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Diff'rent Strokes (1978 - 1986)

Scripted TV Series
Audience Score
70
Diff'rent Strokes
TV-PG November 3rd, 1978Comedy , Family , Drama8 Seasons, 189 Episodes
The series stars Gary Coleman and Todd Bridges as Arnold and Willis Jackson, two African American boys from Harlem who are taken in by a rich white Park Avenue businessman named Phillip Drummond and his daughter Kimberly, for whom their deceased mother previously worked. During the first season and first half of the second season, Charlotte Rae also starred as the Drummonds' housekeeper, Mrs. Garrett.
DirectorsGerren KeithHerbert KenwithMel Ferber
WritersPaul HaggisWoody KlingSeaman Jacobs

All Seasons

Season 8

Season 8

Sep 27, 1985
Season 7

Season 7

Sep 29, 1984
Season 6

Season 6

Oct 1, 1983
Season 5

Season 5

Oct 2, 1982

TV Show Details

Air Date:November 3rd, 1978

Last Air Date:March 7th, 1986

Network:ABC
Status:Ended

Genres:Comedy , Family , Drama

Original Language:English
Production Companies:Norman Lear/Tandem Productions, Embassy Television, Embassy Pictures Corporation, Tandem Productions