Sex and the City’s Kim Cattrall Shares Cryptic Message Amid And Just Like That‘s Final Season

Watch:Kim Cattrall Shares Cryptic Message as ‘And Just Like That’ Ends

And just like that, Kim Cattrall has spoken.

Hours after Sex and the City creator Michael Patrick King announced that And Just Like That—the sequel series to the beloved HBO show—would be ending after its current third season, the actress shared a cryptic note on Instagram Aug. 1.

Posting a picture of a sunset overlooking a body of water, Kim wrote alongside emojis of a heart and a pair of lips, “It’s the end of a very long week.”

But she isn’t the only Sex and the City alum to speak out amid news of And Just Like That‘s final bow. Cattrall’s former castmate Sarah Jessica Parker—who stars in the revival alongside Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis—reflected on her iconic character’s legacy.

“Carrie Bradshaw has dominated my professional heartbeat for 27 years,” SJP wrote on Instagram. “I think I have loved her most of all. I know others have loved her just as I have. Been frustrated, condemned and rooted for her. The symphony of all those emotions has been the greatest soundtrack and most consequential companion.”

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She continued, “MPK and I together recognized, as we have in the past, this chapter complete.”

Cynthia also marveled at the franchise’s decades-long journey, calling it “such a delight from start to finish.”

“I can’t believe our wild beautiful And Just Like That ride is almost over,” she wrote on her own Instagram page. “I will miss working with these people everyday SO incredibly much but know we will always be a part of each other’s lives.”

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Although Kristin felt “profoundly sad” about the show ending, she expressed gratitude to the cast and crew who worked “so hard on our show with deep love.”

“Thank you to you all,” she added in her own post. “You hold me up and i do not take it for granted!!!”

And Just Like That premiered in 2021, more than 17 years after Sex and the City went off the air. Out of the series’ four main leads, Kim was the only star who opted not to return.

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“It’s a great wisdom to know when enough is enough,” she told Variety in a new 2022 interview. “I also didn’t want to compromise what the show was to me. The way forward seemed clear.”

And while Kim did reprise her role as Samantha Jones for a cameo in the season two finale, it was a one-off thing. As she told Today in 2023, “This is as far as I’m gonna go.”

To see what other TV shows are also going off the air this year, keep reading…

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.

Ending: Bel-Air

Peacock’s reimagined drama will debut it’s fourth and final season Nov. 24.

Renewed: Password

Get ready for more outrageous clues, wild guesses and comedic moments as Keke Palmer returns as host alongside wordplay master Jimmy Fallon for season three.

Renewed: The Institute

The horror series was for season two, which should come as no surprise given that The Institute ranks as the best premiere ever on MGM+.

Renewed: America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys

Season three will follow the 2025-2026 Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders squad from start to finish—kicking off at auditions and training camp and continuing all the way through the NFL season.

Renewed: Solo Traveling

Tracee Ellis Ross‘ Roku Channel travel series will continue jet-setting to fabulous destinations with season two.

Renewed: American Ninja Warrior

The intense NBC competition series will continue to make jaws drop when more contestants compete for the $250,000 price on the upcoming 18th season.

Ending: And Just Like That…

Series creator Michael Patrick King revealed the Sex And The City spin-off starring Sarah Jessica Parker will end after the current third season in a two-part finale.

“And just like that…the ongoing storytelling of the Sex and the City universe is coming to an end,” Michael said in an Aug 1 Instagram post. “While I was writing the last episode of And Just Like That…season 3, it became clear to me that this might be a wonderful place to stop.”

“SJP and I held off announcing the news until now because we didn’t want the word ‘final’ to overshadow the fun of watching the season,” he added. “It’s with great gratitude we thank all the viewers who have let these characters into their homes and their hearts over these many years.”

Renewed: Untamed

Netflix’s new series set in Yellowstone National Park and starring Eric Bana scored a season two renewal, according to Variety.

Renewed: Pluribus

The new series, in which the most miserable person on Earth must save the world from happiness, was renewed by Apple TV+ even before its season one premiere.

Renewed: Days of Our Lives

The long-running Peacock soap opera will return with more drama for seasons 62 and 63.

Renewed: Stick

Owen Wilson‘s Apple TV+ comedy scored a season two pickup.

Renewed: Top Chef

Bravo’s culinary competition will return for season 23 set in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Renewed: Wednesday

The Jenna Ortega-starring Addams Family spinoff will return to Netflix for a third season.

Canceled: The Late Show With Stephen Colbert

CBS announced they would shutter the late night franchise, with its last episode airing in May 2026.

Renewed: King of Collectibles: The Goldin Touch

The Netflix reality series will return for season three.

Renewed: The Ultimatum: Marry or Move on

The Netflix reality series was renewed for season four.

Renewed: Murderbot 

Apple TV+ announced a season two renewal for its acclaimed comedic thriller Murderbot starring Alexander Skarsgård.

Renewed: The Flip Off

The HGTV competition series will be back for season two.

Canceled: The Flipping El Moussas

Tarek and Heather Rae El Moussa‘s HGTV renovation show won’t be returning for more home makeovers.

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