Kate & Allie

Kate & Allie is a 1984 American Sitcom that first aired on CBS. In Kate & Allie, Allie Lowell (Jane Curtin) is a recent divorcee from the suburbs, who moves to New York City's Greenwich Village to share a brownstone with her also recently divorced best friend, Katherine 'Kate' McArdle (Susan Saint James). The two raise their children together and form a sort of family unit, helping each other through struggles, celebrating successes, and just being there for each other, through the good and the bad. Although both Kate and Allie date regularly on the show, they are shown as being strong, independent women, a rarity on television at that time. The show was one of the most popular and critically acclaimed shows of the 1980s, ranking consistently in the Top 20s until its final season. With divorces on the rise, and the traditional family becoming more and more a thing of the past, Kate & Allie provides an entertaining sitcom that revolves around a modern example of a family. MORE