Diff'rent Strokes

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American sitcom television series

Diff'rent Strokes is an American sitcom that aired from 1978 to 1986, following the lives of two African-American brothers adopted by a wealthy white widower in New York City.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American sitcom → television series →
audioFormat	mono →
composer	Al Burton → Alan Thicke → Gloria Loring →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
creator	Bernie Kukoff → Jeff Harris → Mike Milligan →
endYear	1986 →
executiveProducer	Bud Yorkin → Norman Lear →
filmingStyle	multi-camera →
finalAired	1986-03-07 →
firstAired	1978-11-03 →
followedBy	The Facts of Life →
genre	comedy → sitcom →
mainCharacter	Arnold Jackson → Kimberly Drummond → Philip Drummond → Willis Jackson →
notableCatchphrase	"Whatchoo talkin' 'bout, Willis?" →
numberOfEpisodes	189 →
numberOfSeasons	8 →
openingTheme	"It Takes Diff'rent Strokes" →
originalChannelRun	ABC (1985–1986) → NBC (1978–1985) →
originalLanguage	English →
originalNetwork	ABC → NBC →
pictureFormat	NTSC →
portrayedBy	Conrad Bain → Dana Plato → Gary Coleman → Todd Bridges →
productionCompany	Embassy Television → T.A.T. Communications Company →
runtimePerEpisode	approximately 24 minutes →
settingLocation	New York City →
spinOff	Hello, Larry → The Facts of Life →
startYear	1978 →
theme	class differences → family life → interracial adoption →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Clarence Clemons ("TV series "Diff’rent Strokes"") →	notableAppearance
Janet Jackson →	notableWork
Diff'rent Strokes (""It Takes Diff'rent Strokes"") →	openingTheme
The Facts of Life →	spinOffFrom