Phillip Drummond, a widowed Manhattan millionaire and president of the mega-firm Trans Allied Inc., adopts two African American orphans from Harlem, 8-year-old Arnold and 12-year-old Willis. Drummond ...

Diff’rent Strokes is nearing its 50th anniversary: The NBC-turned-ABC sitcom debuted 47 years ago, on November 3, 1978. The core of the story was the interplay between wealthy white New York City ...

When "Diff'rent Strokes" hit the airwaves in 1978, it was an immediate slam dunk in the sitcom world. The show revolved around Arnold and Willis (played by Gary Coleman and Todd Bridges, respectively) ...

The stars of "Diff'rent Strokes" and "Hello, Larry" get together in a special, hilarious hour in which Phillip Drummond realizes that the purchase of a Portland radio station could mean the loss of a ...

One of the most groundbreaking sitcoms of the 1970s and 1980s was "Diff'rent Strokes." The series was about Phillip Drummond (Conrad Bain), a wealthy white businessman who adopts two Black children, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Not only was the raven-haired actress's character a beloved mentor and confidant to the other characters on The Facts of Life, but ...

The sitcom made a star out of child actor Gary Coleman and launched the successful spinoff, The Facts of Life Diff'rent Strokes also starred Todd Bridges, Charlotte Rae and Dixie Carter It's been ...

Melanie Watson, who was best known for playing Kathy Gordon opposite Gary Coleman’s Arnold Jackson on “Diff’rent Strokes,” has died. She was 57. Her brother, Robert Watson, confirmed to TMZ that ...

Todd Bridges has a lot of complex feelings looking back on his Diff'rent Strokes fame. The actor, 59, appeared on the Allison Interviews podcast, chatting with host Allison Kugel about how becoming ...

Conrad Bain, a veteran stage and film actor who became a star in middle age as the kindly white adoptive father of two young African-American brothers in the TV sitcom "Diff'rent Strokes," has died.

The actress played Kathy Gordon on the iconic TV show. Reporter Sitcom actress Melanie Watson Bernhardt has died at the age of 57. According to her brother, Watson died on Friday in Colorado Springs.

Diff'rent Strokes actors (L to R) Gary Coleman, Conrad Bain and Todd Bridges speak on stage during the 2003 TV Land Awards at the Hollywood Palladium. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images) Actor Conrad ...