Diff'rent Strokes on NBC

[1985, TV Show]

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A long-running sitcom about a Park Avenue millionaire who adopts two Harlem orphans after the death of their housekeeper mother. The younger brother, Arnold, was an immediate hit, and the precocious lad's frequent query of his sedate, older brother---`Whatchutalkinbout, Willis?'---entered the pop-culture lexicon. The sitcom, on the air for eight years, spun off `The Facts of Life.'

Gary Coleman's Big Secret: I'm Married! | Today's News: Our Take | 2/12/2008
Diff'rent Strokes alum Gary Coleman is married, and secretly has been for many months. In an interview with Inside Edition, the 40-year-old actor reveals that on Aug. 28, he tied the knot with Shannon Price, whom he met on the line for set of a movie. The Nevada mountaintop ceremony coincided with Price's 22nd birthday. Calling it his first "romantic relationship" ever, Coleman says, "I wasn't saving myself; she just happened to be the one." Price, who at 5-foot-7 is two heads taller than her hubby, says Coleman "was 10 feet tall to me because he was sweet and I really liked his personality." Aww. My prom date from the volleyball team said the same thing. read more
TV Guide Interviews & Features | 1/22/2007
It takes Diff'rent Strokes to move the world, and nobody knows that better than Todd Bridges. Tonight, he begins a recur read more
Televisionary | 3/16/2006
What is Maude's husband name? My husband and I have a bet going. Can you please help? Thank you.OK, Kandi, allow me to b read more
TV Guide Interviews & Features | 1/30/2006
Perhaps no reality-show elimination is as brutally cold as on Fox's read more
Today's News: My Take | 9/6/2005
Fox has landed Olympic gold medalist Scott Hamilton to host read more

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Premiered: September 27, 1985, on NBC

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Premise: A long-running sitcom about a Park Avenue millionaire who adopts two Harlem orphans after the death of their housekeeper mother. The younger brother, Arnold, was an immediate hit, and the precocious lad's frequent query of his sedate, older brother---`Whatchutalkinbout, Willis?'---entered the pop-culture lexicon. The sitcom, on the air for eight years, spun off `The Facts of Life.'

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