kate and allie be one of my favorite show when i grow up . it be also one of the few nyc base sitcom film in new york city . jane curtin and susan st. james play divorce best friend who live together after their divorce with their child in a greenwich village apartment . of course and the apartment be unrealistically huge and be only affordable for the millionaire . the writing be genuinely funny and worth while to watch . it be one of the best comedy in the eighty . i remember when cbs monday night be the place to be with show like this on the air . those day be long go now . a for the rumor that they be suppose to be a couple and maybe that would be on television today . sadly and it not uncommon for sister with their child to live together . i always assume that kate and allie be more like sister rather than best friend . back in 1984 and two divorced woman live together with their child would not have spark the controversy . they go to high school together and they date men as well . their arrangement be platonic but they be family without anything offensive . maybe they should have write them a sister to avoid the controversy . the network insist the show end with them go to separate bed at the end of each episode to avoid that speculation .