a television sportscaster who proposed to Allie in the season finale. Following their marriage, Allie and Bob moved into a new apartment in the show's final season. Bob, however, took a job which involved regular travel, and Kate moved into the new apartment as well. This plot development, frequently cited as one of the canonical examples of a television show jumping the shark, led viewers to lose interest,<ref name="mbc">[http://www.museum.tv/eotv/kateandalli.htm Kate and Allie] from the website of the Museum of Broadcast Communications</ref> and CBS chose not to renew Kate & Allie for a seventh season. Episodes Cast and characters Main cast Susan Saint James as Katherine "Kate" Elizabeth Ann (née Hanlan) McArdle. Jane Curtin as Allison "Allie" Julia Charlotte (née Adams) Lowell. Ari Meyers as Emma McArdle, Kate's daughter. Meyers left the show a few episodes into the fifth season to attend Yale University (although her name remained in the opening credits to the end of the season); she returned for the season-ending 100th episode retrospective, but did not appear in the sixth season. Allison Smith as Jennie Lowell, Allie's daughter of similar age to Emma. Frederick Koehler as Charles "Chip" Lowell, Allie's son. Sam Freed as Bob Barsky, Allie's boyfriend who became her husband in Season 6. He was a sportscaster after retiring as a professional football player. Freed also played different characters in two separate episodes. In the first season he played a married candidate for office named Johnathan Conti who flirts with Allie. At the end of season three he played Keith in the episode "Late Bloomers", which was a backdoor pilot for a proposed spinoff which would have starred Lindsay Wagner. Peter Onorati as Lou Carello, the superintendent in Kate and Allie's new apartment building in Season 6. He tries unsuccessfully to win Kate's affections. Recurring cast Greg Salata as Ted Bartelo, a plumber whom Kate gets involved with during the second season. The two break up in the season two finale. Ted returns for the fifth season, with he and Kate attempting to rekindle their relationship; by the end of this season, he is gone again. Paul Hecht as Dr. Charles Lowell, Allie's sometimes pompous ex-husband. Harley Venton (previously John Heard) as Max McArdle, Kate's ex-husband. Jack Gilpin as Roger, Kate & Allie's next-door neighbor during the series' first two seasons. Michael Countryman as Louis, Chip's adult friend who has an intellectual disability. Wendie Malick as