Diff'rent Strokes
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Diff'rent Strokes

★ 7.1/10 TMDB Premiered 1978-11-03 8 seasons 189 eps

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.

Last Episode Aired 1986-03-07
S8E19 — The Front Page

Arnold's feature story about his high school football team threatens to turn into a controversial expose for the school newspaper when he witnesses team members buying steroids.

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Billed Cast
Conrad Bain
Conrad Bain
Phillip Drummond
Gary Coleman
Gary Coleman
Arnold Jackson
Todd Bridges
Todd Bridges
Willis Jackson
Mary Jo Catlett
Mary Jo Catlett
Pearl Gallagher
Danny Cooksey
Danny Cooksey
Sam McKinney
Mary Ann Mobley
Mary Ann Mobley
Maggie Drummond
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