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This review is for the Canadian DVD release, which has season 1 (6 episodes) and season 2 (22 episodes). The American version only includes the first season (though the American release does have two things missing from the Canadian version: an interview with Susan Saint James and writer Bill Persky, and a gag reel).

Kate & Allie is one of my favorite shows. Yeah, I know, what's a 41 year-old guy doing loving some show about two divorced women raising their families together? The show was not only well-written and cast (Susan Saint James, Jane Curtin, Allison Smith, Ari Meyers, and Fred Koehler), but it had a lot of smart things to say about family, relationships, and living in New York City (the show was one of the few sitcoms actually filmed in New York, at the Ed Sullivan Theater).

When this show first started getting promoted around this time last year, ABC billed it as kind of a male response to Sex and the City. They used some cheesy tag along the lines of "same city, different sex." Needless to say, I thought it sounded ridiculous and chose to ignore it. After watching last night's episode, I kind of wish I hadn't because John Stamos was pretty good and I even laughed a few times which is rare for sitcoms these days, save for How I Met..., AD, and The Office.