Diff'rent Strokes

Name: Diff'rent Strokes
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Released: 1978-11-03T00:00:00.000Z
Rating: 7.1

About 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.

Diff'rent Strokes is a comedy series that ran on ABC and NBC. Its 8 seasons and 189 episodes aired between November 1978 and March 1986.

The series is filed under orphan, brother brother relationship, wealthy, and class differences. Conrad Bain appears as Phillip Drummond, Gary Coleman as Arnold Jackson, Todd Bridges as Willis Jackson, and Mary Jo Catlett as Pearl Gallagher.

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Frasier, and The Addams Family make useful companions to Diff'rent Strokes, all filed under family relationships and sitcom. TMDB voters put it at 7.1 out of 10 across 303 votes and it carries a TV-PG rating.