I actually got into this show alot because whenever there was a mets rain delay....channel 9 in new york would always show reruns of this show......not a classic, but a pretty good and underrated show.

on a side note, it is sad that these days the whole family can't sit together and watch a show together, without it being too juvenile for the adults or too adult for the kids. The 80's had shows that most all could watch and get something out of.

I actually liked the show. when i was younger, we all (my family and I) used to have evenings watching television shows together, and Kate and Allie was one of them. I was young, and the show was still appropriate for me to watch, which is unheard of these days with sitcoms and dramas. Looking back in hindsight though, i think Kate and Allie's situation, though they had boyfriends and such, was the beginnings of getting people comfortable with homosexuality, in this sense lesbianism. Which isn't a bad thing, it's just something unheard of in the 80's. Of course, that was the undertone, so i am sure no one but gays and lesbians actually picked that up back then.

I grew up watching this show...and my first TV crush was on Allison Smith.

You're always saying shows are crappy 'eep!'. I can tell you just didn't like (or didn't watch) 80s sitcoms or dramas. Thats okay, but you shouldn't be saying the show's crappy when you only watched 1 episode.

Kate & Allie was unique. Two divorced women raising their children together and keeping it all going smoothly (sort of) while also still juggling boyfriends. That's all there is to it - it doesn't take a lot to understand what the hell is going on past that.

Give it another look and you might understand it now.

My mother was infatuated with this show. I, myself, had nothing to relate to. Emma was a teenage, and chip was like twelve. Me, being three or four when it was released I didn’t understand what the hell was going on. A few years back I’ve seen an episode run on lifetime. Sure glad I didn’t understand what was going on when I was younger. Crappy show.