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Diff'rent Strokes (TV Series)

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Original title

Diff'rent Strokes

Year

1978

Running time

30 min.

Country

United States

Director

Jeff Harris (Creator), Bernie Kukoff (Creator), Gerren Keith, Herbert Kenwith, Mel Ferber, Leslie H. Martinson, Selig Frank

Screenwriter

Jeff Harris, Bernie Kukoff, Martin Cohan, Howard Leeds, Ben Starr, Ed Jurist

Cast

Music

Theme: Alan Thicke

Cinematography

Alan Walker, J. Bruce Nielsen, Tony Yarlett

Producer

Broadcast by: NBC

Genre

TV Series. Comedy | Family-friendly. Family Sitcom. Adoption

Synopsis

TV Series (1978-1986). 6 Season. 189 episodes. "Diff'rent Strokes" took place in New York and centered around the happenings in the Drummond household. Philip Drummond was a widower and had a daughter, Kimberly. He was also quite wealthy and lived in the penthouse of a luxurious apartment building. His wealth was due to the fact that he was the president of Trans Allied, Inc.

However, the household was shaken up when Drummond's black housekeeper died and her deathbed wish was that he would take care of her two sons, Arnold and Willis Jackson. So, Drummond took both of them in and they became the sons Drummond never had. Others in the cast included Mrs. Garrett the new housekeeper who later left for her own series, The Facts of Life. She was replaced by Adelaide, who was seen occasionally and she was later replaced by Pearl. In the seventh season, Drummond wed an aerobics instructor, Maggie McKinney and she moved in with her son, Sam, from a previous marriage.

Rankings Position

#55 The 100 Best Family Sitcoms Of All Time
#127 The 100 Best Sitcoms Of All Time

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Diff'rent Strokes (TV Series)

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