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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Label Occurrences
Diff'rent Strokes canonical 35
Diff'rent Strokes season 1 3
Diff’rent Strokes 3

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American sitcom ⓘ
television series ⓘ
audioFormat mono ⓘ
composer Al Burton ⓘ
Alan Thicke ⓘ
Gloria Loring ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: 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 Diff'rent Strokes self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: "It Takes Diff'rent Strokes"
originalChannelRun ABC (1985–1986) ⓘ
NBC (1978–1985) ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
originalNetwork ABC ⓘ
NBC ⓘ
pictureFormat NTSC color television standard ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ

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Janet Jackson → notableWork → Diff'rent Strokes ⓘ
Clarence Clemons → notableAppearance → Diff'rent Strokes ⓘ
this entity surface form: TV series "Diff’rent Strokes"
The Facts of Life → spinOffFrom → Diff'rent Strokes ⓘ
Diff'rent Strokes → openingTheme → Diff'rent Strokes self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: "It Takes Diff'rent Strokes"
Embassy Television → produced → Diff'rent Strokes ⓘ
Dixie Carter → appearedIn → Diff'rent Strokes ⓘ
Mindy Cohn → partOfCastOf → Diff'rent Strokes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Diff’rent Strokes
Charlotte Rae → notableWork → Diff'rent Strokes ⓘ
Charlotte Rae → portrayedIn → Diff'rent Strokes ⓘ
Al Burton → notableWork → Diff'rent Strokes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Diff’rent Strokes
Al Burton → workedOn → Diff'rent Strokes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Diff’rent Strokes
Edna Garrett → roleIn → Diff'rent Strokes ⓘ
Edna Garrett → appearsIn → Diff'rent Strokes ⓘ
Edna Garrett → spinOffFrom → Diff'rent Strokes ⓘ
Edna Garrett → createdFor → Diff'rent Strokes ⓘ
Mike Milligan → notableWork → Diff'rent Strokes ⓘ
Mike Milligan → coCreatorOf → Diff'rent Strokes ⓘ
Arnold Jackson → appearsIn → Diff'rent Strokes ⓘ
Arnold Jackson → firstAppearanceInSeries → Diff'rent Strokes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Diff'rent Strokes season 1
Todd Bridges → notableWork → Diff'rent Strokes ⓘ
Todd Bridges → participatedIn → Diff'rent Strokes ⓘ
Conrad Bain → notableWork → Diff'rent Strokes ⓘ
Conrad Bain → characterRoleIn → Diff'rent Strokes ⓘ
Conrad Bain → appearedIn → Diff'rent Strokes ⓘ
Hello, Larry → relatedTo → Diff'rent Strokes ⓘ
Hello, Larry → spinOffFrom → Diff'rent Strokes ⓘ
ABC (1985–1986) → airedSeries → Diff'rent Strokes ⓘ
ABC (1985–1986) → airedFinalSeasonOf → Diff'rent Strokes ⓘ
ABC (1985–1986) → seriesMove → Diff'rent Strokes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Diff'rent Strokes from NBC to ABC
ABC (1985–1986) → relatedSeries → Diff'rent Strokes ⓘ
Willis Jackson → appearsIn → Diff'rent Strokes ⓘ
Willis Jackson → firstAppearanceWork → Diff'rent Strokes ⓘ
Willis Jackson → fictionalUniverse → Diff'rent Strokes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Diff'rent Strokes universe
Gary Coleman → notableWork → Diff'rent Strokes ⓘ
Gary Coleman → appearedIn → Diff'rent Strokes ⓘ
Philip Drummond → fictionalUniverse → Diff'rent Strokes ⓘ
Philip Drummond → appearsIn → Diff'rent Strokes ⓘ
Philip Drummond → firstAppearanceWork → Diff'rent Strokes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Diff'rent Strokes season 1
Dana Plato → notableWork → Diff'rent Strokes ⓘ
Dana Plato → seriesAppearedIn → Diff'rent Strokes ⓘ
Jeff Harris → notableWork → Diff'rent Strokes ⓘ
Jeff Harris → coCreatorOf → Diff'rent Strokes ⓘ
Embassy Communications → produced → Diff'rent Strokes ⓘ
Kimberly Drummond → appearsIn → Diff'rent Strokes ⓘ
Kimberly Drummond → appearsInSeason → Diff'rent Strokes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Diff'rent Strokes season 1
Kimberly Drummond → appearsInSeason → Diff'rent Strokes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Diff'rent Strokes season 2
Kimberly Drummond → appearsInSeason → Diff'rent Strokes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Diff'rent Strokes season 3
Kimberly Drummond → appearsInSeason → Diff'rent Strokes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Diff'rent Strokes season 4
Kimberly Drummond → appearsInSeason → Diff'rent Strokes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Diff'rent Strokes season 5
Kimberly Drummond → appearsInSeason → Diff'rent Strokes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Diff'rent Strokes season 6