KATE & ALLIE

Show Type: Sitcom

First Telecast: March 19, 1984

Last Telecast: September 11, 1989

Broadcast History:

March 1984 – May 1984, Monday 9:30-10:00 on CBS

August 1984 – September 1986, Monday 9:30-10:00 on CBS

September 1986 – September 1987, Monday 8:00-8:30 on CBS

September 1987 – November 1987, Monday 8:30-9:00 on CBS

December 1987 – June 1988, Monday 8:00-8:30 on CBS

July 1988 – August 1988, Saturday 8:00-8:30 on CBS

August 1988 – September 1988, Monday 9:00-9:30 on CBS

December 1988 – March 1989, Monday 8:30-9:00 on CBS

March 1989 – June 1989, Monday 10:30-11:00 on CBS

June 1989 – September 1989, Monday 8:00-8:30 on CBS

Cast

Kate McArdle..... Susan Saint James

Allie Lowell..... Jane Curtin

Emma McArdle (1984-1988)..... Ari Meyers

Chip Lowell..... Frederick Koehler

Jennie Lowell..... Allison Smith

Charles Lowell (1984-1986)..... Paul Hecht

Ted Bartelo (1984-1985 / 1987-1988)..... Gregory Salata

Bob Barsky (1987-1989)..... Sam Freed

Lou Carello (1988-1989)..... Peter Onorati

SYNOPSIS

Kate & Allie were two divorcées who had been friends since high school. In an effort to save money and provide mutual emotional support, they decided to share an apartment in New York's Greenwich Village. Between them they had three young children who caused a certain amount of turmoil, and Kate and Allie themselves had decidedly different life-styles. Kate was glamorous, contemporary, and a bit frivolous, while Allie was old-fashioned, proper, and industrious to a fault. Stories revolved around the problems of adjusting to communal life, raising children in the city, and Allie’s rocky love life. She had never dated much, and now more than ever needed the help of her more worldly friend.

Allie's ex-husband Charles was seen occasionally, picking up the kids; later, he remarried. Kate did find romance in 1985, in the unlikely person of plumber Ted Bartelo. They actually got engaged that spring but broke up after a short time.

Allie's hard-earned Bachelor's Degree proved of little help in getting her a good job, and Kate became bored with being a travel agent, so in the spring on 1987, they started their own catering business. That fall both of their daughters enrolled in Columbia University. Emma subsequently moved into a dormitory, giving her more freedom than her friend Jennie. Allie was forced to face the reality that her daughter was becoming a woman, and reluctantly gave Jennie some of the same freedom at home that Emma had at the dorm. Kate's old boyfriend Ted was back, and Allie was dating sportscaster, Bob Barsky.

In the season premiere episode in December of 1988, Allie and Bob got married and proceeded to move into a new high-rise apartment. When Bob got a job as a sportscaster on a Washington, D.C. TV station and decided to commute to work from New York, Kate moved in to keep Allie and Chip company during the week while he in Washington. The two women were trying to make money with their catering business. Jenny was a sophomore at Columbia, and Emma had transferred to UCLA to be close to her dad. Lou, the high-rise’s super, was forever trying to make time a totally disinterested Kate.

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