TV Guide HBO Comedy Monday

A young woman is excited when she learns of a major baking competition, which motivates her to leave her waitressing job in hopes of winning the grand prize.

Ellen DeGeneres offers her whimsical take on a number of issues facing men, women and society today before an audience at New York City's Beacon Theater.

A filmmaker discovers Yogi Bear and Boo-Boo while shooting a documentary on Jellystone Park while it is celebrating its 100th anniversary.

The girls decide that they should have sex as casually as men do; Carrie sets Miranda up with a friend; Samantha gets shot down by Mr. Big.

Miranda and Samantha make the mistake of dating men who are obsessed with models; Carrie spends the night with a model; Miranda fails to return phone calls.

Carrie brings Charlotte and Samantha to a party, only to learn that everyone there is married; Miranda pretends to be a lesbian to further her career.

Carrie and Samantha date guys in their twenties but soon decide that it is not for them; Charlotte's boyfriend asks her to try something new in bed.

A handsome French architect pays Carrie for sex; Charlotte is swept away by a famous artist but is conflicted when he asks her to pose nude for a painting.

Carrie suspects that Mr. Big is trying to keep his relationship with her a secret when he fails to show at a big event; Miranda discovers a boyfriend's fetish.

Carrie wants to be exclusive with Mr. Big; Miranda wants an open relationship with Skipper; Samantha secretly goes apartment hunting without her realtor.

Carrie finds out that Big was once married and had a threesome with his ex; Charlotte's man wants to bring in another woman; Samantha's involved with a couple.

Big informs Carrie that he will never marry again; Miranda introduces Charlotte to "The Rabbit," and she becomes a recluse; a man proposes to Carrie as a ruse.

The girls ponder their childless situations; Carrie wonders about motherhood when her period is late; Samantha gives her own kind of baby shower.

Carrie's certain she and Big will never share a bed again due to her flatulence; Charlotte dates Carrie's former lover who isn't interested in sex.

Miranda's Catholic lover always showers after sex; Carrie learns that Mr. Big takes his mother to church; Samantha doesn't meet her lover's standards.

Carrie starts dating a new member of the Yankees but finds that she still isn't over Mr. Big; Miranda tires of talking about men all the time.

Mr. Big goes to Carrie's birthday party; Samantha criticizes her boyfriend; Charlotte gets a puppy; Miranda talks dirty to a lover and reveals too much.

Carrie dates a bunch of freaks; Samantha has a first date with a guy who wears dog collars and likes to be slapped around; Miranda gives up on dating.

Carrie likes being single; Miranda fakes an orgasm with a new guy; Samantha gets taken in by a jerk; Charlotte convinces herself to like a "fix-it" friend.

Charlotte falls for a widower; Carrie mends fences; Samantha is exiled from the Manhattan social scene; Miranda has panic attacks after buying an apartment

Carrie tries to break the news that she is back with Mr. Big; Charlotte is swept away by a group of powerful lesbians; Samantha feels betrayed by her trainer.

At an engagement party for Miranda's interior decorator, Charlotte gets felt up by her date's father; Mr. Big walks out on Carrie's poetry recital.

Carrie and Mr. Big continue their romance; Samantha has an affair with a wealthy older man; Miranda ends her relationship with a married man.

Carrie tries to change some of Mr. Big's more annoying habits; Charlotte dates an uncircumcised man; Samantha's old boyfriend is now a drag queen.

Carrie and Mr. Big exchange "I love you's"; Miranda splits with her boyfriend; Samantha dates a rich man; Charlotte hooks up with a movie star.

Carrie attempts to leave some of her things at Big's place; Miranda has a lazy ovary; Charlotte's new beau is "gay-straight"; Samantha's revenge.

Big tells Carrie he may be moving to Paris; Charlotte meets a shoe salesman with a foot fetish; Miranda's man wants to get caught having sex.

Carrie meets another wrong guy at her shrink's office; Samantha dates a sports addict; Charlotte joins a bridge club; Miranda plays peep show.

Carrie has a date with her "sex buddy"; Charlotte double-books after she starts asking men on dates; Miranda thinks her mean date is just high-strung.

Carrie is not only dating a short story writer, but it seems she is also dating his entire family; Samantha has sex with Charlotte's brother.

Carrie dates an alcoholic; the girls take a tantric sex course after Charlotte's partner falls asleep during sex; Samantha's gay friends want to sleep with her.

Samantha's ex-assistant throws a party in the Hamptons where the girls are staying; Charlotte's 20-something guy gives her crabs; Big is dating a 26-year-old.

Carrie learns that Big is engaged to his girlfriend; Samantha fears her new guy might be too big for her; Charlotte tries to overcome her fear of horses.

The act of judging the New York City Fire Department's "Calendar Contest" provides fuel for the girls' fantasies of strong men and rescue.

Carrie's new political companion lobbies for her affections; Samantha meets a short, yet potent new lover; Charlotte campaigns for a husband by year's end.

Carrie runs into Mr. Big's seemingly perfect wife; Samantha treats everyone to a day at the spa; Charlotte confronts her self-image discomfort.

Carrie discovers that her new boy-toy has been intimate with both sexes; Charlotte's male alter ego is unleashed in a photo session.

Carrie ponders quitting smoking; Samantha dates an African-American male; Miranda must learn to be supportive of Steve's unrealistic dreams.

Carrie's lover wants to wait until the right time to make love; Samantha is forced to move; Miranda contacts her long list of former lovers about her STD.

Just as Carrie wonders if her relationship with Aidan is too perfect, she unexpectedly meets Mr. Big; Samantha experiments with Viagra.

More run-ins with Big make Carrie wonder; Charlotte's lover might be "the one"; Samantha fears she's menopausal; Miranda's lover wants to have a baby with her.

Carrie and Mr. Big fall into their old habits, leading to a night of passion; Charlotte achieves her goal and ends up engaged, but it's not like she hoped.

Aidan says the three big words, leaving Carrie guilt-ridden about her affair with Big; Samantha fears she will end up alone; Miranda discovers phone sex.

Carrie's affair with Big strains her relationship with Aidan; Charlotte develops bride-mania; Miranda is attracted to a man who wears a sandwich costume.

Carrie deliberates over being honest with Aidan about her affair with Big; Charlotte changes her mind the night before the wedding; Miranda the stewardess.

Carrie's meeting about a possible film based on her column gives the girls a chance to go to Los Angeles; Charlotte tries to turn around her sexless honeymoon.

Charlotte gives up on her honeymoon and ends up departing for Los Angeles, where Carrie has fallen for a guy who isn't what he pretends to be.

A comic book store owner rejuvenates Carrie; Samantha is hired by a wealthy 13-year-old; Miranda has to get braces; Charlotte demands that Trey see a therapist.

Carrie tries to teach a seminar on how to meet men, but her students turn on her and want to know why she's still single if she's supposed to be an expert.

When Carrie makes up her mind to apologize to Natasha, it doesn't go as she hoped; Miranda wonders if her gorgeous detective is too good looking.

Roosters bother Carrie, and she gets a 'Big' surprise phone call; Miranda worries she's in a rut; Samantha wars with the transsexuals on the block.

Carrie marks her 35th birthday; Samantha attempts to seduce a handsome monk; a mishap in bed convinces Charlotte that she hasn't found her soul mate.

Carrie is asked to model for a charity show; Samantha poses for revealing photos; Charlotte is forced to get to know herself better; a man finds Miranda sexy.