

Diff'rent Strokes
7.1(284 votes)
1978
8 Seasons • 189 Episodes
Comedy
Family
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.
Status: Ended
First Air Date: 11/3/1978
Seasons

Season 1
24 episodes
Episodes
1
Episode 12
Episode 23
Episode 34
Episode 45
Episode 56
Episode 67
Episode 78
Episode 89
Episode 910
Episode 1011
Episode 1112
Episode 1213
Episode 1314
Episode 1415
Episode 1516
Episode 1617
Episode 1718
Episode 1819
Episode 1920
Episode 2021
Episode 2122
Episode 2223
Episode 2324
Episode 24
Season 2
26 episodes

Season 3
22 episodes

Season 4
26 episodes

Season 5
24 episodes

Season 6
24 episodes

Season 7
24 episodes

Season 8
19 episodes
Cast

Conrad Bain
Phillip Drummond

Gary Coleman
Arnold Jackson

Todd Bridges
Willis Jackson

Mary Jo Catlett
Pearl Gallagher

Danny Cooksey
Sam McKinney

Mary Ann Mobley
Maggie Drummond