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Diff'rent Strokes (1978–1986)

8 seasons189 episodes30 min per episode★ 6.7 · 13,779 votes

• Comedy
• Drama

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.

First aired

November 3, 1978

Last episode

March 7, 1986

Network

ABC, NBC

Country of origin

United States