed to by Pete in the last episode of Season 2, and she accepts . </Li> <Li> Stefania LaVie Owen as Dorrit Bradshaw; Carrie's troubled, 14 - year - old, rebellious younger sister . She openly resents Carrie for being close with their mother, and for not having more time with her . She is rebelling by dyeing her hair and wearing too much eye make - up as well as seeing a guy older than Carrie called Miller . </Li> <Li> Brendan Dooling as Walter "Walt" Reynolds; Carrie's other best friend . He is Maggie's ex-boyfriend . He doesn't know that she is cheating on him with a cop . In the ending of the first episode, it's implied that Walt is secretly gay . In later episodes it is clear he is confused about his sexuality, he even sparks an interest in a man named Bennet Wilcox (an employee at Interview Magazine). At the end of the first season he and Maggie break up, and she (as well as the rest of the group) finds out about his homosexuality . In season 2 he begins dating Bennett and his mom sees a picture of them in a local newspaper and kicks him out . He lives at Carrie's for 3 episodes before being scared off by the potential to get AIDS, breaking up with Bennett and moving back in with his parents, denying his sexuality again . By the end of Season 2, his parents finally accept Walt's homosexuality . </Li> <Li> Chloe Bridges as Donna LaDonna; The school's most popular girl, and the leader of a cliques called "The Jens", which is made up of all of the school's shallow and narcissistic "mean girls". She was Carrie's chief rival in the first season and also had a crush on Walt . When she found out that Walt was gay, she protected his secret by telling the whole school that they had sex . She is currently frenemies with Carrie . </Li> <Li> Freema Agyeman as Larissa Loughlin; A hip, British, cutting - edge style editor at Interview magazine and party girl, who acts as Carrie's mentor in New York City . It is later revealed that Larissa is an African princess who ran away from her family and found financial support from a British lord before moving to America . Carrie introduces Larissa to Harlan, her father Tom's friend, and Larissa and Harlan get married in the Season 2 finale . </Li> <Li> Matt Letscher as Tom Bradshaw; Carrie's overprotective father . He loosens up a bit as the series progresses . When Carrie chooses a job at Interview over going to NYU, Tom disapproves and cuts her off financially . In the Season 2 finale, Tom and Carrie mend their relationship when she tells him that she will stay in New York and support herself . </Li> <Li> Lindsey Gort as Samantha Jones; Donna's brash and outgoing older cousin whom Carrie befriends . She is part of Manhattan's music scene . Samantha and Carrie move in together at the end of Season 2 . </Li> </Ul>

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