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
| Season | From | To | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Seasons | |||
| Specials | 2 | ||
| Season 1 | March 1984 | May 1984 | 6 |
| Season 2 | October 1984 | May 1985 | 22 |
| Season 3 | September 1985 | May 1986 | 23 |
| Season 4 | September 1986 | May 1987 | 25 |
| Season 5 | September 1987 | May 1988 | 24 |
| Season 6 | December 1988 | May 1989 | 22 |
| Unassigned Episodes | 0 |
| Season | From | To | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unassigned Episodes | 124 |
| Season | From | To | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 0 | ||
| Unassigned Episodes | 124 |
| Name | Number of Episodes | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Persky | 84 | 03/19/1984 - 05/23/1988 | |
| Anne Flett-Giordano | 29 | 10/14/1985 - 05/22/1989 | |
| Chuck Ranberg | 29 | 10/14/1985 - 05/22/1989 | |
| Linda Day | 21 | 12/11/1988 - 05/22/1989 | |
| David Trainer | 1 | 03/23/1987 | |
| Dennis DeBrito | 1 | 09/28/1987 | |
| Maureen Thorp | 1 | 05/15/1989 |
| Name | Number of Episodes | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Randall | 32 | 04/23/1984 - 05/23/1988 | |
| Sherry Coben | 8 | 03/19/1984 - 05/06/1985 | |
| Howard Korder | 5 | 02/02/1987 - 11/16/1987 | |
| David Handler | 4 | 03/26/1984 - 02/17/1986 | |
| Saul Turteltaub | 4 | 01/09/1989 - 04/24/1989 | |
| Peter Gethers | 4 | 03/26/1984 - 02/17/1986 | |
| Bernie Orenstein | 4 | 01/09/1989 - 04/24/1989 | |
| Dana Persky | 3 | 01/20/1986 - 02/27/1989 | |
| Alan Leicht | 3 | 03/04/1985 - 05/06/1985 | |
| Jane Richmond | 3 | 12/31/1984 - 11/10/1986 | |
| Nita Wilson-Klein | 2 | 10/05/1987 | |
| Allan Leicht | 2 | 12/03/1984 - 12/10/1984 | |
| Stuart Hampel | 2 | 10/22/1984 - 02/11/1985 | |
| Sherry Coburn | 1 | 11/26/1984 | |
| Lorrie Shapiro | 1 | 01/20/1986 | |
| Fred Barron | 1 | 04/30/1984 | |
| M. Brett Schneider | 1 | 02/06/1989 | |
| Laurie Newbound | 1 | 01/23/1989 | |
| Cynthia Heimel | 1 | 05/15/1989 | |
| Trish Vradenberg | 1 | 09/30/1985 | |
| Michael Gordon | 1 | 03/06/1989 | |
| Mike Lyons | 1 | 02/20/1989 | |
| Helen Barrett | 1 | 05/08/1989 | |
| Victoria Rauch Lichterman | 1 | 11/19/1984 | |
| Dick Goldberg | 1 | 01/04/1988 | |
| Jim Geoghan | 1 | 01/30/1989 | |
| Tony Lang | 1 | 02/01/1988 | |
| Susan Connaughton Curtin | 1 | 03/23/1987 | |
| Marco Pennette | 1 | 10/05/1987 | |
| John Albert | 1 | 03/27/1989 | |
| Martin Sage | 1 | 12/16/1985 | |
| Mindy Glazer | 1 | 12/16/1985 | |
| Kimberley Wells | 1 | 02/20/1989 | |
| Daryl V. Rowland | 1 | 11/09/1987 | |
| Ellen Sandler | 1 | 11/05/1984 | |
| Shelley Altman | 1 | 09/29/1986 | |
| Bill Richmond | 1 | 12/01/1986 | |
| Mike Zettler | 1 | 09/29/1986 | |
| Jim Wells | 1 | 02/13/1989 | |
| Sybil Adelman | 1 | 12/16/1985 | |
| Tula Demetra | 1 | 12/02/1985 | |
| Norman Barasch | 1 | 04/07/1986 | |
| Steven Kunes | 1 | 12/23/1985 | |
| Dennis Danziger | 1 | 11/05/1984 |
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