Kate & Allie: The Complete Series

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1.	Kate & Allie: Season 1	1984
2.	Kate & Allie: Season 2	1984
3.	Kate & Allie: Season 3	1984
4.	Kate & Allie: Season 4	1986
5.	Kate & Allie: Season 5	1984
6.	Kate & Allie: Season 6	1984

Kate & Allie

Kate & Allie: Season 2

1984

6.9

2,784

TV Series | Comedy

USA | English | Color |

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Kate and Allie, which ran on CBS from 19 March 1984 to 22 May 1989, was the brainchild of Sherry Coben who came up with the idea for the series while attending a high school reunion. There she noticed that a couple of divorcees who seemed unhappy and dissatisfied found comfort in sharing with each other. Coben worked with this germinal notion and successfully pitched the resulting script, originally entitled, "Two Mommies," to Michael Ogiens, then head of New York program development at CBS. Ogiens liked the script because it contained fresh material that dealt with a real issue of the day--single parenthood. Kate and Allie was an instant success, ranking fourth the week it debuted, garnering consistently high ratings thereafter, and earning Jane Curtin two consecutive Emmys and Bill Persky, one. The characters and the issues they dealt with obviously appealed to the program's audience. Saint James' character, Kate, is a woman recently divorced from her unstable and somewha

Episodes View details

1 Baby 30 min | Oct 08, 1984

Kate considers having another baby because of a co-worker's pregnancy.

Director: Bill Persky

Writer: Sherry Coben

Guest stars: Vasili Bogazianos, Cheryl Giannini, Kelly Bishop, Judy Engles, Carolyn Byrd

2 Landlady 30 min | Oct 15, 1984

The landlady gives Kate and Allie a huge increase in the rent when she learns about their living arrangements.

Director: Bill Persky

Writer: Bob Randall

Guest stars: Gary Beach, Chevi Colton, Gloria Cromwell, Maurice Shrog

3 Diner 30 min | Oct 22, 1984

Allie revisits her old suburban home in Connecticut.

Director: Bill Persky

Writer: Stuart Hampel

Guest stars: Katherine Kamhi, Rita Karin, Rachel Longaker, Holland Taylor

4 Lottsa Luck 30 min | Oct 29, 1984

Kate is left with a lucky monkey's paw.

Director: Bill Persky

Writer: Peter Gethers, David Handler

Guest stars: Jack Gilpin, Lara Teeter, Graciela LeCube

5 Candidate 30 min | Nov 05, 1984

A handsome candidate gets Allie interested in politics.

Director: Bill Persky

Writer: Ellen Sandler, Dennis Danziger

Guest stars: Cristine Rose, Natalie Bernstein, Sam Freed

6 Kate and the Plumber 30 min | Nov 12, 1984

Kate begins an on-again/off-again relationship with a plumber.

Writer: Bob Randall

7 The Safe Caper 30 min | Nov 19, 1984

Kate and Allie reacquaint a long since broken up couple after finding a 55 year old love letter in their wall safe.

Director: Bill Persky

Writer: Victoria Rauch Lichterman

Guest stars: Carl Don, Gwyllum Evans, Carmen Mathews

8 Pirates 30 min | Nov 26, 1984

An intense rivalry develops between Jenny and Emma after they both compete for the lead role in their school's production of Pirates of Penzance.

Director: Bill Persky

Writer: Sherry Coburn

Guest stars: Maia Danziger

9 Country Dog 30 min | Dec 03, 1984

When Charles buys Chip an expensive gift, Allie tries to outdo him.

Director: Bill Persky

Writer: Allan Leicht

Guest stars: Paul Hecht, Edouard De Soto, Gabriel Barre

10 Piano Lesson 30 min | Dec 10, 1984

Emma's piano teacher shows more interest in Kate.

Director: Bill Persky

Writer: Allan Leicht

Guest stars: John Loeffler, Mitchell Jason, Harley Venton

11 New Year's Eve 30 min | Dec 31, 1984

Kate and Allie try to find something to do on New Year's Eve.

Writer: Jane Richmond

12 Back to School 30 min | Jan 07, 1985

A crusty professor has it in for Allie and tries to get her expelled when he catches her copying answers off another student's paper.

