Diff'rent Strokes

Name: Diff'rent Strokes
Genre: Comedy, Family, Drama

1978–1986

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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: 3 Nov 1978
Episode length: 30 min
Country: United States
Language: English
Writers: Alan Rosen, Blake Hunter, Booker Bradshaw and 14 others
Producer: Blake Hunter
Elsewhere: TMDB