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Kate & Allie is an American television situation comedy which ran from March 19, 1984, to May 22, 1989. Kate & Allie first aired on CBS as a midseason replacement series and only six episodes were initially commissioned, but the favorable response from critics and viewers alike easily convinced CBS to commit to a full season in the fall of 1984. The series was created by Sherry Coben.
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Kate & Allie is an American television situation comedy which ran from March 19, 1984, to May 22, 1989. Kate & Allie first aired on CBS as a midseason replacement series and only six episodes were initially commissioned, but the favorable response from critics and viewers alike easily convinced CBS to commit to a full season in the fall of 1984. The series was created by Sherry Coben.
Cast, crew and production details
Susan Saint JamesKatherine "Kate" McArdle
Jane CurtinAllison 'Allie' Lowell
Allison SmithJennie Lowell
Frederick KoehlerCharles "Chip" Lowell
Ari MeyersEmma McArdle
David Moscow
Franc Luz
Alan North
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Episode 1
Brash new transfer student Jason Crawford takes a shine to Emma and won't accept her lack of interest in him, muc h to the amusement of the rest of the family -- particularly when he showers her with gifts of food deliveries. Jennie advises Jason to back off a little, but he shows up again with flowers -- for Jennie.
Directed by Bill PerskyWritten by Anne Flett-Giordano, Chuck RanbergGuest stars Ricky Paull Goldin
Where to watch Kate & AllieEpisode 2
Kate and Allie find a wallet containing $5,000 in cash, and the grateful owner gives them a $500 reward -- so Kate challenges Allie to spend her half on something frivolous she will enjoy.
Directed by Bill Persky
Where to watch Kate & AllieEpisode 3
Chip's scrapes are not all due to baseball: he's being bullied at school, but is embarrassed to admit that his tormentor is an apparently sweet little girl.
Directed by Bill PerskyGuest stars David Groh
Where to watch Kate & AllieEpisode 4
Kate's surprise birthday party is delayed while she recuperates in hospital, so Allie checks in to keep her company.
Directed by Bill PerskyGuest stars William H. Macy
Where to watch Kate & AllieEpisode 5
His bedside manner's irresistible, so Kate's in love...
Directed by Bill Persky
Where to watch Kate & AllieEpisode 6
The kids plan a Hallowe'en haunting -- and so do their mothers.
Directed by Bill PerskyWritten by Anne Flett-Giordano, Chuck RanbergGuest stars Ricky Paull Goldin, Miles Chapin
Where to watch Kate & AllieEpisode 7
Jennie's boyfriend is pressing her to go all the way, so it looks like time for the dreaded mother-daughter conversation.
Directed by Bill PerskyGuest stars Ricky Paull Goldin
Where to watch Kate & AllieEpisode 8
Allie gives Charles a lecture on responsibility when Chip and Jenny feel he has abandoned them for his new family, but Allie discovers that Clare and baby Stuart aren't seeing much of him either.
Directed by Bill PerskyGuest stars Wendie Malick, Paul Hecht
Where to watch Kate & AllieEpisode 9
Kate and Allie recall their most famous fight, seventeen years ago -- during which Kate went into labour.
Directed by Bill Persky
Where to watch Kate & AllieEpisode 10
Jennie gets a chance to sing on cable tv -- if she can leap the hurdle of Allie's excessive enthusiasm.
Directed by Bill PerskyWritten by Bill RichmondGuest stars Andrea Martin, Grant Shaud, Bill Cobbs
Where to watch Kate & AllieEpisode 11
Allie and her boss Eddie are stranded in the studio by a blizzard -- and must keep the show on the air.
Directed by Bill PerskyGuest stars Andrea Martin, Grant Shaud
Where to watch Kate & AllieEpisode 12
While Kate's away on a business trip, an ex-football player makes a play for Allie.
