Kate & Allie

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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... more »

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 somewhat flighty part-time actor husband, Max. She has one daughter, 14-year-old Emma (Ari Meyers). Curtin's Allie is also recently divorced from her successful, but unfaithful doctor husband, Charles. She has a 14-year-old daughter Jennie (Allison Smith) and a seven-year-old son, Chip (Frederick Koehler). Neither Kate nor Allie have ruled out remarriage but view their new situation as a provisional reprieve, a time for both women to come to know and appreciate themselves. On one level the series dealt with practical problems faced by divorced women with children: adjusting to a new lifestyle and to living closely with new people, dealing with children's issues, beginning to date again, securing financial stability. less «

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  Does anyone remember the name of Kate & Allie's catering/errand-running business?

  Does anyone remember the name of Kate & Allie's catering/errand-running business? less «

  janscript Last online Aug 25, 2008
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• Kate & Allie on Oxygen!

  Kate & Allie is now on the Oxygen channel daily.Where i'm at it comes on at 6 & 6:30 PM Central Time.

  Kate & Allie is now on the Oxygen channel daily.Where i'm at it comes on at 6 & 6:30 PM Central Time.less «

  Hulkamaniac14 Last online 5 days ago
  2 comments, last one Aug 29, 2007 + Add Comment

• Vote For Kate and Allie to be on TVLand Or Nick@Nite

  go to TVLand.com and wait or a window to pop up and when it does take the survey fill in all about it everything else and tw...more »

  go to TVLand.com and wait or a window to pop up and when it does take the survey fill in all about it everything else and twords the end there's a thing where you can pick three shows from the list to aquire and this show is one of 'em please follow the instruction I noticed that alot of shows that were on the last switchboard made it to TVLand so please vote here are a few 227(coming next month) Benson Designing Women(coming) Good Times The Jeffersons(Coming) Little House On The Prarie Mad About You NewsRadio(Coming) Night Court What's Happening they all made it to either TVLand Or Nick@Nite through voting so you can do the same please vote less «

  david079 Last online Dec 31, 1969
  3 comments, last one Jul 9, 2007 + Add Comment

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  10 Perfect

  A great sitcom. hide « show »

  So I started watching this in reruns one day (I wasn't alive during it's original airings) purely for Jane Curtin. Despite my general dislike of Susan St. James, I really, really love this show! It's funny, but not "stupid" humor. Also, it's completely quotable, with such great lines as "You are a wanton trollop and a compulsive liar." Classic! I also love the dynamic between Kate and Allie. They balance each other out with their respective neuroses but at the heart of it really love each other and would do anything for one another. Even after Allie married Bob, I think the show still survived. I need to go out and get the DVD sets!

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  ironical08 Added Jun 2, 2008 All my reviews
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  8.4 Great

  I am bummed that I never knew about this show before now! hide « show »

  Did anyone notice that the guy who played BOB BARSKEY also played two other characters? He first played a politician that Allie volenteered for and then when Kate decides to take cookie lessons from a woman in her apartment he played the womans ex husband who wants her to act in a movie. I just wanted to be sure that everyone knew that little tid bit. I started watching this show purely by accident one day as it comes on after dharma and greg. After just one episode I am hooked and have been watching it religeously for at least a year. I do hate it though some days they replace the schedule and get back to normal a few days later. There is something about this show that is more than just a comedy or drama about real life and perhaps thats it, it is about real life.

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  sunshyn256 Added Mar 3, 2008 All my reviews
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  1 Abysmal

  Absolutely, positively, outrageously, BORING! hide « show »

  Oh my, this show is just terrible! You see, my mom and I have become Dharma and Greg fanatics, and this happens to be on after said show. I said, "Hey, this looks interesting." Mom said, "What is it?" "Kate and Allie." My poor mother's eyes grew wide and she began to shake and said, "NO! Anything but that!" So I didn't listen to my mother and I watched it anyway. It's so FAKE! The acting is horrible and they laugh at jokes that aren't even funny! I don't know how anyone could bare to watch it! Anime is soooooooo much better. Trust me.

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  DarkNinja1994 Added Feb 9, 2008 All my reviews
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  10 Perfect

  Totally a great show! Laugh with them and feel their excitement getting back into life without husbands. hide « show »

  I loved this show when it was originally on in the 80's. My kids were young and Kate and Allie were older moms than I was at the time. I loved their friendship and the way they related to their kids back then. Scary to think that they were living in New York City and newly divorced. I am very excited that the WE channel has brought this show back in 2007. The girls (Jane Curtain and Susan St. James) are still classic! Now of course my own kids are in their mid twenties and have past through many of the tv show kids experiences. I could laugh and not sweat the small stuff when I remembered that kids problems get bigger and harder as they get older. Now I just enjoy Kate and Allie purely for the entertainment. Tonight I watched the episode that took place during a blizzard. Allie and her friend Eddie had to fill 8 hours of live tv at the tv station...all that made it to work were the elderly camera man and his dog, and the young kid that was working at the station. I found myself laughing outloud hysterically! Thanks for an awesome show.

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  5connerys Added Jul 19, 2007 All my reviews
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  7.9 Good

  2 mommies-just not in that way hide « show »

  I didn't realize the subtext until years later. Like that of My Two Dads. It was still a great show. Jane Curtain is a pretty good comedic actress. Besides her, I haven't seen any of these actors again in major roles. I'd hate to think they'd peaked. But, if they were to do that on this show, than that's excusable. I loved a lot about this comedy, but the best part was the theme song. In the 80's seems like people really cared about that, and now not so much. The details were a lot more important, evident on this show and others.

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  ez1jb Added Aug 28, 2006 All my reviews