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.
November 3, 1978
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Norman Lear/Tandem Productions, Embassy Television
6 people
Conrad Bain
Phillip Drummond
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Gary Coleman
Arnold Jackson
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Todd Bridges
Willis Jackson
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Mary Jo Catlett
Pearl Gallagher
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Danny Cooksey
Sam McKinney
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Mary Ann Mobley
Maggie Drummond
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