“Critical theory is a theory that seeks emancipation and change in a dominant social order” (Baran & Davis, 2012). Critical theory is a social theory that deals with different aspects of society. It tends to criticize cultures including: media, advertising and consumer culture. Furthermore, critical theory is also used to study how education is managed using information technology and also focuses on social relations which are social, political and economic. Critical theory is known to be one of the theories that have been defined in different ways by different theorists depending on how they interpreted the theory. This article will mainly discuss the literature review on critical theory and how it can be applied to television. To be precise, I will focus on the analysis or criticism of feminism in a television series known as “Sex and the City”. I chose to criticize feminism in a television series because I believe this is a serious topic that is being discussed all over the world today. The origins of Critical Theory date back to an early school of thought founded as the Frankfurt School in Germany in 1923 by a group of neo-Marxist theorists, including Max Horkeimer, Herbert Marcuse and Lowenthal Friedrich Pollock, Theodor W. Adorno, Walter Benjamin and Leo Lowenthal; these were some of the most important members of the institute and were also the first generation of theorists. (Kellner, 1992), and one of the major contributors to this institute is Felix Weil; he was a German Marxist determined to introduce Marxist studies to Germany and his donations to the Frankfurt School of thought went a long way in establishing the institute. A background in Marxist philosophy helped the French...... half of the paper ......131Geuss, R. (1981). The idea of ​​critical theory: Habermas and the Frankfurt School. Cambridge: University of Cambridge.Hermes, J. (2002). Television and its viewers in post-feminist dialogue Internet-mediated response to “Ally McBeal” and “Sex and the City.” Etnofoor stitching. 15(1/2) 194-211Hoy, D., & McCarthy, T. (1995). Critical theory. American Philosophical Association. 68(3) 88-89Horkheimer, M., 1982. Critical Theory, New York: Seabury Press. Kellner, D. (1992) Critical Theory, Marxism and Modernity. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press.LR Broster (1941). Feminism. The British medical journal. 1(4177) 117-118Short, S.E., Claire Yang, Y., Y., & Jerkinds, T.M. (2013). Sex, gender, genetics and health. American Journal of Public Health, 103(S1), S93-S101.Tallack, D. (1995). Critical Theory A reader. Maylands: Harvester Wheatsehaf.