The cast also included Ari Meyers (as Kate's daughter Emma), Frederick Koehler (as Allie's son Chip) and Allison Smith (as Allie's daughter Jennie). After a successful midseason launch in 1984 ...

When Allie Lowell divorces her husband and gets custody of their two children, she moves to New York City and moves in with her best friend, Kate McArdle, also divorced and raising a daughter.