
Sister Kate
1989•30m•6.5/10
Comedy
Ratings
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6.5/10(2)
A nun whose vocation has traditionally provided assignments to cultured settings is assigned to an orphanage inhabited by a motley group of children. SISTER KATE was an American sitcom that aired on NBC during the 1989–1990 television season.
Production
20th Century Fox Television
Language
EN
Status
Ended
First Aired
September 16, 1989
Last Aired
September 1, 1990
Networks
NBC
Created By
Jeff Stein, Frank Dungan
Seasons & Episodes
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Season
E1
Pilot
Air date: 1989-09-16
Sister Kate is a No-Nonsense Nun who is unwillingly sent to take care of a group of Orphans who can't seem to get adopted. Sister Kate, despite having a severe dislike for children, soon realizes that they are not all bad, and is willing to let bygones be bygones.
E2
Freddy's Bad Habit
Air date: 1989-09-21
Kate goes to extraordinary measures to break Freddy's smoking habit. Neville gets upset when someone wants to adopt Viloet.
E3
Eugene's Secret
Air date: 1989-09-24
All the kids grumble when Kate pairs them off in bedrooms, but none as much as Eugene, who has a secret reason for not wanting a roommate.
E4
Freddy's Date
Air date: 1989-10-01
Tomboy Freddy plays a couquette to attract a guy in auto shop, and Neville plays havoc with the peace in his search for an instrument he can play.
E5
Eugene's Model
Air date: 1989-10-15
April is irked because Eugene picked Freddy to sketch in the buff, and Violet is irked because Neville is spending time with Kate.
E6
Neville's Hired Hand
Air date: 1989-10-22
Neville is so taken with a vagrant who stops for food that Kate hires him as a cook and handyman , on the condition that he continues to stay off booze that he swears he's sworn off.
E7
Hilary's Date
Air date: 1989-10-29
Hilary does a masterly job of keeping her wheelchair a secret from a boy she likes; and Neville gives Kate the silent treatment after she upbraids him for his language.
E8
Violet's Friend
Air date: 1989-11-05
Violet's Imaginary friend comes to visit and has the gang in an uproar. Violet get upset when the others pretend to see her, and she runs away. Sister Kate gets a phone call from a local hospital telling her Violet is there. Violet went to the hospital because that is where she last saw her friend alive. The friends invisible counterpart is how Violet coped with the death.
E9
Kate's Baby
Air date: 1989-11-19
Kate gets to become a mother - to an infant child abandoned at the orphanage. Meanwhile the kids try to raise 200 dollars to replace a vase they smashed in Kate's office.
E10
Kate's Furnace
Air date: 1989-11-26
The weather's cold, but feuding Freddy and Todd warm up to each other on a trip to Syracuse to to get a part for the furnace.
E11
The Nun
Air date: 1989-12-03
Sister Agnes, a temporary resident who has spent 25 years of serenity and silence in a convent, finds old habits hard to keep at Redemption House.
E12
April in Paris
Air date: 1989-12-10
An upcoming French test becomes April's latest anxiety; and Todd uses an unwitting Hillary in a ploy to attract a salesgirl at the mall.
E13
Father Christmas
Air date: 1989-12-17
Freddy's father Nick pays a visit on furlough from prison. He's no St. Nick, but he makes Christmas memorable.
E14
Eugene's Feat
Air date: 1990-01-07
Eugene decides he needs to prove he's a man.
E15
Kandid Kate
Air date: 1990-01-21
The Kids star in their own candid videos to sell themselves to perspective parents.
E16
Sweet Sixteen
Air date: 1990-07-16
A sweet 16 party for April isn't planned as a surprise, but that's how it works out.
E17
Bingo
Air date: 1990-07-23
A lot of bingo addicts are attracted by games at the house- an Kate turns out to B-1.
E18
Todd's Cheap Date
Air date: 1990-07-30
Todd's date turns into a nightmare.
E19
Underwood Underfoot
Air date: 1990-09-01
Kate can't understand why Underwood is always underfoot.


























