Todd Bridges, the last surviving star of the 1980s sitcom Diff’rent Strokes, paid a sweet tribute to his late costar Dana Plato, who would have turned 55 on Thursday. “You were the one person I could ...

It's been nearly 40 years since the series ended, but people are still talkin' 'bout Diff'rent Strokes. Many of the series' main stars went on to have continued success in film and television after ...

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 ...

Coleman played Arnold Jackson on the sitcom from the ages of 10 to 18, but his character remained a child. In 1978, Coleman was cast as the precocious, preternaturally charismatic orphan Arnold ...

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