ESSENTIAL INDUSTRY AND AWARDS NEWS 

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Welcome to TV Land

As Sex and the City is reborn on HBO Max, let’s take a look back at some of our other TV favorites—and the juicy stories about them that have been published in Vanity Fair.

You’ve Gotta Have Friends

An oral history of NBC’s juggernaut that reveals how the show changed its stars’ lives forever—and broke their hearts a little along the way.

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Bada Bing

As The Sopranos drew to a close on HBO, Peter Biskind charted the show’s remarkable run, as told by its creator and cast.

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D’oh!

A look back at the highs and lows of America’s first family, on the eve of 2007’s The Simpsons Movie.

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Reality Bites

How Mike Darnell and Mike Fleiss built a mighty reality-TV empire, from The Bachelor to American Idol.

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Beyond the Picket Fence

The making of V.F.’s 2005 Desperate Housewives cover was almost as dramatic as the soapy series itself.

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