Kate & Allie: Season One & Two

"A rare look at friendship in women." - TV Guide

Susan Saint James (McMillan and Wife) and Jane Curtin (Saturday Night Live) star as high

school friends Kate McArdle and Allie Lowell, two divorcees raising their kids together in one of the rare

modern sitcoms set - and filmed - in New York City.

 

Bill Persky (The Dick Van Dyke Show, That Girl) produced and directed this landmark

production that aired for six seasons beginning as a mid-season replacement in March,

1984 (In fact, Kate & Allie was the only top-ten rated sitcom of the 1983-84 season).

 

Critics raved as the show debuted to massive ratings, earning Jane Curtin one of two

consecutive Emmy® Awards for Best Actress; Bill Persky scored an Emmy® for Best

Director for the show’s debut season.

 

All the laughs, all the love, all the fun of the first 28 episodes can be found in this new four

disc collector's edition DVD set. The feel good comedy of the '80s, Kate & Allie

will remind you just how good a TV sitcom can be!

 

Cast: Jane Curtin (Allie Lowell), Susan Saint James (Kate McArdle),

Ari Meyers (Emma McArdle), Allison Smith (Jennie Lowell), Fred Koehler (Chip Lowell),

Paul Hecht (Charles Lowell) and Gregory Salata (Ted Bartelo).

 

Guest stars include Kelsey Grammer (Frasier), Jonathan Brandis (SeaQuest DSV),

John Heard (The Sopranos), Alan North (Police Squad) and more.

 

 

 

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