Writer: Bob Randall

13 Charles Marries Claire 30 min | Jan 14, 1985

Much to Kate's chagrin, Allie begins seeing Charles again after Claire and him abruptly break up.

Director: Bill Persky

Writer: Sherry Coben

Guest stars: Paul Hecht

14 If She Goes, I Go 30 min | Feb 04, 1985

Kate sticks up for Allie to Mr. Sloan after he fires Allie from her new part-time job. Allie resents Kate's retelling of the story of her firing to everyone she knows and soon they are feuding. Jenny, Emma and Chip hatch a scheme to force Kate and Allie to reconcile.

Writer: Bob Randall

15 Rear Window 30 min | Feb 11, 1985

When Chip is sent to his room, he looks out the window at the apartment across the way.

Director: Bill Persky

Writer: Stuart Hampel

Guest stars: Edward Seamon

16 Lovely Rita 30 min | Feb 18, 1985

Kate's father calls off his engagement when his daughter doesn't approve of his fiancée.

Director: Bill Persky

Writer: Sherry Coben

Guest stars: Patti Kerr, Conrad Mclaren, Charlie Miller

17 Sons and Lovers 30 min | Feb 25, 1985

A young college student is determined to date Allie.

Director: Bill Persky

Writer: Peter Gethers, David Handler

Guest stars: Tom Isbell, Franziska Rhine

18 Author, Author 30 min | Mar 04, 1985

Kate and Allie each believe that they're the inspiration for a professor's novel about a teacher's courtship with a student.

Director: Bill Persky

Writer: Alan Leicht

Guest stars: Olivia Virgil White, Alan North

19 Dead Cat 30 min | Mar 11, 1985

When the kitten Kate gave to Chip dies, it's up to Allie to tell her son the bad news.

Writer: Alan Leicht

20 The Bad Seed 30 min | Mar 18, 1985

Jennie's new friend Carter gets her into trouble at home, then with the law.

Director: Bill Persky

Writer: Sherry Coben

Guest stars: Martha Byrne, Frankie R. Falcon, Frankie Faison

21 Goodbye, Plumber 30 min | Apr 08, 1985

Ted proposes to Kate, who stops to think that her marriage to him could be the end of her independence.

Writer: Bob Randall

22 My Dinner with Kate and Allie 30 min | May 06, 1985

With the apartment to themselves, Kate and Allie try to get over their problems and enjoy a lobster dinner.

Writer: Sherry Coben, Alan Leicht

Cast View all

	Jane Curtin	Allie Lowell
	Frederick Koehler	Chip Lowell
	Allison Smith	Jennie Lowell
	Susan Saint James	Kate McArdle
	Ari Meyers	Emma McArdle
	Gregory Salata	Ted Bartelo
	Paul Hecht	Charles Lowell
	Wendie Malick	Claire
	Alan North	Professor Sloan
	Jack Gilpin	Roger
	Maurice Shrog	Manny
	Frankie Faison	Detective
	Holland Taylor	Linda Cabot
	Kelly Bishop	Paulette
	Cristine Rose	Rosie
	Gwyllum Evans	David Dowling
	Lee Richardson	Professor
	Marianne Leone	Bea
	Gloria Cromwell	Janet Franklin
	Christine Farrell	Cynthia
	Gary Beach	Gary Ross
	Maia Danziger	Miss Lacusch
	Sam Freed	Jonathan Conti
	Katherine Kamhi	Suzie
	Graciela Lecube	Lottery Winner

Crew View all

Director	Bill Persky
Writer	Sherry Coben, Bob Randall, Allan Leicht, Stu Hample, David Handler, Peter Gethers, Ellen Sandler, Dennis Danzinger, Victoria Rauch Lichterman, Julie Poll, Jane Richmond
Producer	George Barimo, Cathy A. Cambria, Merrill Grant, Mort Lachman, Allan Leicht, Peter Gethers, Ellen Sandler, Dennis Danzinger, Victoria Rauch Lichterman, Julie Poll, Jane Richmond, Bill Persky, Bob Randall
Musician	John Loeffler, Ralph Schuckett

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