Kate and Allie ran on CBS from 19 March 1984 to 22 May 1989 and was an instant success, ranking fourth the week it debuted.
Katherine (“Kate”) McArdle (Susan Saint James) was divorced from Max, an unstable and somewhat flighty part-time actor who now lived in California. She was also the mother of 14-year-old Emma (Ari Meyers).
Allison (“Allie”) Lowell (Jane Curtin) was also recently divorced from her successful but unfaithful doctor husband, Charles, who now lived in Connecticut with his second wife, Claire.
Allie had a 14-year-old daughter, Jennie (Allison Smith), and a seven-year-old son, Chip (Frederick Koehler).
Kate and Allie were longtime friends (they met as kids at the orthodontist) and now shared an apartment in New York’s Greenwich Village to save on expenses and raise their kids as a family unit.
Kate worked as a travel agent for the Sloane Travel Agency, while Allie cared for the kids and loved to cook.
She attended night classes at Washington Square College and held several part-time jobs, including bookstore sales clerk, box office cashier at the 9th Street Cinema and volunteer at Channel G, a Manhattan cable station run by a woman named Eddie Gordon (Andrea Martin).
In 1986, Kate and Allie formed their own catering company which they operated from their home.
In November 1987, Allie married former footballer Bob Barsky (Sam Freed), now a sportscaster for WNTD-TV, Channel 10, in Washington DC (he commuted between New York and Washington).
Allie and Chip moved with Bob to a new apartment on West 55th Street, while Kate remained for a short time at their old apartment and later moved in with Allie.
But the friendship between Kate and Allie lost its earlier dynamism now that Allie was married. Kate appeared as an intrusion into the household rather than a necessary part of it. After its sixth season, the series was not renewed.
Kate McArdle
Susan Saint James
Allie Lowell
Jane Curtin
Emma McArdle
Ari Meyers
Chip Lowell
Frederick Koehler
Jennie Lowell
Allison Smith
Charles Lowell
Gregory Salata
Ted Bartelo
Gregory Salata
Bob Barsky
Sam Freed
Lou Carello
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Katherine (“Kate”) McArdle (Susan Saint James) was divorced from Max, an unstable and somewhat flighty part-time actor who now lived in California. She was also the mother of 14-year-old Emma (Ari Meyers).
In 1986, Kate and Allie formed their own catering company which they operated from their home.
