Susan Saint James, Kate & Allie star, dies at 80

CBS New York's remembrance revisits her work with Jane Curtin and Rock Hudson, prompting viewers to recall the shows they watched together.

Channel: CBS New York Story of October 28, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 261,232 views a day, 106 times a normal first day on this channel (2,464).

Actress Susan Saint James dead at 80

Susan Saint James's television career connected the detective stories of McMillan & Wife with the shared household of Kate & Allie. CBS New York reports that the actress died Monday following a pancreatic cancer diagnosis, citing a representative's confirmation to People.

The station's brief remembrance pairs archive footage of Saint James alongside Jane Curtin in Kate & Allie with scenes featuring Rock Hudson in McMillan & Wife. She played Kate McArdle in the sitcom and Sally McMillan in the detective series, two roles that remain prominent in viewers' recollections beneath the report.

The segment also remembers her Emmy-winning work in The Name of the Game and her advocacy for Special Olympics. Those details give the short report a view of her work beyond the two series named in its on-screen tribute.

The Short drew roughly 175,000 views in its first 12 hours, far beyond the station's usual opening for the format. In the comments, viewers name Kate & Allie and McMillan & Wife repeatedly. Some recall watching with their mothers and grandmothers; others remember her film Love at First Bite.

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The numbers

The remembrance drew an unusually large audience for a CBS New York Short, with comments also arriving well above its usual first-day total.

the video's first day

usual first day here

2,464

this video

261,232

subscribers

1,200,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

1,516,978,277

views per day

385,622

typical day: 563,924

the video

views

174,529

likes

1,544

comments

279

days online

1

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

FOX 11 Los Angeles

1,370,000

CBS New York

1,200,000

CBS LA

1,160,000

FOX 13 Tampa Bay

1,080,000

FOX 4 Dallas-Fort Worth

1,020,000

FOX 5 New York

1,010,000

As of October 28, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.