Kate & Allie
The Band Singer
TV Flash files “The Band Singer” as hour 90 of 122 in the TV Flash guide — Kate & Allie (1984–1989) on CBS, season 5, episode 14, aired 1988-01-11, 30 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S05E14: listed hour 90 of 122 in the Kate & Allie guide, hour 14 of 24 in season 5. It aired 1988-01-11 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “A Catered Affair” (S05E13). Next is “Almost Married (a.k.a.) And Then There Were None” (S05E15).
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Band Singer sit in the Kate & Allie guide?
S05E14 is listed hour 90 of 122 — hour 14 of 24 in season 5, season 5 episode 14.
When did Kate & Allie S05E14 air?
The Band Singer aired 1988-01-11 and is listed at 30 minutes.
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The engine is not a husband hunt. Two divorced moms, logistics of starting over, friendship as the sitcom. Chemistry is the architecture; the brownstone is the workplace.
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Why this series still plays
Two divorced moms, one Greenwich Village brownstone, and Jane Curtin's Emmy-caliber deadpan opposite Susan Saint James's sunniness. Female friendship as sitcom engine — not a husband hunt, not a workplace, just the logistics of starting over. Mainstreamed single motherhood as a double act; the chemistry is the architecture.
The brownstone is the silhouette. CBS, 1984–1989: two divorced moms, one Greenwich Village address, Jane Curtin's Emmy-caliber deadpan opposite Susan Saint James's sunniness. Kate & Allie is Sherry Coben's female-led domestic hit — Ari Meyers and Allison Smith as the daughters, childhood friends pooling resources after their marriages end. *Deadpan versus sun as a two-woman carpet, urban sisterhood as the stage, not a husband hunt.* Style is the plot. If you only listen to the logistics of starting over, you are…
Filed against
- Jane Curtin as Allie Lowell
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- Susan Saint James as Kate McArdle
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- Ari Meyers as Emma McArdle
Ari Meyers’s Emma McArdle watched Kate & Allie turn divorced-mom logistics into a Greenwich Village sitcom engine — Jane Curtin’s deadpan, Susan Saint James’s sunniness, no husband hunt, no workplace crutch. Mainstreamed single motherhood…
- Allison Smith as Jennie Lowell
Allison Smith played Jennie Lowell on Kate & Allie — the daughter in a Greenwich Village brownstone where two divorced moms made friendship the sitcom engine, not a husband hunt. Jane Curtin’s deadpan, Susan Saint James’s sunniness,…