- HD 1080
- Runtime: 30m.
- Status: Ended
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- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Stars: Conrad Bain, Gary Coleman, Todd Bridges, Mary Jo Catlett, Danny Cooksey
- keywords: family relationships, wealthy, orphan, class differences, widower, manhattan, new york city, interracial adoption, adopted child, sitcom, child care, brother brother relationship, african american
- Production_studio: Norman Lear/Tandem Productions, Embassy Television, Embassy Pictures Corporation, Tandem Productions
- Seasons: 8
- Episodes: 189
- First air date: 1978-11-03
- Last air date: 1986-03-07
- The Diff'rent Strokes is featured in the top rankings of 1978
- #8 in Top Comedy Series of 1978
- #1 in Top Family Series of 1978
- #8 in Top Drama Series of 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.