Diff'rent Strokes 1978

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.

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    Specials

    1970

    2 episodes

    Specials of Diff'rent Strokes premiered on -.

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    Season 1

    1978

    24 episodes

    Season 1 of Diff'rent Strokes premiered on November 3, 1978.

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    Season 2

    1979

    26 episodes

    Season 2 of Diff'rent Strokes premiered on September 21, 1979.

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    Season 3

    1980

    22 episodes

    Season 3 of Diff'rent Strokes premiered on November 12, 1980.

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    Season 4

    1981

    26 episodes

    Season 4 of Diff'rent Strokes premiered on October 29, 1981.

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    Season 5

    1982

    24 episodes

    Season 5 of Diff'rent Strokes premiered on October 2, 1982.

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    Season 6

    1983

    24 episodes

    Season 6 of Diff'rent Strokes premiered on October 1, 1983.

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    Season 7

    1984

    24 episodes

    Season 7 of Diff'rent Strokes premiered on September 29, 1984.

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    Season 8

    1985

    19 episodes

    Season 8 of Diff'rent Strokes premiered on September 27, 1985.