Diff'rent Strokes

1978–1986 · 8 seasons · 181 episodes · Comedy, Drama

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.

6.7IMDb · 14k votes

Best season: 7.3; Season 6. Weakest is season 8, at 7.0
Top episode: 8.0; S6 E14 · The Hitchhikers: Part 1
Lowest episode: 6.1; S1 E8 · Retrospective
Finale: 7.4; +0.2 against the show's 7.2 average

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IMDb rating of every Diff'rent Strokes episode, by season and episode number
	Episode 1	Episode 2	Episode 3	Episode 4	Episode 5	Episode 6	Episode 7	Episode 8	Episode 9	Episode 10	Episode 11	Episode 12	Episode 13	Episode 14	Episode 15	Episode 16	Episode 17	Episode 18

Season 1	7.2	7.3	7.1	6.8	7.1	6.8	7.6	6.1	7.4	7.1	7.4	7.6	7.0	7.2	7.2	7.3	7.1	6.9	7.4	7.0	7.2	7.0
Season 2	7.7	7.3	7.0	6.8	7.5	7.6	7.5	7.4
Season 3	7.8	7.4	7.4	7.5	7.2	7.0	7.8	7.8
Season 4	7.0	7.5	7.2	7.1	7.5	7.4	7.7	7.7
Season 5	7.3	7.2	6.8	7.0	7.4	7.6	7.2	6.9
Season 6	7.9	7.1	7.2	7.4	7.2	6.4	7.1	7.2
Season 7	7.6	7.1	6.9	7.7	7.1	7.1	7.2	7.2
Season 8	7.6	7.3	6.7	7.0	7.0	7.1	6.9	6.5

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