The Man Behind "Sex and the City" and "Emily in Paris"

On with Kara Swisher

New York Magazine

Society & Culture

4.2 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2022

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Love them or hate them, chances are that you’ve watched at least one Darren Star series. Kara once called them the “hottest trash on TV” but for over 30 years she has devoured shows that Star has created and executive produced, including “Sex and the City,” “Beverly Hills 90210” “Melrose Place,” “Uncoupled” and — most recently — the Netflix hit “Emily in Paris.” In this conversation, Kara and Darren discuss how HBO paved the way for risqué television, how streaming has eclipsed network televisions and how Star got inside the mind of the straight girl. Before the interview, Nayeema and Kara discuss why TV — trash or not — is being recycled into nostalgia programming. And they dive into the dark days media is facing right now after layoffs at CNN, hiring freezes around the news industry and shutterings of small media outlets pave the way for a “bad winter.” You can find Kara and Nayeema on Twitter @karaswisher and @nayeema. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:42.0	Hi everyone, from New York Magazine in the Vox Media Podcast Network.
0:45.0	This is Full House, the third reboot, but without the Olsen Twins.
0:49.0	Just kidding, this is on with Cara Swisher and I'm Cara Swisher.
0:52.0	And I'm Neymar Reza. I thought we were the Olsen Twins Cara.
0:55.0	No, we're not the Olsen Twins. They're very rich and then don't have to work.
0:59.0	But speaking of reboots, there's a new Netflix one.
1:02.0	That 90s show is starting in 2023, which makes me feel so old.
1:06.0	Are the 90s the new 70s?
1:08.0	Well, you know, sometimes you have to wonder what happened to creativity in Hollywood.
1:11.0	I think it's also because a lot of people my age like millennials are executives now
1:15.0	and they're all kind of reminiscing for a certain time and culture.
1:18.0	And the country also is kind of reminiscing for the 90s and all kinds of ways.
1:23.0	I don't ever like nostalgia programming.
1:25.0	But our guest today knows something about nostalgia programming.
1:28.0	Darren Stars created seminal shows, which ended up getting rebooted,
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