'The Carrie Diaries' takes SATC fans to where it all began

For anyone who's grown up watching 'Sex and the City,' it's hard not to be curious about the lives of the four women we've come to know and love before they became New Yorkers walking around in tutu skirts and getting splashed by buses –-- especially the show's main character, Carrie Bradshaw.

Aside from a few passing references to an absent father and a suburban upbringing, we know surprisingly little about her past.

Enter 'The Carrie Diaries,' a new CW series based on Candace Bushnell's prequel to 'Sex and the City' that's scheduled to air next January. The premiere of the pilot took place Monday night at the School of Visual Arts' theatre in Chelsea.

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