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Diff'rent Strokes
1978–1986
· TV Show
· 30 min episodes
· 8 seasons
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The misadventures of suave Park Avenue millionaire Phillip Drummond, his teenage daughter Kimberly, and their current housekeeper Edna Garrett who adopted the two pre-teenage sons of their late African American housekeeper from Harlem.
Details
- Created by
- Bernie Kukoff, Jeff Harris
- Studio
- Norman Lear/Tandem Productions, Embassy Television, Embassy Pictures Corporation, Tandem Productions
- Released
- 3 November 1978
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Episode length
- 30 min
- Rated
- TV-PG
- Episodes
- 189 across 8 seasons
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