

TV SHOW
Diff'rent Strokes
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.
ERA & CONTEXT
Diff'rent Strokes in its release era
Released in 1978, Diff'rent Strokes sits inside the 1970s catalog. Explore its creators, studio connections, genres and nearby releases from the same period.
- Release
- 1978-11-03
- Rating
- TV-PG
- TMDB score
- 7.1/10
- Original language
- EN
- Status
- Ended
- Production
- United States of America
- Studio
- Norman Lear/Tandem Productions, Embassy Television, Embassy Pictures Corporation
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