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.
Specials
1970
2 episodes
Specials of Diff'rent Strokes premiered on -.
Season 1
1978
24 episodes
Season 1 of Diff'rent Strokes premiered on November 3, 1978.
Season 2
1979
26 episodes
Season 2 of Diff'rent Strokes premiered on September 21, 1979.
Season 3
1980
22 episodes
Season 3 of Diff'rent Strokes premiered on November 12, 1980.
Season 4
1981
26 episodes
Season 4 of Diff'rent Strokes premiered on October 29, 1981.
Season 5
1982
24 episodes
Season 5 of Diff'rent Strokes premiered on October 2, 1982.
Season 6
1983
24 episodes
Season 6 of Diff'rent Strokes premiered on October 1, 1983.
Season 7
1984
24 episodes
Season 7 of Diff'rent Strokes premiered on September 29, 1984.
Season 8
1985
19 episodes
Season 8 of Diff'rent Strokes premiered on September 27, 1985.