Directed by Bill PerskyWritten by Anne Flett-Giordano, Chuck RanbergGuest stars David Moscow, Sam Freed
Where to watch Kate & AllieEpisode 13
Kate and Allie buy each other third-anniversary gifts, but with an O. Henry twist: Allie pawns her camera to buy a shade for Kate's antique lamp, while Kate sells the lamp to buy Allie a camera lens.
Directed by Bill PerskyGuest stars Robert Levine
Where to watch Kate & AllieEpisode 14
Allie triumphantly graduates from college, but learns that a diploma isn't necessarily a ticket to the job of her choice.
Directed by Bill Persky
Where to watch Kate & AllieEpisode 15
Jennie arranges a date for Emma. Kate and Allie interfere in Jennie and Emma's latest spat.
Directed by Bill Persky
Where to watch Kate & AllieEpisode 16
Emma has to decide between going to college at Columbia or UCLA.
Directed by Bill PerskyWritten by Anne Flett-Giordano, Chuck RanbergGuest stars David Moscow
Where to watch Kate & AllieEpisode 17
At a singles bar, Allie becomes the target of a bet between three men on the prowl.
Directed by Bill PerskyGuest stars Christopher Murney
Where to watch Kate & AllieEpisode 18
Kate tries to explain love to Louis. The family meet Louis' mentally challenged friend Catherine, who clearly has a crush on him, so Kate tries to persuade Louis that a woman really likes him and he assumes she means herself.
Directed by Bill PerskyWritten by Anne Flett-Giordano, Chuck RanbergGuest stars Jamie Tirelli
Where to watch Kate & AllieEpisode 19
Allie dreams that she and Kate are characters in ""I Love Lucy."" Mail forwarded to Allie from Connecticut contains a perfumed envelope addressed to Charles, marked ""Private and Personal"". Struggling to keep from opening it, Allie falls asleep in front of late night TV and dreams herself and Kate into old episodes of ""I Love Lucy"" and ""Mary Tyler Moore.""
Directed by Bill PerskyGuest stars Paul Austin
Where to watch Kate & AllieEpisode 20
The arrival of a bouquet with a card saying simply ""I'm sorry"" prompts everyone to recount how badly they were treated that day -- by clerks, bank personnel, schoolmates -- and to speculate on who exactly is apologizing to whom.
Directed by Bill PerskyGuest stars Lee Wallace, Peggy Pope, Ricki Lake, Laura Dean
Where to watch Kate & AllieEpisode 21
To dig up enough money for a date, Chip opens a pet cemetery. To finance a date, Chip starts a pet-burial service.
Directed by Bill Persky, David TrainerGuest stars Danny Gerard, Michael Pearlman
Where to watch Kate & AllieEpisode 22
Fed up with constant demands from the kids and Kate, feeling overworked and unappreciated, Allie goes ""on strike"" -- then gets worried when the others start to cope without her.
Directed by Bill Persky
Where to watch Kate & AllieEpisode 23
Emma asks Kate to talk about her work as a travel agent for her school's ""Women's Career Day,"" causing Allie to realize how much she hates her job at the movie theatre -- until it burns down. When Kate encourages her to find a job she wants, such as the museum job she has always wanted, Allie finds a position in the gift shop of the ""Museum of Contemporary Art"" -- and her happiness causes Kate to realize how much she hates her job. Kate's talk turns into a rant about needing the courage to quit her job & then Allie arrives home to say the Museum's sprinklers causes a flood and she is unemployed too.
Directed by Bill PerskyWritten by Anne Flett-Giordano, Chuck RanbergGuest stars Victoria Brown
Where to watch Kate & AllieEpisode 24
Kate and Allie cater Charles' and Claire's anniversary dinner.
Directed by Bill PerskyGuest stars Paul Hecht
Where to watch Kate & AllieEpisode 25
Kate and Allie deal with a demanding socialite's children's party, while Allie mopes over turning 39 without a surprise party of her own.
Directed by Bill Persky
Where to watch Kate & AllieEpisode information updated Jul 22, 2026
