Bunim/Murray Productions Developing Unscripted Dating Format ‘Is There Still Sex In The City’ With Author Candace Bushnell

Bunim/Murray Productions, a division of Banijay Americas, is developing a new unscripted dating format, “Is There Still Sex in The City,” with bestselling author and Sex and the City creator Candace Bushnell.

Bunim/Murray, which produces unscripted series including Buddy Games (CBS), The Family Stallone (Paramount+) and hit format The Challenge for MTV, CBS and Paramount+, is set to take the new Bushnell-led series out to potential buyers next month.

In this immersive dating experience, four fabulous friends in their 50s who are looking for a love do-over will leave their busy city lives for a dating utopia. They’ll live together in a cozy country chateau where they’ll have their pick of a different group of men in each episode. They’ll try the boy toys, sample a senior age player, be romanced by the rich guys and even get to flirt with their fantasy man. But in the end, who will really steal their hearts, and will our ladies be able to bring the sex back to the city?

Bushnell said: “50-something women (and above) are the hottest new dating demographic, and I should know, I am one of them. Over the decades, I’ve dated men of all ages and I’m so excited to be working on a show that combines my passion for relationships with the chance to help women, like me, navigate a love do-over.”

Added Bunim/Murray President Julie Pizzi: “We feel that Candace’s brand has grown with her audience and her expertise in the dating space is an incredible entry point for an immersive dating experiment.”

Candace Bushnell is a best-selling novelist, TV producer, and, most recently, the star of her own one-woman show, True Tales of Sex, Success and Sex and the City.

She is the author of Sex and the City, published in 1996, the basis for the TV phenomenon of the same name, spawning six-seasons on HBO, two movies and the re-boot series And Just Like That, currently in production for its third season. Bushnell is also the author of Four Blondes, Trading Up, Lipstick Jungle, One Fifth Avenue and The Carrie Diaries. Lipstick Jungle and The Carrie Diaries each became network TV series (NBC and The CW) for two seasons.